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Tires for a Pampered Truck
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Originally Posted by
Tim..
Thanks guys. I doubt I'll put 500 miles a year on the truck. It looks like bias plies with a liner and tube will be the way to go for me.
I like the look of a taller, not so wide a tire with deep rough tread. Probably going to have to special order everything.
The trucks of that era were rated for 6.50 or 7.00 tires. When I restored the '48, I decided to go with 6.50 x 16 tires vs. the bigger 7.00's.
These folks make a good selection of bias ply, small truck tires:
https://www.stausaonline.com/product...t-truck-tires/
There are a surprisingly large number of distributors for their tires - generally farm tire type dealers.
I chose the "Super Traxion" 6.59 x 16LT for the rear; "gnarly tread", but it does talk to you going down the road.
For the front I chose a bit less aggressive tire since I have a 2WD and a gnarly front tread doesn't buy me anything up there. I chose the "Super Transport", again in 6.50 x 16LT. They are a lot quieter...!
They match up the truck very well in size. (My "spare" is a 6.00 x 16 recapped BF Goodrich tire I bought in the summer of 1965 that sat in the barn with the truck for 35+ years. I don't expect it to ever touch the ground...).
These are the best tires that truck has ever had on it!