I ran 265's on my 06 dually when I first got it (put 285's on when they wore out) and put about 50,000miles on them and never had an issue. There is plenty of clearance between them. As far as weight, I towed a 18000lb triaxle gooseneck flat deck and a 14000lb fifth wheel travel trailer thousands of miles without incident or tire failure.

 

Hey, sorry to resurrect this VERY old thread, but I'm currently doing a SRW to DRW conversion on my 2004 Ram 2500. I plan on using the Arrowcraft kit. My SRW uses the 265/70/17s and I see you used those on your dually with no issues. Do you remember if that was on the stock 17x6 wheels?

 

Thanks Porky, your the only one that has responded on three forums :confused013: guess we are the only ones wanting wider rubber on our rigs

 

Glad I could help.

Being as your post is dealing with tires you probably would get more responses in the Tire and Wheel forum, or in the Dually and C/C section. There are actually quite a few posts in each one asking/answering the same question.

 

Yeah i did run through all the posts pertaining to 265/70's got 13 hits but nobody had any comments on clearance with a full load.

 

I have them on my dually. There is about 1.25" between them. Still plenty clearance towing my toyhauler.

 

I would rather go taller than wider.. and actually the 265 is slightly shorter than the factory 235's.. wider=more road resistance and poorer fuel economy

 

Lol.....if I was that worried about a 1/4 mpg id drive my civic. Myself I likecthem better thsncthe skinny 235's. But it just personal preference

 

I swapped out all my fluids in the axles, diff (new Mag Hy-Tec cover) and finally got the Odometer over 30k and now my mileage is finally climbing back to where my fully deleted LBZ DMax was so I am pretty happy.

Even my 3000lb AMG costs me more in fuel than this truck

 

Odd you guys had room i went to 265s and they about rubbed without the trailer on. I run a 1.5inch spacer now between them. I weigh 12,000 without the trailer tho so maybe thats why they squished more.

 

My buddy runs them on his dually with no issues. He doesn't have a spacer but honestly they are alittle close for comfort to me. I'd get a 1 inch spacer just for personal preference.


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