New tires - any suggestions?
 

I'm going to be installing new tires on my C20 (which has a big camper on it - 6500 lbs I think) and was wondering if you guys had any thoughts on :

1) good brand names, quality, etc.

2) sizes for the front and back. Should I go extra big in back to help disperse the weight?

The rims are stock 16.5.

Thanks for your help

;)

I am a firm believer in Michelin tires....expensive but worth it!

I'm gonna push the BFGoodrich name...
Ran them on my last truck. Running them on my Chevy. My dad runs them on both of his 1-ton trucks. Not a problem!!!
I'm not sure on what kind of tread your looking for, but on both 1-tons, my dad has the BFG Commercial tires. Its a good road, high mileage, heavy capacity tire.

Michelin is my fav too.. and they look nice!

16.5 tires = Big $$$$$ :(

I'm for BFG's too. I ran BFG Mud TA's on a past truck, and they lasted for about 40,000. And those were mud tires. The closest i ever got to that was about 27000 on a set of Kelly Springfield tires.

I have a friend who has Michelin's and had good luck, but i'm more of the White letter guy.

David

Trail Mark Radial APR's seem to hold up well on 3/4 tons.

First of all...I recomend getting rid of the 16.5 rims. Call a couple tire shops and get prices for similar tires in 16 and 16.5. You'll see what I'm talking about. I have a set of 16s that came off of late model chevy vans if I remember correctly. (I didn't scrounge them up...Longhornjeff gave them to me when he came for the Ohio board meet ...stock hub caps even fit on them, added bonus!
Back to the question at hand, if you have the money, Michilins are pretty good. I have seen a set last over 100,000 miles on a dodge ram (the blazer kind...SUV before they were called that).
No joke...100K on the truck, and he never had to chainge a single tire. The POS truck died before needing a single tire.
They were dry rotted like a mo-fo, but they still had tread.