I have a couple of questions if I may about these wheels/tires. http://www.ricksontruck.com/

Are these combo's worth the extra money for longevity of tires? Other than price are there any other drawbacks to owning a set of these. Do they make the ride more harsh? What size tires would be the best for a SRW Long Bed 3rd gen? http://www.ricksontruck.com/customers_dodge_srw.html Specifically I was looking at the green truck #20 here----> http://www.ricksontruck.com/customer...020/index.html and Silver Mega here------> http://www.ricksontruck.com/customer...050/index.html


Does anybody have any experiences with these wheels, pro or con, to share? I won't be buying for a while, even if I get them..........im just planning ahead. If these tires will last say twice as long as a regular set of tires, it seems they would be a decent buy....plus the other advantages such as looks and MUCH greater load capacity. Thanks for your thoughts.

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I run them on my 97 245/70, 3:54 gears, 5 spd. 33 inches tall load range "G". Lowered my rpms makes cruising much more enjoyable. Lost a bit of power on the hills but worth the trade off for cruising.

I have a 4k camper (loaded) on my truck and it took out the sway. It doesn't roll on the tires in the wind. They may ride a little stiffer. I don't worry about hitting square edged holes in the freeway at speed or rocks off road.

I didn't have mine matched balaneced I bought the tires locally. No ride issues attributed to balance like I said they are stiffer. I run them with the camper on at 10lbs. under max. I don't remember what max. is.

I'd run them on my 0.4 but I have to figure a way to smuggle them home.

Rickson is a bit weird to deal with. If you want them you will either have them right away or just this side of never. I've heard lots of complaints about their service. I couldn't get the wheel style I wanted so I settled for what they had and still waited a month.

I don't think they are big enough to keep a steady supply of the wheels coming. It's nice to support the small guy especially when they have a great idea and product.

Good luck

 

I bought my Rickson Forged Aluminum used from a forum member in Colorado and they have been great. Rickson is quite high on their tire prices. I got Hankook DH01s from a local trucking outfit that sells Hankook for $175 and Rickson wants $250+ for the same tire. The 225s are the same diamater as the original 3rd gen tires. I also bought two Rickson steel wheels for spares but you can not use the dynamic balancers with the steel. Carry one spare underneath all the time and one on a front reciever hitch when using the slide in camper instead of the 30ft 5er.

 

Maybe not a DIRECT comparison, but I get over 100k out of the 19.5s on my work truck. It is a 2002 Ford F450 4x4 that gets used and abused, so I'd say that should be a fairly conservative lifespan! Rougher ride, but the handling while towing is great. Much more stable with 10k trailer than our SRW trucks, mostly noticeable on twisty mountain roads and in windy conditions.

 

I loved the look but hated the ride and the performance...my old truck (2001.5) had a few things done power wise and it would spin the tires right off, even when towing the 8k lbs. TT...

I had the Dunlop SP451 M+S tires...I played with different PSI's and such...to get the ride and performance I had to have the PSI too low for towing...

It seemed like I didn't have enough weight to make the tires work properly...

I would suggest that these are not worth the extra cash unless you haul VERY heavy and quite often...

 

Are there alternatives? another post said you can get the tires cheaper... Is there any other place to get these rims? I may be in the market for something to increase my tire capacity soon...

 

You must be kinda light? We only get about 25-30k out of the tires on our f550's. Or are we just that heavy? We really do drive the crap out of the trucks though.

 

We run 10k-11k daily and up to 23k towing (about 10k miles annual). It is a V10 truck, so I can't drive the crap out of it even if I want to!

 

expensive, rough ride, worse MPG, longer tire life

 

I like them, I think my next set of tires will be Ricksons Powder coated black wheels and some 245's. They are about 2x as much as another set of Toyo's but they should last at least twice as long if not longer. Scotty

 

harder on wheel bearings, ball joints... etc