Best tire on a budget

[FireTruck1984]

Buy American... but scratch Goodyear from this list

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[Catbox]

Long ago with my first Squarebody I went to the local tire place and looked over the stock takeoff tires.
I found a near new set of 265/75/15 BFG tires for $250 mounted and balanced.
They went many flawless miles and were on the truck when I sold it.

 

[Swearbody]

bfg are made here in opelika and Tuscaloosa!! two alabama plants

 

[Swearbody]

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[Catbox]

• oops... how do i erase this

You don't.
It will stay there for all time.
We all get to see your mistake and mock you for it....

 

[78C10BigTen]

Long ago with my first Squarebody I went to the local tire place and looked over the stock takeoff tires.
I found a near new set of 265/75/15 BFG tires for $250 mounted and balanced.
They went many flawless miles and were on the truck when I sold it.

The original bfg mud terrain design were AMAZING!!! They had killer tread and took me everywhere.

 

[MikeB]

Rim width is key. I wouldn't want anything wider than 225 (approx 8.8") on a 7" rim. And make sure you understand the height difference between 75, 70, 65 series tires. For example 195/75 will be the same width but 1.5" taller than your 195/65.

Your tires are only 25" tall. Way too short for a 1/2 ton truck. I'd go to 195/75 or 205/75. Is your speedometer accurate now? I'd bet it reads fast with those short tires, unless someone changed the speedo gears. If it does read fast, a taller tire will make it more accurate. You can do the math if you know indicated speed, actual speed (phone app), and various tire heights.

Click on the 15" box here to see heights of various tire sizes. https://tiresize.com/chart/

 

[45tt]

I’ve used BFGoodrich on a few vehicles I’ve owned, specifically a C10 with 265/60/15 and they handled great and looked good and for me they were affordable.

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[Mossyman]

OP, are your rims 15x6 or 7?
For what little you drive, even if the tires are a bit wide for the rims, not like you’ll wear them out.
I’d be slapping some 245-265 wide tires on those rims. $100 a piece will get you a nice set Of 245-60-15 tires on Amazon.

Mine are 15x6...and I probably won’t put on 100 miles in a month. Being in Mississippi it doesn’t snow and if it gets cold enough to have ice I won’t be driving it anyway.

The only reason I put the current tires on it was so I could move it to the shop,aka the front yard, so I could work on the things that needed to be fixed. They were cheap and I needed something to move it.

 

[Grit dog]

^235-75-15 ain’t bad on 6” wheels.
Technically too wide, but had that size on my Jeep wheels forever.
Better yet, I’d look for a nice set of used tires/ wheels mounted up. Factory or aftermarket.
Offset some cost by selling the pizza cutters and the $80-100 you’d spend on mount and balance and maybe you could get something nicer for about the same as a set of tires?

 

[MikeB]

195/75/15...I won’t be changing the wheels. I’m trying to keep it as original as possible...

Then you don't a 60-or 65-series tire, or anything wider than 235. I assume your speedo reads slow with those short tires you have now. Taller tires will fix that problem, but you've got to do the math, or change speedo gears.

Even a 205/75 would be 15% taller than your current tires. But I'd go with 225/75 to keep her looking original.