"I can't take this no more!"

@carlomagne

If I told you that your avatar scared the shit out of me, would you change it?

Jeezus Christ, we're still talking about this??? Dude, a 275 is roughly 1/2" taller. I've been driving through shitty shit for work and play for many years now, and I have yet to encounter a situation where a 1/4" extra clearance or 10mm of extra width would make even a little bit of difference to my quality of life. Just make your decision and move on to enjoying your truck.

275s look better its not about function its about looks!

I'm glad to see your mpg is not affected that much, I am actually waiting for my new tires. 275/70/17 k02 e rated. Got a great deal
At discount tire.

your avatar is much cooler, love your dog. quite the specimen

What was the deal @16blacktrail ? Still available?

To be exact: LT275/70R17/E 121 R is 32.2 inches tall while LT265/70R17/C 112 S is 31.6 inches tall. What it means the truck with 275 tire will have 0.3 inches (7.6mm) higher clearance than stock size. It's nothing - you may get better result just by removing one fat passenger

For the look, difference - sorry I don't buy it. I checked pictures on the forum from guys showing KO2 with both sizes on their 4R and I have to read description to see which one is on the picture. That extra 0.6 inch does not fill up wheel well to the extend that it will stand out. Some mud on the tire will do better job than the tire size difference.

On the other hand E load tire will ride more stiffer than C, so not only you will loose gas mileage but ride comfort too. I understand that if you rock climb or do real off-road (dirt road is still on-road by my books) than you will not care for the harsh ride, but if you drive your truck as a car, than I don't see any reasons why would you want to have it behave like in a conestoga wagon.

And finally - nobody mentioned it anywhere on the forum (as far as I saw it) if you put bigger tires, the stress on the entire powertrain is bigger. That means the engine, transmission, driveshaft and differential will take higher load than it was originally designed for. It's like driving uphill all the time. It may not be much difference now, but when you hit 300k miles mark the difference will be like at home and standing on the road waiting for a tow truck.

Now after I said my piece, OP can start a new "tire" topic - what the heck, one more will not make much difference here

The deal is at 4wheelparts, it was around 180 a tire, they are currently offering an extra 70 dollars off with the purchase of 4. Since they did not have any in stock I contacted a local tire shop that had them available and they price matched. I think it was a good deal.

Does anyone see a change in the speedometer, like your going faster than actual. Is it cause of the size difference?

We bought a LC with 130k miles on it. Brakes were just done by previous owner, but they never recalibrated the e brake, so a couple weeks ago my husband went to use the e brake for the first time and it wouldn't disengage. Toyota was closed, so he took it to Chevy.

He had just taken Cooper to the vet so he was in the back. He is ultra protective of whatever truck he's in, but he is also very obedient. He would never need one of those barriers that keep dogs in the back because he knows he's not allowed up front.

Anyway, the service manager sees Cooper in the back and asked if he would flip out if someone else got in the truck. My husband said, yes, he would. So the service manager brings out a few people to watch what he's about to do.

He gets the tech thats going to bring in the truck. He makes sure he doesn't see Coop and has him get in. He started driving it in and Cooper lost it, barking and snarling, but of course would not go over the back seat. The tech dove out so fast, the poor guy, and his face was white. At least he put it in park first! All the other guys were hysterical. Seems like a pretty good place...they were willing to play practical jokes on each other at 6 PM.

Thanks a lot @16blacktrail !

For those trying to decide I have had both and let me tell you go 275 big diff in height also they ride better than the 265s ko2. and especially way better than the 20s did . That's @40 psi so go 275