24.5 or 22.5 tires, help me decide?

If you lugged one of them.old 2 cycle Detroits very hard or long the pistons just welded themselves to the jugs ..the 2 things them Detroits were best at was leaking oil and making alot of noise

 

Don't forget to pencil in the oil loss ratio too

 

Not to derail the thread .. but if anybody knows of or has a complete set of hub pilot aluminum 24:5 wheels they wanta sell I'am looking for a set of 10.. need to be the round hole vents or old style Pete ..
Thanks

 

Oh, oh, here we go,,,

 

Kinda like TTR!

 

11r22.5 and 285/75 24.5 are both 41.8” IIRC, 12 22.5 is 42 and change and 11 24.5 is 44.1”, 295/75 22.5.s are about 40”, don’t remember

there’s a lot of 24.5s up here in the north east because everyone thinks you need them to haul 100k, though they do help with ground clearance

make sure you check 5th wheel height, i know 46k KW 8 bag and 11 24.5s puts the 5th wheel at 52”, I’m like 13’ 6.5” on the truck with 46s and 12 22.5s

 

Don’t need them but they are nice to have……