Mike Melton shows why 2500 trucks need E-load rated tires, not standard ones, and walks through mounting and balancing a Nitto G3 all-terrain with road-force rollers at 1,200 pounds of simulated load.
E-load (LT/E) tires
Nitto G3
Three-Peak Mountain Snow Rating (3PMSF)
Set balancer to LT and turn road-force rollers on
About 1,200 pounds of force
This is where a lot of tire shops mess up. So this is a 2500 truck. So 2500 trucks require an E load tire. So templa, we've seen that a lot of tire companies put standard load tires in this truck. You can't do that. So let me show you something. All right, so down here you can see where it shows templar and shows you load rate and everything here. So you can't put a standalone tire on a truck that requires an elo tire because that will blow out. All right, this one here is the Nitto G3. So this is one of their top all terrain tires that they have. So what makes this tire so good? It's amazing in wet traction. Drive traction off road in the winter time. It's three peak mountain snow rating. And this thing will get you right through that snow. Now that we got this thing mounted up, let's go ahead and balance it out and show you how good these things balance out. All right, so now how you set the balancer up, you're going to want to make sure it's on LT and your road force rollers on. So let's go ahead and balance this thing out. So now first make sure all your weights are cleaned off. Now first you got to make sure you take them damn stickers off. All right, now we got this thing rolling here. In a second, that roller's going to come on down. All right, now what it's doing is putting 1200 pounds of force on that tire to simulate it being ridden on the vehicle itself to to look for any kind of vibration issues that it may cause. As you see, it's only called for a half ounce of weight, 16 pounds of force. So if you want any kind of other tire knowledge or want me to do any kind of videos on different tire stuff, just DM me, let me know.
