Just put the 22.5 alcoas on and can tell it is quite a bit ruffer. Has anyone had any experience with this, was it even harder on the already poorly built front end. Any suggestions or comments appreciated.

 

sick lookin truck man!

 

Looks like you went to a low profile tire, less side wall, less flex, rougher ride.

Floyd

 

....and probably a lot higher air pressure, problem is you can't drop pressure much on semi wheels, they don't have a safety bead to keep the tires from popping off of the wheels

 

and heavier sidewalls on those tires

 

i understand bout the stiffer sidewalls etc., my concerns are the front end such as track bar, ball joints and wheel bearings and u joints. Just had everything replaced in front end and if these rim/tires are going to be tougher on that stuff. within 1 month of puttin them on i already have a bad ujoint. maybe it was going already dont know for sure.