Goodyear Ultraterrain 275/60 65 or 285/65

thegrizz · September 25, 2020

As the title states I am putting some new tires on the truck. Right now I have the 275/60/20 Bridgestone Alenza.

I have pretty much decided on the Goodyear Ultraterrain. We like to wheel on OBX and head to the mountains in the winter so these seem like a great option imo.

My question I have stock suspension. I originally wanted to go with a 285/65/20 to give it a beefier look. Then I started looking at going with the stock size but noticed it was an SL rated.

As someone who will be towing in the future should I go with the larger tire size in the E load or will I be fine with an SL?

Thanks for the help.

btj_z71 · September 25, 2020

27 minutes ago, thegrizz said:

As the title states I am putting some new tires on the truck. Right now I have the 275/60/20 Bridgestone Alenza.

I have pretty much decided on the Goodyear Ultraterrain. We like to wheel on OBX and head to the mountains in the winter so these seem like a great option imo.

My question I have stock suspension. I originally wanted to go with a 285/65/20 to give it a beefier look. Then I started looking at going with the stock size but noticed it was an SL rated.

As someone who will be towing in the future should I go with the larger tire size in the E load or will I be fine with an SL?

Thanks for the help.

You will be fine with the SL, just check that the tire's load rating meets your needs. E would be necessary on 2500s and 3500s.

I recommend you check out the Falken Wildpeak AT3W. These are great tires.

f8l vnm · September 25, 2020

Wouldn't the 285/65 rub on stock suspension ? Nice tire size though . Post pics!

hihosilverado · September 25, 2020

I would stick with the stock size with P rating. This tire has always intrigued me as a good alternative to the K02 which is a heavy D rated tire in the stock size.

kstruckcountry · September 25, 2020

If you wheel, I would step up in rating in the stock size. Plenty of people run C range tires with good results. I run E and haven't had a flat in 120,000 miles so I'll be sticking with them.....

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Kchampagne · September 26, 2020

I replaced my alenza's with the 275/60/20 Ultraterrains and I love them! You might have rubbing issues with the 285/65/20 with no level or lift. Here is a photo of mine.

hihosilverado · September 26, 2020

Ken....your truck looks great. What lift/level kit do you have?

Kchampagne · September 26, 2020

43 minutes ago, hihosilverado said:

Ken....your truck looks great. What lift/level kit do you have?

Thank you. I have the GM AT4 lift. I also added the Zone 1.75 level kit and UCAs to be safe. I think this photo is before I added the level though.

Rad64 · October 2, 2020

Ken, the truck looks great. As for the topic here, I have the stock Goodyear Duratracs on my truck with 11,000 miles on them and they have been great. Off road they perform and on road they only whine a little. I couldn't be happier even if they are the stock tire. As for the tire width, you really do need to check max turn on the wheel wells...

thegrizz · October 6, 2020

Thanks everyone. Decided not to go with a 285. My choices are 275/60 in SL or 275/65 in E with the Ultraterrain. Leaning towards the 75 since it will be a bit taller and tougher tire. I've never had anything other than LT tires on my trucks so to me the SL's are a bit mushy.

Discount Tire tells me the 275/65/20 will fit no problem. I agree. Anyone have any experience?

arvid.garey · October 6, 2020

11 hours ago, thegrizz said:

Thanks everyone. Decided not to go with a 285. My choices are 275/60 in SL or 275/65 in E with the Ultraterrain. Leaning towards the 75 since it will be a bit taller and tougher tire. I've never had anything other than LT tires on my trucks so to me the SL's are a bit mushy.

Discount Tire tells me the 275/65/20 will fit no problem. I agree. Anyone have any experience?

I have the 275/65/20 Ultra terrains on a 2019 Silverado with a front level only. They fit great and do not rub at all and I have 10000 on them so far and they are wearing great.

thegrizz · October 7, 2020

51 minutes ago, arvid.garey said:

I have the 275/65/20 Ultra terrains on a 2019 Silverado with a front level only. They fit great and do not rub at all and I have 10000 on them so far and they are wearing great.

you figure they would fit without a level? Seems to be a lot of wheel well left to fill on these trucks.