so i dont have a deisel right now but im planning on pulling my '79 1 ton chevy. i have a boosted '96 vortec 350,sm465,np205,4.10s. i have 3 options for tires...38" super swampers, 41" firestone all tractions, and 285 kelly rvt's which would be the best option? -

Your best bet is going to be the 285's, the other two are going to be really really hard on your drive train and hard to turn with any kind of speed. -

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well i thought id ad some more info. its 6" lift with drop hitch and welded rear diff.... -

If you ae serious about pulling it... Drop the lift and run the 285's. Get a hitch set-up that is as high as your allowed in the class you are running. -

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well guy this truck in only pulled a few times each summer so not that serious. i do have a uber beefy drop hitch made by a local welder....not the kind you can buy in stores...so think the 285's? -

we where not talking about how the hitch was made, what we are saying is that a higher hitch gives you a better pull... But they limit how high off the ground it can be. Usually about 26" -

im not sure i follow ow a higher hitch gives better pull. in a tractor the higher you go the more it lightens the whole tractor -

What ever your pulling, you want that point lower than your hitch point on whatever your pulling with so it pulls down on the pulling vehicle -

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285's for pulling but run the others for looks so its not jacked up and your running tiny tires -

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you wabnt a short truck with a tall hitch, you dont want a truck that has to use a 5 inch drop hitch, you want a truck that has to use a 0 drop hitch with the nose in the dirt with as much weight as possible hanging off the nose, most pulling sanctioning bodies if not all run 26 inch hitch height..... -

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I would put the 285's on to pull. I starting pulling with 35" mud terrain style tires...but got tired of breaking stuff and went to 285 AT's and the truck still hooks very well. you actually want to break the tires loose and spin them, you don't want MAXIMUM traction, or else your puller will be called "M T Pockets" cuz your driveline will kill itself. Go with the 285's spin them fast and get the speed up.

as for the hitch, you want the hitch to come straight out with no rise or drop to be ideal. I keep the nose down, and rear up and my hitch comes straight out from the reese hitch and sits at 26". im thinking about taking my 2" leveling kit out also to get the nose down some more.

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For a gas truck If your not pushing monster HP then I would go with an AT type tire. Mud tires on gas truck without a lot of power means too much traction and bouncing, which means breakage. At least around here gassers BOUNCE a lot. -