I need new tires for my Silverado, before the snow fly's.

Anyway I have settled on Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo 2, lots of good reviews and my friend has them on his Dodge. They are not loud enough to piss you off which is a plus.

My question is should I spend the extra $40 a tire and go with the E load rating? I don't really carry anything that heavy to need it, the regular are rated at 2,200 pounds each.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

think this guy had E rated tires? http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Lumber-Car-A.jpg . But seriously I wouldn't get the E rated unless you do alot of heavy loads in a 3/4 or 1 ton truck.

as long as they are LT tires for light trucks i wouldn't worry about it.

I don't know what tires were original on your truck, but this is what I ran up against when I bought new tires for my Ford pickemup:

http://www.nittotire.com/assets/safety/Replacing%20Tires%20on%20Light%20Trucks.pdf

Other tire manufacturers have similar warnings. The tire store jockeys are clueless about this.

I bought the P metrics. They weren't cheap.


Say, shouldn't this be in the Tires and Wheels Forum??

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Time for the grammar police!!

Snow "Flies" not Fly's. Fly's would mean that a house fly (or a person named Mr/Ms Fly) had declared ownership of something.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Its not Mercedes related.

Anyway I guess I'll go with the regular ones, they have the right load rating.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Yeah, no need for the E rating on that size truck. The tires on my F250 are rated for over 3000# each!

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

I saw a horse fly once.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

Oh boy, you're going to be busy!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

On our Yukon I just run the LT tires. We load it pretty heavy for vacation and pull a boat quite a bit. IMO no need for the heavier rating in your case. Besides, your ride quality might suffer.

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

Yeah I'm worried about ride quality.

The most I figure I will carry is 2k pounds, but thats only around town. Even than my truck would weigh maybe 7k pounds.

I had 8 square of shingles along with some other stuff on it the other day and it did just fine with the old dry rotted Chinese tires on the rear.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I just replaced the two last original tires on my 3/4 ton dodge with cummins....95K miles, mostly towing 5K or more, Michelins. If I had left them on the front I bet I could have gone another 25 k easily. And they have excellent ride and handling. A few summers ago I went out to Jackson hole and drove one day down to Dinosaur national monument. That trip was about five hours of twisting winding roads in the mountains. I spent most of it going about 85 mph.

IMHO don't buy anything but Michelin.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I have superb results with Yokohama Geolandar LT on both my off road vehicles, one of the quietest and smoothest A/T and M/T tires out there.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT