Fred Stevens
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Getting ready to buy a Toyota Tacoma Prerunner TRD to be used with a Fleet pop-up.
I have some tire questions.
The TRD Prerunner comes with "P" (Passenger) rated BF Goodrich tires which I'm pretty sure are inadequate for the load of a Fleet unit. Does anyone know if Light Truck tires can be ordered directly from the factory in place of the stock BF Goodrich tires and if so what tires are people happy with? From comments, I see peope are using everything from "C" to "E" rated load tires. I estimate the total weight of the proposed vehicle with the camper to be roughly 5,700 pounds (3,800 the curb weight of the Prerunner plus 1,900 for camper, accessories and 2 passengers). My driving will be mostly on paved and gravel/dirt roads, no serious rock climbing. So here's the all important question. I don't want to go too light on a tire, but on the other hand I don't want to go overly heavy either since this affects gas mileage and figures to be more expensive. FWIW, I contacted the local Toyota dealer to get answers to these questions but haven't heard back yet. He's apparently busy selling Tacomas.
As you can probably guess, I would prefer not to have to take the factory tires off a new Tacoma and turn around and sell them privately, probably at a discount, but it may come to that.
Thanks for suggestions
I have some tire questions.
The TRD Prerunner comes with "P" (Passenger) rated BF Goodrich tires which I'm pretty sure are inadequate for the load of a Fleet unit. Does anyone know if Light Truck tires can be ordered directly from the factory in place of the stock BF Goodrich tires and if so what tires are people happy with? From comments, I see peope are using everything from "C" to "E" rated load tires. I estimate the total weight of the proposed vehicle with the camper to be roughly 5,700 pounds (3,800 the curb weight of the Prerunner plus 1,900 for camper, accessories and 2 passengers). My driving will be mostly on paved and gravel/dirt roads, no serious rock climbing. So here's the all important question. I don't want to go too light on a tire, but on the other hand I don't want to go overly heavy either since this affects gas mileage and figures to be more expensive. FWIW, I contacted the local Toyota dealer to get answers to these questions but haven't heard back yet. He's apparently busy selling Tacomas.
As you can probably guess, I would prefer not to have to take the factory tires off a new Tacoma and turn around and sell them privately, probably at a discount, but it may come to that.
Thanks for suggestions