I drive a 2003 ford ranger 4x4 with a 3inch body lift and 285/75R16 all terrian tires on stock wheels. I was wondering if I could fit a 305 size tires on my wheels and without rubbing turning the tires lock to lock. Is it true that if you put too big of tires on a truck that you can burn up your transmission??

 

because of the rolling mass of the tires, it stresses alot of the drivetrain, so yea, your transmission could possiably burn up with hard use, from overheating, hard ****s, etc.

 

yes you can fit them but go with a 15" rim and get some 33x12.5x15 is my recommendation

 

I called my local ford dealership and found out my stock rim size is 16 by 7in wide. I found some tires that I want they are 305/70/16 MT and on the specs page they said you need to have a rim size of 8-9.5 to mount the tires. I know this might seem like an old question but I want to know for sure that they will fit before I spend $850 bucks for tires. I will patch a link to the site. Thanks
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....cleSearch=true

 

I wouldn't mount 305/75/16's on a stock rim. I would at least get 16x8 IMO

285/75/16's is as wide as I would go These two sizes are the same height just the 305 is an inch wider

 

I already got 285/75 on my truck and with my lift they look like 28in tall tires.
I was just wanting to go a little wider to take up some of the finder gap. I know that some 15/9in wheels would look great but the money situation comes into play. So my question now is what size can fit on a 16/7in stock wheel or what would you recommend?