Hello! I recently purchased a used 2015 Fleet shell w/ furnace and stove and plan to carry it on my 2nd Gen Tacoma about 75% of the time. Very excited to have finally gotten a FWC after lots of reading and planning.
I plan to add firestone airbags to the truck and would like to upgrade my tires eventually. This site has been very helpful in planning out this setup.
My 2014 double cab long bed Tacoma came with Goodyear Wrangler "All-Terain Adventure with Kevlar" tires in size 265/70/16 which have about 20k miles left in them.
The tires do not say "LT", so I am assuming they are the "P" rated version which have a Load Range of "SL". However, they have a Load Index of 112, which seems like it should be plenty to carry the truck, camper, and a moderate amount of gear. Yet I have run across several people in these forums saying that P tires are not sufficient to carry the weight of the camper, and you should always get LT tires. I'll be honest and say I'm a little confused on how Load Index/Load Rating/LT vs P all work together.
I will definitely be getting LT tires when these eventually wear out, but I would like to run these existing tires for a while if safe and possible. What risks would I run if using the existing tires for a while, before upgrading to LT?
FWIW, the lady and I (and our pooch) have a 2-week road trip planned in March and plan to mostly do highway, light-gravel and forrest service roads. Nothing hardcore. Would I be stupid not to upgrade tires before this trip? Will definitely be adding the airbags beforehand.
I plan to add firestone airbags to the truck and would like to upgrade my tires eventually. This site has been very helpful in planning out this setup.
My 2014 double cab long bed Tacoma came with Goodyear Wrangler "All-Terain Adventure with Kevlar" tires in size 265/70/16 which have about 20k miles left in them.
The tires do not say "LT", so I am assuming they are the "P" rated version which have a Load Range of "SL". However, they have a Load Index of 112, which seems like it should be plenty to carry the truck, camper, and a moderate amount of gear. Yet I have run across several people in these forums saying that P tires are not sufficient to carry the weight of the camper, and you should always get LT tires. I'll be honest and say I'm a little confused on how Load Index/Load Rating/LT vs P all work together.
I will definitely be getting LT tires when these eventually wear out, but I would like to run these existing tires for a while if safe and possible. What risks would I run if using the existing tires for a while, before upgrading to LT?
FWIW, the lady and I (and our pooch) have a 2-week road trip planned in March and plan to mostly do highway, light-gravel and forrest service roads. Nothing hardcore. Would I be stupid not to upgrade tires before this trip? Will definitely be adding the airbags beforehand.