4x4 tires

[3quartertime]

Hi all,,,

I'm looking for tall slim 4x4 tires for my 71 K20. Need tires badly and want to spend the money right!!!

It is stock height I believe. Not sure what size would fit. I like the tall thin look, but not seriously lifted tall, just enough over stock to fit the tires nicely. Would like tires that would fit and if I need to do a lift I can do it later.

Would like an aggressive tread look but also a radial road tire that rides very nice.

Price is an issue, but I'm not a cheapo. If the tires are worth it I'll pay.

Would like to use stockish steel rims for a factoryish look.

What are the ideas???

Thanks...

[1969K10]

I don't think my truck is stock height, but I don't have a lift kit. The PO may have a homemade body lift...

Anyway, I also am a fan of a tall but skinny tire, and BGF was the only 33X10.5 I could find in both the AT & MT. since I will see a fair amount of highway travel, I bowed out, and went with the AT's, and love them

I think there is also a Thornbird? tire that size, but I've heard they wear quicker than the BFG's

Here's what she looks like with em, sorry don't have a good front shot yet...

[JIMs70GMC]

Try 255/75R16 tires, BFGs all terrain or mud terrain, 7" wide rim and are about 32" tall.

Welcome to the board!

[3quartertime]

Thanks a ton,,,

The pics are just about the look I am shooting for. A taller tire would be really cool. Any idea what the tallest tire that would fit on a stock hieght is???

Thanks...

['71c204x4454]

I have Goodyear MT/Rs. 265/75/16. Them come out to be 31.8 on a 7-8 in rim. 235/85/16 come out to about the same height but a 6-7in rim.

Here is BFG's sizes:http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/asset...rain_ta_kd.pdf

[Blue_71]

for the tall skinny look i would say go with 235/85/16. they are supposed to be about 33 inches tall on a 6 inch wide rim from what ive heard (popular dually tire size-- skinny wheels) i have 285/75/16s on my 71 k20. but they are more of a wide decent height tire. the 265/75/16 is also a skinny tall tire on a 7" wide rim.

in these pics-- one on the left is with no lift and 265/75/16 Mud Kings on 16x7 whitespokes, pic on the right is 2 inch front lift and 285/75/16 Buckshot Maxxix Mudders on the same 16x7 whitespoke rims. bottom pic is a couple weeks ago with the same 285/75s

[Folks1]

These are 9.00/16 Power Kings on 72 K-5 and 86 K-10 ones on K-5 were on my dads 84 K-10 for 5 or 6 years. Ones on the K-10 have a pile of miles and this makes the third truck they have been on in 4 years.
Both have stock suspension and no mods to fenders.

[72k5]

Just FYI, 255/85R16 can be had in a number of good options. BFG makes a MT, I believe Cooper makes a nice AT in that size. There are others, but the selection is not huge.

That size runs 33 to 34" actual diameter. I love 'em as winter tires. Tall and narrow. Can you get them on at stock height? I don't know. They're tall, but a tall narrow tire is a lot easier to fit than a tall wide tire.

Do yourself a favor and skip the Thornbirds. I have yet to see a favorable report on them.

[1972]

www.tyres1.com sells a General Grabber MT in a 235/85-16 for $105. I have General Grabbers MT's in a 35/12.50-16.5 and they are an awesome tire. I don't have many miles on them because they are on my old '79 that doesn't get drove very much, so I can't give a milage/tread wear report.

[turkeyguide]

I'm not sure about what size will fit your truck, but I have BFG Mud Terrains on my '98 Z-71 and they are super. They are pricey, but they are worth the money. I'm pretty sure 32's will fit.

[JIMs70GMC]

How about michellin XLs 9.00/16 size about 36" tall on 6" wide rim.

[Mcgwirejh]

I have some bf goodrich land terrain tires that are 31x10.50 15's with only about 10,000 miles on them at the most

[super72]

I have some 33x12.50x15 Bfg allterrians. They have about 85% of the tread left. They are mounted on 15x10 in chrome rims. 450.00 If your interested.

[Erl]

Are these tall and skinny enough?

[BobS]

Erl,

What size are those? They look great.

Bob

[JIMs70GMC]

Erl, thanks! two more pics to save to my hard drive!

[Erl]

Jim,
Those are Power King Super Traction LT. The tire size is 7.50-16LT. The outside diameter is 32-33 inch. These are bias tires and cost about $100 each. I bought them at Discount Tire.

[MAC67]

swamper 34x9.5's

[barraza]

These are tall and skinny, 11.00x16 michelin xl's, about 38 x 10.50

[mrein3]

235/75 R15s on my K10 must be stock height because the speedo, when checked against a GPS, is right on.
I'll look for a picture...

[JIMs70GMC]

BARRAZA, How much lift? I like the looks of that. I was thinking of the 9.00-16s but hell might as well go with the 11.00-16s myself!

[GMC71k20]

jim, im pertty sure hes got a 4" lift

[3100 special]

I did a search on All Terrain tires and this looked like a good spot to post. I just bought a set of Nitto Terra Grapplers for the work truck. LT285/75R16D1's for 121.99 each at Discount tire. I have it in the shop right now getting an alignment and brake job. Once I get it out this afternoon I'll post some pics. I was running Goodyear Wranglers (265's) and got around 35,000 miles out of them. They handled well on the highway (which I get a lot of windshield time) and did good offroad. I was looking at moving to the Goodrich but, they didn't have any 285's in stock and I wanted to see if the meat would fit under the fender. They showed me the Nitto's and they looked like they had a good tread pattern.
We'll see how they do. I'm heading up to the north Louisiana area next week so, I might get a chance to see how they do in the mush. I know east Texas was REAL mushy this week. That's why a came back and bought some new shoes

[aktalon89]

http://www.intercotire.com/html/special_service.htm its a skinny swamper they get good trac.

[BLAZERMAN]

Here's a couple pics of 9.00 x 16 Power King directionals, they measure a little over 35" tall.