Mike Melton at Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, NC mounts 40-inch Toyo Open Country MT tires on a Ford F-250. The massive tires weigh only 2.25 oz and required cutting the front bumper to fit. He shows how underinflation caused uneven tread wear and stresses the importance of proper inflation and balancing.
We've got a big old F-250 in here putting on some big 40-inch tires. So as you see, they're wearing out pretty good right here. And the reason they're wearing out here and here compared to here, what he's doing, he's underinflated the tires. So now we'll go in here and check and see what we putting on there. And of course, he loves the tires so much he's going back with them. So like I said, it's a 40 by 15.50, 26 on the American Force wheels. All right, let's bounce these big old 40s out. But first, you know what we got to do. Sticker's already tore all to hell, but we got to take that damn sticker off, son. Let's get her off of there. Let's see where we at. Look at that, way down below the threshold and only 2 and a quarter ounce weight on a big old 40x15.50-26 Toyo MT tire. All right, now here it is. We finished putting these 40s on this thing. Now I see he's got— still got plenty of room. So what he did, he had to cut his bumper and all that stuff to get these big 40s on there, but that son of a gun looks good. He's got the Toyo Open Country MTs with American Force tires on there. And of course, you need any 40s, 38s, 37s, any tires at all, Make sure you come see us. Mike at Speedy Tire in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
