Choosing the Right Tires for Your Lifted Truck or Lifted Jeep

When looking for the right tires to fit your lifted truck, there are many choices out there that offer the proper traction needed. Doing the proper research can help you choose the brand name and terrain type you may want in a tire. The tires come in many different standard and metric sizes. Make sure you check the size lift you have on your truck, so you know the dimension of tire needed, and you don’t get tires to big or small.

Light Duty Tires

These tires are typically like passenger car tires with a larger load capacity, enabling them to be used on trucks. Light truck tires offer a very smooth ride, with tread design that is made to push away water when it rains, and offer higher mileage tread wear.

All Terrain Tires

Tires in this class offer the best of both worlds when looking to add them to your lifted truck. The tires have a slightly more aggressive tread pattern and depth compared to light duty truck tires. This enables the tires to conquer off road scenarios where the driver might end up in the dirt, mud, and sand. The tires will give your lifted truck an edge whether off the beaten path or back on the highway. The ride is smoother than a mud tire but still has a rougher ride quality.

Mud Terrain Tires

Mud tires are chosen more than any other class tire when people are considering to add that aggressive look to their lifted truck. The tread pattern on these tires are a lot deeper, and have huge lugs of rubber for pushing through the mud and water. The gaps in the tread allow mud to clean out, so if your lifted truck is deep in the mud, you can drive through without the mud caking on the tires. The good always has some bad as tread wear is typically a lot worse, and these tires have increased road noise because of the tread pattern.

As you can see, choosing the right tire for your lifted truck can be quite a decision maker. With all the tire manufactures out there and different lift kits available for your ride, doing the proper research to find out what type of tire you need is valuable. Always think about what type of driving you may do, if you are the avid outdoors man you may want to invest in an all-terrain tire or mud tire, because you will likely traverse through areas you will need the extra deep tread. If you plan on staying on the highway, then a light duty truck tire could be in your future. Whatever tire you choose for your lifted truck, just know they are out there and ready to be mounted to your new ride.

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