Range with Lariat Wheels/Tires on a Platinum?

[Henry Ford]

That's not bad. Put some light weight wheels and tires on it.

I've put Lariat wheels and tires on and didn't notice a difference. That's as light as I'm willing to go.

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[TerryNelsen]

I've put Lariat wheels and tires on and didn't notice a difference. That's as light as I'm willing to go.

Well then it is was it is. Where do you live?

 

[mme_and_lightning]

I've put Lariat wheels and tires on and didn't notice a difference. That's as light as I'm willing to go.

Think about it honestly: Do you really need the back seats?

 

[Henry Ford]

Think about it honestly: Do you really need the back seats?

I have three car seats installed so yeah I need a back seat.

 

[mme_and_lightning]

I have three car seats installed so yeah I need a back seat.

I hope you know I was joking. LOL

 

[Henry Ford]

I hope you know I was joking. LOL

No worries. A back seat is one of the few things I "need" in the capital A 'Merican sense of the word. I "need" a back seat. I really "like" heated and cooled massaging seats. I could live without them but I'd suffer unnecessarily.?

 

[Henry Ford]

Well then it is was it is. Where do you live?

Southern Michigan. That's part of the issue. The other is that I enjoy pressing the go pedal.

 

[mme_and_lightning]

No worries. A back seat is one of the few things I "need" in the capital A 'Merican sense of the word. I "need" a back seat. I really "like" heated and cooled massaging seats. I could live without them but I'd suffer unnecessarily.?

I would love massaging seats. I could drift off peacefully to sleep unlike the passengers in my truck.

 

[JMD359]

Other than the sound system, seats and 22" wheels the Platinum is just a Lariat ER. So if you put the 20" wheels from a Lariat on the Platinum, you could reasonably expect the range estimates to be the same as the Lariat. The differences in the other things are negligible and interior to the cab.

For range purposes you are correct , but overall that’s not the only differences , the biggest difference for me is the truck side . Capacity , the lariat has a 4950 rear axle the platinum I has a 4800, so even though they share the same gvwr number the rear axle of a platinum has a lower capacity for whatever reason . Doesn’t sound like a big deal until your scales a trailer that weighs over 7-8000 lbs . The 50/50 weight distribution of the lightning is bad when your towing , very easy to overload your rear axle . I know this because I’ve scaled mine multiple times. This is why the platinum only has an 8500 lb tow rating where as a lariat has a 10k w maxtow

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