22.5 wheel recommendation - need a little help
 

ok Guys - here's the deal. My 08 Dually Mega Cab is in need of new tires and was looking to go bigger. The truck is stock in height and was looking at 22.5" wheels and tires and need to know if anyone has experience with them and if you would mind telling me the pros/cons?

I am looking at the the 22.5" American Force wheel (magnum style) along with Hankook AH08 All Position Tire (255/70 - 22.5 36/6" OD tires.

Price is around 5K.

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Alcoa Classis Wheels in 22.5"
6 Hancock AH12 255/70 - 22.5 tires.

Price is around 4k.

I tow about 10 times a year. When I do, I pull a 39' Weedend Warrior toy hauler (16000 pounds) or a 30' boat.

Thanks in advance.
GMB

:humm: What does your truck do the rest of the year? Those tires will be tight for room. Haven't checked your rim choices for their back spacing compared to your factory rims. And they are really designed for haulers. Without the weight of the trailer or what have you they are rough riding. Designed to have little flex. 120PSI need I say more.. On Factory rims you can easily go to 265/70's I am running that size in A Goodyear Wrangler Territory. And have seen A few with 285's on their rigs, But haven't run them myself. If you are just looking for bigger then I would look at something like that before I went into the hauler tires. Especially with little towing. :c:

Rhino.

GMB, another option is 19.5" i am running them on my hotshot rig, i will say the ride is definitely rough compared to anything you will get out of tires on the stock rims. on the plus side most of the tires you can buy are regrooveable and will last forever. i got rims tires center caps and lugs for 3200. something else you need to take into consideration is that they are rough on the suspension, you will need to upgrade shocks and add a dual steering stabilizer. back in November one of the drag links fell off the ball joint on my truck. that is a 500 dollar assembly. now i will say that it wasnt because of the oversized rims because my dad has an 06 and it has happened to his truck twice, it is actually broke right now. that is just some info for all dodge owners. DODGE USES SHIT FOR THE STEERING ASSEMBLY ON THEIR 4X4 TRUCKS EVERBODY!!! other than that, i love the hell out of my 19.5" you can run a 245/70/19.5 with no lift or leveling kit as long as you have 4x4. i put them on my truck last may and have put 60,000 miles of heavy hauling on the tires and they are just now getting close to the wear bars. take a look at my pics see what you think. the rims are Eagle Alloys i would reccommend a less aggressive tread than the tires i am running. it is best to run about 80 psi in the tires anymore than that and you will do alot of sliding on wet surfaces.(i learned that one the hard way).

Thanks for the responses. I will try to answer all the questions here. My truck for the rest of the year gets me to work and back. No towing - maybe 40 miles per day max. This is the vehicle of choice when the family goes somewhere together so ride quality is somewhat of a concern. I liked the idea of increasing the diameter of the tire to 36" but maybe for the wrong reasons. I was thinking if I could increase the diameter I would be at a lower RPM at say 75MPH increasing fuel economy.

I will look at the Goodyear wrangles today.

raptr85 - your truck looks great with the 19.5. This is somewhat of the look I am after. I do not want to spend a grip on suspension upgrades right now to go bigger. How is your ride when you are not towing?

Thanks,

just sold my 22.5 wheels and tires i liked the way they looked but they were plum scary on wet roads the hydroplaned horriably didnt want my risk my family just to look good and were a SOB to keep clean now rocking 35x12.50x17 mud Grapplers. much better choice

the ride is not really that bad when not towing, running down the freeway you really wont know much difference. as long as you get a good "all terrain" tire you will not hydroplane, and also run a lower air pressure. the tires will hold 110 psi, i run mine about 80 psi. i bought some dynatrac tires from tire max. they are aggressive enough on the dirt road, but streetable enough for the highway. i have stopped a 20,000 lbs load on wet road with no hydroplaning.