wider tires and wheels

[dangerranger10]

i am wanting to lift my 86 ranger and put about 10 inch wide wheels with the bigger mud grip tires on but i want to know if it is hard on the front end or anything first because i dont want to mess up the truck

 

[red93terror]

It does put more stress on the axles, but its hardest on fuel economy. especially if you dont regear the truck. bigger tires are as aerodynamic as a brick.

 

[dangerranger10]

yea i want a lower set of gears because right now i have a little bit bigger tires on it that came off of a ford explorer and you have to give it quite a bit of gas to take off in first and i hate that because i pull trailers and drive through fields a lot...i am not sure what gears it has but i want a set that are a little lower but still get pretty good gas mileage...it still gets 20mpg right now but i want to know if i can put a lower set of gears and still get good gas mileage along with the bigger tires?