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eppieguy Senior Enthusiast

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I know this topic can be very different for many people but just trying to figure out if it's my tires or it's the truck. 2019 HC 6.2, 3" lift running Nitto Terra Grapplers, 285/55/22's E rated tire. When the roads are wet I mostly have to keep it in AWD so I can start off from a stop if I need to give it any real throttle, also on highway on / off ramps I have felt the back end coming around many times and thankfully the nanny's caught it. Bottom line is my truck is quite scary to drive in the rain and if anyone else drove it that didn't know what to expect in the rain I think it would go bad real fast. I've run these tires before but on my Tahoe's, never a pick up, also never ran them with a 6.2. I've run both LT and E rated tires on my Tahoe's and I do not recall this issue. I guess I'm asking if you guys experience it with the pick up's as I haven't owned a full size pick up in many years or is it the wide tires, the E rated tires or what else I do not know, like I said it's down right scary in the rain on turns, and AWD helps a lot on the starts. 

diyer2 Senior Enthusiast

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Normal IMO.

Put some weight in the bed. 

greco2003 Enthusiast

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Get a better tire do you do off reading? All terrain tires sacrifice some on road performance for there off road performance. Also I wouldn’t run the LT LRE tires they are stiffer for heavier loads. Get a good P metric tire.  That’s my honest opinion I work in a tire shop. Personally if you did change them I would look at the Nokian they make both AT and Ht tires in that size excellent tires and they use canola oil instead of petroleum to keep the rubber softer and help with traction. 

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1 hour ago, greco2003 said:

Get a better tire do you do off reading? All terrain tires sacrifice some on road performance for there off road performance. Also I wouldn’t run the LT LRE tires they are stiffer for heavier loads. Get a good P metric tire.  That’s my honest opinion I work in a tire shop. Personally if you did change them I would look at the Nokian they make both AT and Ht tires in that size excellent tires and they use canola oil instead of petroleum to keep the rubber softer and help with traction. 

I've always loved the Nitto TG's and have run them without any issue since 2001, I've never heard of Nokian tires but I looked them up and can not find a 285/55R22......

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Just now, greco2003 said:

They Might not make it yet since it’s a fairly newer oe size 

But the issue is, and the reason I run that tire size is it's not an OE size, it's a 34" tire. I can't find anyone who makes that tire in a P or an LT tire, that's why I am running an E, the next size down that's not an E looks lost with the lift kit installed. 

Imcrazy Senior Enthusiast

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Its the really low first gear my 5.3 2020 8 speed is the same problem. Same tires and motor in my old 16 but a 6 speed and the 20 breaks em loose much easier... Wish we had paddle shifters to start in 2nd gear..

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