I put some new shoes on my 5500 4x4 today. I have $1375.00 in 6 new Otani 650's. These are about the perfect mix for a forest service road / snow tire in a 19.5. Softish tread compound, lots of sipes, studable and decent voids.....and not Chinese.
I added a set of centramatic balancers while I was at it which imo should be factory for any truck that will see gravel roads.
The poor guys at the tire joint were not able to get the duals free...so I had to take it home and put a strap and chain fall on it to break it loose. All done now and I am happy with it.
Really good to know. I have a Chevy 4500 4wd that needs new shoes and buddy has been having hell finding some for his Ram 5500 service truck.
These wouldn't be my choice for a pavement only in dry country rig, but for snow and forest service roads with lots of pavement in between....they're awesome.
The big centramatic takes about 25mph to spin up and once the speed is there.....it's butter smooth.
