I am looking at a set of 265/70/17 rims off a 2006 Dodge Laramie 4x4 to go on my 2001 Dodge 2500, 2 wheel drive with a current 265/75/16 tires.
I am looking for two answers.
One will the lug pattern for the 2006 and the 2001 fit. Both are 8 lug, TireRack says they will fit but would like to hear others join in accord.
Second, will the tire rub. My viewing of my wheel well says no but would like to hear others confirm it for me.
Purchase is set for Saturday if the info above is confirmed.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

They will fit, and they won't rub.

 

Next question for you.
I want the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo because I hear nothing but good about them in the water, off road, highway, etc. but the price is scaring me off. It looks like almost $800 for tires alone on my 16" rims.
I have a chance to pick up some BFGoodrich Rugged Trail TA take offs on 17" rims for about half the price then have my 16" rims and tires to sell to offset the cost again which pretty much makes my decision for me.
Do you have preferances? opinions? what do you run?
Thanks for the advice.

 

I have Firestone Steeltex put on by the previous owner, that will be gone by christmas.

Personally if I was going to spend $800 on tires I would get the Cooper S/T.
But I don't have $800 for tires, so I am planning on getting a set of the Yokahama Geolander A/T-II, for around $500, I have heard lots of good about them, and they have a 40k mile warranty.

I toyed with a set of third gen take offs, but really wanted 285s, so I am getting the Yoko's. It you like/don't mind the 265s I think that a set of the take offs would be a great choice, those BFGs are pretty good tires, if less than stellar off road. Plus, like you said you can sell your rims to off set the cost even more.

 

I have a set of the Revo's, great tire, have about 55k on them and for the first time actually had to put the truck in 4wd in just greasy mud. Tires seem to have gotten noisey towards the end of their life, and the side wall seems a little soft with the slide in camper on the truck (2,700 lbs+). Other than those two things, I have loved the tire. Am probably going to try the Goodyear Silent Armors next time, as they are supposed to be a better rated tire than the Revo and a little stiffer side wall. Was thinking about the cooper, but dealer said if I thought the revos where a little soft, I might not like the coopers as he thought they were softer. ( I did not buy a HD truck to have a soft ride, I like a truck to ride like a truck and not be squirlly )

DuaneW.

EDIT: Stock tire size 265-75-16

 

I didn't think my Copers were to soft, but things like that can be subjective...

 

Thanks. I committed to the move to the 265/70/17 BFG Rugged TA on the 2006 rims. I will post a evaluation in a few months. Thanks for the input.

 

heh.. $800 tires is cheapness. i have to pay $475/tire for my 325/50/R22 Toyo Open Country A/T's.. so about 2 grand for tires with tax and all that ****.. consider yourself lucky.. lol

 

like n0ne said, 800 is good. sometimes i wish i could get away with 800 in rubber, then i remember 38's are so much more fun . as for your tires, the cooper st or stt's are really good tires, my dads old ford 6.0 had them on for about 8-10 months before we melted the heads. but the tires were awesome. never got stuck, and that was with 4 hurricanes on top of the wettest year in florida. tires pulled good through some real nasty stuff while pulling a 4000k lawnservice trailer, just to get out of the yard to go to work.

 

Two friends with 98' and 99' are both running 06' rims/tires.

 

I got some steel factory 17's off an 06 for a cheap price and tried them for racing... with 265/70/17's.
They fit fine BUT turned very hard when not moving?? Fine on the Hwy. Only used them one day (did not work for racing) and took them off, so I never looked into the hard turning, but.... be advised!

RJ

 

RJ, Are you interested in getting rid of the 17's you picked up? I have a buddy that saw the ones I got and he wants a set. If you are interested in moving them, let me know a price and I will see if he will bite.

 

n0ne,
I got the rims and tires (2006 -17" with 265/70 BFG Rugged T/A) for $500 and a ride across Florida to get them (5 hours round trip-approx $40 for fuel).
Screaming deal in my opinion even if the T/A don't get 9's on the ratings. I put the T/As on last Saturday, put 250 miles on them as of today and they perform well. I went to the bog/dump yesterday pulling a 14K trailer and they didn't even spin going up approx 35 degree incline to the top of the pile.
Here is the kicker, I took the tires off my old 16" rims (265/75 MasterCraft Coursers) to put on my F-150 and sold the 16" rims for $250 so I am ending up with new tires for $290 including the fuel. Granted they are not the Duelers I wanted but I am very happy with what I got for the cash.