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Old 08-11-2014, 07:12 AM   #81 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CargoBoatTails View Post
All I know is these guys and gals paid big money to jack up their tracks and just wanna run the stock tires bc they cant afford the gas lol
Guys with lifted trucks run a set of street tyres because:

They can't get into their garage on big tyres

Getting in and out daily is a pain

MT tyres are noisy and that makes them thirsty (all else being equal)

The tyres themselves are expensive and soft off road compounds may not last, you can't run them down to minimal legal depth and expect them to work in the mud too

MT's have poor traction in anything but mud

Etc, Etc


If a truck's been re-geared with 4.56, axles or lower to turn those big tyres it will rev it's nuts off on stock tyres.

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