MPG penalty with wide tires
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MPG penalty with wide tires
Could some with first hand experience comment on fuel economy loss when switching from the stock 235/85/16 tires to a wider tire such as a 285/75/16 assuming both tires have highway tread? I'm actually thinking about going the other way around and want to know if it would be worth it to install a narrower tire.
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I have 33 11.5 16 nitto mud grapplers with deep offset wheels 10 inches wide and i average 16-22mpgs. Narrower tires actually do alot better than wide tires anyway in mud and snow
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also depends on gearing, if its low geared itll run a taller tire better with less effort than if its high geared running a tall heavy tire.
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also depends on gearing, if its low geared itll run a taller tire better with less effort than if its high geared running a tall heavy tire.
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generally speaking, bigger tires (either in width or diameter) will always yield poorer fuel mileage, with the exception of slightly taller tires in a purely or nearly purely all highway-driven truck. The diesels have enough torque you won't notice it much within an inch or 2 change one way or the other. Gassers will quickly become real pigs on any size tire increase. The big MPG hit on the Ram diesels comes when you get up over around 35" or so.
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