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I bet I'm about the same, lots of driving on more local 40 and 50 mph roads and only a bit of highway lately. Plus I don't put a lot of miles on it in general. Like I said, just concerned about snow traction, both for plowing and general winter driving, in a not-too-high priced tire. I'm not...

Are those E rated? If so 35 psi is on the verge of flat, I'd never run below 55 psi in an E rated. If a lower load rating then it's a different story.

Mike, did you consider the Mastercraft Courser HXT's when you were looking? I'm thinking of putting 265/75-16's on my truck. It's not that I'm on the highway all that much in it, but want better snow traction and wonder if the highway all season tread is better in snow than the A/T tread.

I'll report back how the truck feels once I get the new tires. I'm debating whether to go cheap and stick with the steel wheels or get a set of aftermarket PYO's or something like that.

When I bought the Sub it had 235/85/16's on it briefly, they were shot. They are virtually the same size as the 265/75/16's and would clearly roll easier. I agree, the bigger tires kill mileage and I saw that on the Sub, dropped from 16-17.5 mpg to 15-16. Can't say I felt a braking...

Glad to hear, since I'm still running through the OPS ......

I've got an FRC-10 from Leroy on the truck, but related question - is the FRC-10 flow on fail?

I went to the 265/75/16's on my Suburban, and am about to on my 2500 ECLB, but both have 4.10's. On yours with 3.73 you may begin to feel the loss of towing power. I'm with you on wanting to get highway rpm down a bit, I put a lot of highway miles on my Sub and running 2,400 rpm for hours gets...

Do you know what axle ratio you have in the K1500? Sounds like it's running well, as for the holding back feeling, these 6.5's don't leap forward when you step on it, they just pull steady and strong. If you are running over 2000 rpm on the highway, which you would be with 3.73 gears that you...

Suggest you post more pics of it. Based on the one above that has to be one of the nicest '99's you could find anywhere, gorgeous truck! Would be a pretty amazing tow rig for someone.

On your last post, the '95 is doing the correct thing, stays around 1000 or a bit more when coasting, then drops to idle rpm (end of engine braking) when you hit the brake. The jumping back to 1000 and down again I would guess would be a brake switch about to go bad, very common problem. On...

I've run MS's on a Durango and now MS2's on a Tahoe. They are amazing tires, to me the best snow tire short of a dedicated snow tire, plus dead quiet and smooth. The long life makes the big price tag actually pretty competitive with lower priced tires when you factor in the miles. Lower price...

Radiator hose pressure wouldn't really be related, is more a test of head crack or gasket failure, just threw it in while I was asking. Idle is fine, you should be able to squeeze the hoses easily, not feel like they are hard with pressure. I don't know anything about the Hummers, what is the...

Time for a compression/leak down test. Are you just getting blow-by out the dipstick or oil fill? Is your upper radiator hose pressurized? Any blue smoke when running?

That's not fair, we drive our cars off the lot and they start rusting! Last winter they used so much salt that the reserves in the entire northeast nearly ran out, they were having to bring more salt in from all over to make it through.

I didn't look into it to see if it's true, but a guy I work with was told that to replace the oil pan on his 2009 Ford F250 (gas) 4WD, they had to pull the engine. It's a known problem, they rust out, and it was a dealer telling him that so not sure if it's true. If so, they should fire the...

I've used those flex head gear wrenches a bit, and they are awesome for just the sort of thing you used them for, close spaces, odd angles. But, can't stand them for everyday use so I have a set of rigid offset gear wrenches (Craftsman) and borrow the flex head when I need one. Not exactly...

Hey JWT, maybe a bit more info will help. So when it does start, it runs fine? Or does it sometimes run poorly? Does it start easier 1st start cold, and then is harder to start once warm? Or is it hit or miss even on a cold start? If you can get your hands on a fuel pressure gauge, would be...

Glad to see you here, and ready to tackle a project! It will be nice to have that sharp truck of yours on the road again. On the garage - wouldn't it be worth it to pull in up to the fenders, so you were out of the sun and could still work on a rainy day?

Quite the lineup! I was trying to figure out the one I didn't recognize, then realized it was the Suburban. Another interesting stat would be the total purchase price for all of them - probably less than the price of a 10 year old Duramax truck.