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.

 

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.

 

Yep, what he said.

 

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

 

MmmmMMm trucks with lifts usually break something

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