18 or 20 wheels with larger tires - not staggered

[TrybalRage]

So while I'm watching the world end outside I'm sitting around daydreaming about my C10 and the direction I want to take on wheels and tires. I've been searching through endless wheel/tire posts, facebook images, shopping tirerack and using tire diameter calculators to try and come up with a solid plan.

So my wishlist - I want to modernize the look of the truck, 18's or 20's, currently looking at the Ridler 695s (yes, everyone has them, but they look good and are well priced). However, I still need to use it as a truck. Towing my boat, sometimes unimproved roads, and I live in PA so I've already blown out a tire on my wife's car nailing a pothole at night on the highway.

Also, tire cost and availability is a concern. I need to replace these things from time to time. The ability to rotate them to extend their life is attractive.

My truck is currently riding at it's stock height, and I plan on keeping it that way, or perhaps a very mild drop (2/4 or so) for the same reasons above.

It seems like *most* folks running 20's are also running a fairly low profile "car" tire - 35 or 40 series sidewalls. They're also usually running a staggered setup, even with 18's. The problem with the staggered setup - besides not being able to rotate them - is finding both a front and rear tire in the sizes that I want. If I find a front tire size I like, often there's no matching rear that I also like. Or, to match the tires is expensive.

So anyway. The idea is to have matching wheels/tires all around, with a good amount of sidewall (at least 45 series or more). Lots of modern trucks are running 20's with a lot of meat (I had a 2016 RAM until recently with 275/60/20s on it) but I don't see many squarebody folks doing the same thing. It seems like for more sidewall, 18's or smaller are the wheel of choice.

I saw a guy on facebook who was running 275/45/20 on 20x10's all around, and I really kind of dug the look of the truck, again, stockish height. However the picture was only from a quartering angle, so from the side not sure how it would look. He said he had no issues with rubbing, but I'm wondering if anyone else here has tried running 10" wheels on the front. Any other tire sizes that may work with my ideas that can be run all around in a 20" diameter? The Ridlers also come in a 8.5" width, 4.75 BS. Everyone seems to want to stick to the 29"-ish tire diameter, unless they are running mud tires. Why not more meat on a street tire, like I had with the RAM? 31-33" offroad tires, no one blinks. Or does it just look too awkward on this body style?

With 18's, I've seen a lot of trucks running 255/55/18 and it looks pretty good as well, but I'm not sure what width wheel would work on all four corners - the Ridlers come in a 8" (4.5 BS, seems too skinny of a wheel for 255's) or 9.5" (5.5 BS). Would the 9.5's cause a problem on the front with that backspacing?

I know wheel and tire posts are beat to death, but would appreciate any insight, pictures, personal experience with those running tires with bigger sidewalls on these larger wheel options. Plus I just like looking at truck pictures