I've towed at my rated max with my P's and they felt fine.

 

Your rated max tow rating might be just fine for stock P series tires with your motor and trans. Throw a trailer on the back of your truck with a 1000# tongue weight and tell me if its' still fine. The back of my truck would walk back and forth on the sidewalls. Before you go saying anything about the tongue weight.... I was running a weight distribution hitch. The truck was level. The tires were inflated to the max 35 PSI that was stamped on the tire. Once I switched to a LT type tire, all was good. No more sway from the rear of the truck and no more mushy tow experience. I towed with the stock tires for about 2000 miles before they got ripped off and replaced with a tire that was designed for a truck, not a glorified passenger car tire.

 

...we do have trucks after all, not Lincoln Town Cars

 

thats the problem with the new trucks..... well not really a problem..... they ride like a car, but work like a truck. Change the tires..... it will ride a little more like a truck, and still work as hard as you need it to.

 

Yup. 6050 GVWR, 7800 GCWR, max trailer 3500, factory towing package. I know I've exceeded GVWR and GCWR. 255/70/16 isn't exactly a wimpy size either.

 

I considered BFG T/A's, too, but upgraded to Michelin LTX A/T2's instead. So far after 1500 miles, I love them. Even blown up to 65psi towing, they're feeling good. Look in my gallery for some pictures. They are an LT tire, though.

 

GLC.... it's not the size of the tire that makes the difference. It is the ply rating. You can have a 40" tire on the truck, if it's only a 4 ply tire, it will only carry a certain weight. CGVWR on my truck is 14,500. Thats a huge increase from your 7800. Then again, your truck doesn't weigh in at 5900# with a tank of gas and a 170# driver. The Coopers on my truck are 10 ply rated tires. They ride like a rock, but they tow great!

 

a wee bit over 6k for my truck...but then I outwiegh you by 100+ lbs

 

LOL THat is also with nothing in the bed.... IE: firewood, tools. bikes, propane for my grille, and blocks for the jacks. figure in about another 200-300# I am right at my limit with this truck.... on some trips, maybe a bit over. The truck and the tires do a fantastic job!

 

I know I may get destroyed for reccomending 'cheap' tires and it may not be what you are looking for, but I have Dayton Timerline A/Ts on my truck, 275/65/17 as far as I know that is the size. They are a Bridgestone Tire, but Dayton is there off brand.

Had the 255s before.

These tires around only about $100 each and were absolutely awesome in the snow this winter (we set record snowfall amounts most places in Ontario) and I live in a parking lot that only gets plowed on Sundays if it needs it (I live at a church).

Im a BFG AT KO man on my last truck, but these tires fit my budget and Im really happy with them after about 10k miles

http://www.hughestire.com/showcaseproductdetail.htm?ID=5900358&Brand=80&Type =3010
(I didn't buy them at Hughes Tire, that was jsut the first site that came up on Google)

 

They are a good tire also. I wasn't aware they were that cheap though.

 

Yes and no. The larger a P-rated tire is, the higher the load rating. Of course, size for size, LT's have a higher load rating, and D's have a higher rating than C's, and E's have a higher rating than D's.

The OP should make his decision about whether to get P, C, D, or E dependent on what kind of loads he carries and his towing habits. If the truck is seldom used for heavy work, a P will do the job fine and will be certified up to the max ratings of the truck if the truck shipped with P's. A lot of people only use a truck as a daily driver, dump and Home Depot runs, and some off road playing. P's will do the job fine for those folks.

 

Costco has a sale $60 off a set of 4 Michelin or select BFG from 6/2-6/29.

Price includes mounting, lifetime balancing, rotation, flat repair, and road hazard warranty.

http://tires.costco.com/TireInformation.xhtml?pn=Passport$60