Smaller than normal tires for my Ford Ranger?

[Brian]

I just had 4 new tires installed on my 1995 Ford Ranger at Wal-Mart. The stock size for my truck is P225/70R14 which is what I had on the truck before. This time I went with P195/70R14 since they were cheaper and to be honest I don’t know how much longer the old girl is going to hold up in the first place.

Every tire site I’ve gone to including the Wal-Mart site shows that my Ranger fits both sizes of tires, but the tire guy at Wal-Mart tried to say it would only fit the P225/70R14. I told him to just go ahead and install the set of P195/70R14 so he did. The truck rides nice and smooth, but did I make a mistake? If I did, why does it show that both tire sizes are correct for my Ranger?

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[Andrew Harris]

Maybe this will help you understand.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=46&s_kwcid=AL!3756!3!72454646413!e!!g!!tire%20size&ef_id=VmuRDgAABPwt2Atu:20151212031422:s

[Steve Johnson]

225/70/14=26.3 height
195/75/14=25.5 height
195/70/14=24.7 height
Maybe you meant the195/75 its within 1/2 inch which would be the norm. 🙂

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