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MTMike
02-22-2007, 10:25 PM
With the intention of raising unladen hwy MPG.

Is this a good idea? Please elaborate.

My milage ratio is ~60% unladen hwy, ~15% Fully loaded (Camper & 4x4+trailer), ~10% Partially loaded (4x4 & trailer) and ~10% city

Thanks

whiterocket5.9
02-22-2007, 10:38 PM
im goin from the stocker 265's to 35's next week ill let ya knwo how my mpg is affected im sure there is a certain point where it starts makin your mpg worse and there is also aprobly a difference between 33 inch mudders and a set of equal size pizza cutter street/hauling tires