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Old 08-06-2020, 08:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bobo333 View Post
the larger diameter changing the gearing enough to affect acceleration (the big tyres need much more torque to get moving)
That was a matter of concern for me when a friend asked me to do the math to find out if it would be worth to try slightly taller tyres in his truck. But since he didn't overload it and AFAIK didn't use its entire payload capacity, it served right for him. Width remained the same though.
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