• unphazed@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    In WV this would fail inspection. The rule is water cannot pass off fender wells onto the tire. People do just swap out before inspections though. There are no good reasons to need wide rims and tires as far as I know.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      Wide tires spread the weight over a larger distance so they are helpful over softer terrain, like a grassy field…but that truck never leaves pavement. They are only helping him have higher rolling resistance and burn more gas.