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i dont have the fords anymore i moved up in the world now i have a deuce
loaded to crosscountry specs you have 6126 on the front and 5980 on each of the rears so thats 3063 per tire on the front and 1495per tire on the rears with duals or 2990 per tire with singles.as you can see things are much more balanced for traction when singled .running duals each tire in the rear gets about the same psi as a full size van does .and psi is traction . thats why chains do so well in snow they concentrait the load on the chain which is a much smaller area than the whole thread thus frocing the chain down into the ice. even loaded to the max on road load the dualed deuce only has 1575psi per tire
...Also u point out the mud between the deuls as a bad thing, it is, it means U were running way to much air for those tires to get a chance to perform, and the tires U have now are what they are, todays tech and awesome, But they are not the one answer for everything, and as for a loaded truck they still are not as stable as deuls, but for sure in a straight line they sure should go further, As for the back passing u with ndts, i never ran more than 40 psi in my deuls highway, never ,i mean in over 50,000 miles with 900 ndts did my first deuce ever break loose,Ive towed deuce s for 400 miles one way and back for the longest but have alot of deuce tows under my belt., a 5 ton for 60 each way ,many jeeps towbarred and trailers towed also. and i pushed it everywhere in all weather for alot of years., To be honest that is driver error. If u push your new tires to that point U will be going much faster from the speeds U say u take em now, there will be no coming back from that . I really believe putting these radials on these antique trucks and doing over 60 is asking for trouble this is my opinion , they sure do give a false sense of security,but for off road use they sure are awesome... I do not know what the speed rating is on the ones u have but my 1400s are stamped 50 max speed. then again it all depends on what we are driving thru and who is driving...I will add that my buddys that i hang with on base here and did more miles in iraq than any other truck company in the first 2 years, say the same thing, and after as many miles that they did and then they were changing there own tires the guys who had deuls were much happier and also took the loads alot better, I will mention again todays trucks all have what u have and for good reason because of where they are used, but then again these new trucks from experienced talk from the front can not handle close to the loads the older trucks can, I have to say i love the singles on my 925 but preffer the look of the 1100 deuls on the deuce, but thats just me, the 925 s tires stick out just enough, and the deuces are well just under the body for me, I like the idea said earlier, the wider tire in the front is the meanest for my eys...All the Best ...signing off...randy
i use my truck way past its design limits and i love these trucks .it is amazing they made a truck so suited to every different terrain .all of our trucks kick butt whether you go with this tire or that tire singled or dualed chained or not always remember to use unimogs for wheel chocks
