Hey all I'm looking to get some new times within a week and was looking for a wee bit of help.

I'm currently liking the look of these..
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....d&autoModClar=

Question, these should work fine eh? Also it says their is two sizes. 235 and 255. Am i able to get either size or a certain one? I've had too many problems with places refusing to do my tires for one reason or another so i'd like to make sure i'm getting the right size this time. Thanks all.

Also my rims are aftermarket but stock size.

 

Where are you located? Do you drive in snow, on ice? What year is your truck? Is it 4x4 or not?

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I would go to a local shop and talk to them, you will need them to install anyways. Out of the places I have used I love Discount Tire.

 

I live in the Adirondacks, so VERY snowy/icy. I usually buy summer tires and then dedicated winter tires. I LOVE winter tires. Best investment ever so im not worried about summer only tires. But i love the look of those tires and how they almost look low pro.

 

The tires that came on our trucks were offered in 2 sizes for stock:

235/70/16 - Stock size on base-model F150s. These look pretty puny, but give you more "felt" acceleration and probably better gas mileage due to less weight.

255/70/16 - This size came on sport models or possibly even XLT. This is the more "appropriate" looking tire for these trucks because they fill the wheel wells better and are spec'd for more PSI.

I have run both on my truck (in addition to one extra large size).

My truck came from the factory with General 255/70/16, but they were swapped for 285/60/16s for the first 45k miles on the truck. These looked good and sat really sporty, but were technically too wide for a 7" rim. The centers of the tread wore down quick because I guess 32 PSI was too much for them.

Then, I needed new tires and didn't have a lot of cash so I bought some Kumho 235/70/16s. I think I paid around $68 per tire which is DIRT CHEAP. These were actually very good tires and lasted 50k miles with still around 10% tread left. I got great gas mileage on these. The max PSI on these was 35PSI, and I would easily surpass that on a hot summer day when the cold PSI in the tire was 32. They still lasted.

Now, just recently I bought a set of Firestone Destination ATs in 255/70/16 for around $120/ea. These are the proper size for the truck and ride well, but my gas mileage is not as good as it used to be. These are definitely more "heavy duty" tires, though, so I will take the toss-up. These max at 44PSI, so I have more flexibility.