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Location: Texas | Does anyone have experience with the new Fords with the 20 inch wheels and how they set with a gooseneck trailer? My father in law is letting us use his new Ford truck for a while. It's an F350 4wd with the 20in wheels and it sits up there pretty high. Before we spend the money on a gooseneck hitch, I wanted to be sure I wouldn't have any issues with my trailer. Thanks for any input!
Edited by center alley 2006-12-28 8:15 PM
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Location: Southern New Mexico | I had 20inch tires on my 03 dodge half ton and every time I hooked up to the trailer they lost about 5lbs of air pressure. They were not towing tires, they were passenger tires. I found someone with the same truck and almost new set of 17inch tires that wanted 20inches and we traded. Of course the 350 with 4wd will be taller than my half ton. |
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Location: West TN | I've got a friend that has a 250 with the 20s and has no problem pulling a 26' Hart 3H LQ. I think that the tire is smaller on these to compensate for the larger wheel. This should help with the issue of being so tall. |
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Location: Northern Utah | The overall diameter of the tire is the same regardless of whether it's the 20" or 18" wheel. The Tire is still 32.x inches tall. The tires side wall are just smaller on the 20" wheel. But the bed height / hitch height is still the same. So it should make no difference as far as hitching up the truck. The tires still make the same number of revolutions per mile. The 20" wheels just show a lower profil sidewall,, which is the look everybody seems to want now days. Now after market tires can be added which can be taller and will raise the bed height. If they are factory tires on a F350, the 18" or 20" rims will still carry a "E" rated tire that will carry the weight the F350 is rated for. If they are after market tires, people often put on a "D" rated tire, which would carry less weight. Tire specialest tell me the "D" rated tires squirm more under load than the "E" rated which cause early tire wear. For example a 285/75/16 "D" rated tire will carry 3200 lbs. But it is an 8 ply tire and runs at 65 psi air. A 265/75/16 "E" rate tire carries the same 3200 lbs. But is a 10 ply tire at 80 psi. Their is less tread squirm because of the 10 ply and higher air pressure. But I digress, you were not asking about tire longivity, but whether there would be a problem using a truck with 20" wheels.
Edited by Painted Horse 2006-12-29 4:33 AM
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Location: Texas | Thank you all so much for your replies! That makes sense about the tires not being as tall. Painted Horse, the information you gave me on tire longevity and the different ratings on tires is something I did not know and I will be keeping it so that I can look back on it when it is time to purchase tires! Thank you so much! You have all been VERY helpful!  |
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20 inch wheels and pulling a gooseneck - help
