Tall skinny tires for mini truck

[curlyeagle]

Why do you want to run an E rated tire in a mini?
I run E on my F250 because I haul the rock crawler, boat, and whatever else w/ it.
My .02 is you don't need an E rated tire on such a lite truck. You will get a stiffer sidewall, but I don't see any other benifts.

It is a stiffer sidewall, buts tougher too. I ended up cutting a gash in a set of toyo's from a fallen tree branch. They were C rated. Granted C rated are lighter, but im still getting good gas milage with my E rated duratracs. My tire size is equivalent to a 32x12.50x18.

 

[Adam R]

Hey adam, are u located in tooele? Anyways, tall skinny tires are great on a mini. I ran a BFG MUD TERRAIN 34x9.5x15 when I lived in alaska. Where I use to go up for moose hunting, a lot of the guys would run the tall skinny. Old school thinking before the balloon tires, the skinny would cut thru the mud/snow to the solid and grab. I had a 1980 toyota with a stockish 20R motor. Being that the 4.30 were only in the '79/'80, I was still able to get around. It wasn't a heavy tire even thou it was tall. When I wore them out and when to a 33x12.50x15 of the same tire, they were heavy and noticed a bit of rolling resistance. Fuel milage dropped. Had to warm the 20R over a bit with a bore job, cam, header, and bigger carb. Anyways, its cool looking and different, u see very few out there with tall skinny anymore. Goodluck

No, I'm in Layton. I too have factory 4.30's, but they are being spun by a turbo diesel so I don't have any issues with the taller tire. I needed taller gearing anyway. I've recently run both my 80 series (siped 315 MTR's) and my mini in our most recent snow storm. Hands down, the mini is far more stable and sure footed in the snow and ice. For the 16 inch wheels I purchased through Discount Tire, I was able to have the centers bored out to work with my mini hubs. They had a -19mm offset so they are even with the fenderwells and don't look funny. Finding wheels in the right size/offset was a monutental challenge. The machine shop made it work in the end. The other advantage that I did not mention is that I can also run these wheels/tires on my 80 series once I retire the mini (or it disolves away) which will probably happen first.

Adam