Thank you all for your input - it's been eye opening for me - I never appreciated this but it all makes sense. Of course, perfect is the enemy of good enough in many cases. I don't intend to be anywhere near limits, but I (like most people) need a general purpose solution that sort of fits in...
I have non-SAS Badlands with factory receiver hitch - bought a ball/receiver today and stuck it in and noticed how little clearance there is with my 33" KO2s. I'm upgrading to 35s. Is this a problem?
The Rough Country item says it's for SAS - has anyone installed it on a non-SAS badlands? Also, if you buy the SAS tires (Territories), they aren't really 35'". Has anyone tried mounting true 35s with or without the Rough Country extension on the badlands non-SAS?
I still have 33 KO2s - looking to move up to 35s when they wear. What about the sidewall strength? With the non-SAS gear ratio, I'm wondering if 35 territories might be somewhat equivalent to the 33 KO2s from a weight perspective. I do a fair amount of rock crawling, hence the desire to get...
I'm the original poster - I don't think any of the responses really got to what I was trying to understand. You would think that Black Diamond/Badlands and most of the others would market towards those at least interested in some off-road use regardless of SAS package or not - the choice to use...
I bought the dealer's extended warranty instead of the Ford one - it was an out of town dealer, but they sold me on it as being better than the Ford Protect and that it would work at any of the affiliated dealerships (those owned by Berkshire Hathaway group). It will be a while before I need it...