A 235/85R16 is 31.7 inches tall and 9.3 wide. Here is why it measures closer to 31 on your truck, and how it compares to a 265/75R16.
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The turn test everyone repeats only tells you half of it. Two other tests separate a bearing from a tire in a single drive.
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Your tire is probably fine. The wheel is what is leaking, and the corrosion doing it stays invisible until the tire comes off the rim.
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A broken tire belt is not one failure, it is three. Which layer separated decides whether you can limp to a shop or need a tow right now.
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Hank's 2026 whitewall roundup: bias-look whitewalls with vintage sidewalls and radial guts, plus Kontio and Autobahn picks off our own shelves.
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Drag slicks, drag radials, or street tires? Dennis breaks down which drag racing tire your class rules and power level actually call for.
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Off-road rim financing comes down to ticket size. Here is what installment plans and lease-to-own really cost, and the payoff window that cuts it.
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A cheap but good tire has an A traction grade, 400 plus treadwear, and your door jamb load index. Here is the price floor by size.
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Everybody answers under-inflation. Hank explains why that misses three drivers out of five, and how to find the one thing that will actually kill your tires.
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Not every bad tire is an emergency. Dennis ranks every warning sign by urgency so you know what means tow it, what means days, and what can wait.
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Eight off-road tire types compared by snow rating, cost per mile, and load range. Find which one fits where you actually drive.
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The cheapest set of touring tires is rarely the cheapest to drive on. Here is what 11 commuter tires actually cost you per mile, using real prices.
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Adding a few PSI is safe in some situations and costly in others. Here is the exact ceiling for towing, track days, cold weather, and fuel economy.
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Six things can make a tire illegal, and tread is only one. The number everyone quotes is not the law in your state. Here is what actually gets you cited.
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Yes, in most states. But your exposure depends on how many tires you have, where you put them, and whether you moved them. Here is where the line sits.
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Progressive and Acima both say a full-term lease runs about double the cash price. Here is that math run on real wheel and tire packages.
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Affirm reports to the bureaus. Progressive, Snap, and Acima mostly do not. Here is what each checkout option really does to your credit in 2026.
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The KM3 carries no mileage warranty. That is not a red flag, it is a clue. Here is what really decides whether it lasts 25,000 miles or 50,000.
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Baja Boss A/T ships in two builds. LT sizes get 3-ply PowerPly XD and 18/32 tread. Euro-metric sizes do not. Here is which one fits your truck.
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Hank breaks down the Primacy Tour A/S: what it does better than anything, the four-way warranty fork, and who should skip it.
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Michelin is retiring the Defender LTX M/S one size at a time. Which sizes are gone, what replaces them, and how long a set really lasts.
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Hit a pothole? What to check in the first sixty seconds, at the next stop, and three weeks later when the damage that hides finally shows up.
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Most overloaded trucks pass the GVWR check and fail at the rear axle. Find your real limit, case by case, before your tires pay for it.
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Your car pulls right. Is it the tires, the alignment, or a sticking caliper? Sort it by what changed and what the car does, with six free tests.
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Is the Continental SportContact 7 any good? It wins nearly every test it enters, and still disappoints some owners. Here is what decides which one you get.
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