Thought I would add a little update regarding the tires for people searching this type and size in the future.
- As mentioned above I had to do quite a bit of trimming to just get the tires to fit while turning while sitting in the shop. Have not had the chance to flex it out any and see if they will fit or how much they will rub. To be honest, slightly second guessing myself that I should have gotten a 12.50 vs. 13.50 tire. I knew the offset of these wheels would cause more issues with clearance with turning but liked the style and this is the only offset they came with. Really couldn't find any other polished wheels with the recommend offset that weren't at least twice as much $.
- The Ridge Grapplers in general. They do look good and aggressive, especially since they are the 13.50 wide versions. They balanced out really well for the size as one tire only took 1 ounce of weight with the worst taking 5 ounces, and the other two in between. To be honest a little disappointed as my intent was to get a "less aggressive", or quieter with better highway manner, style of tire versus a true mud-terrain. As much as I hate to admit it the PW mainly gets used as a truck and most of the miles are on the freeway hauling my other off-road toys. They really aren't that quiet, maybe just slightly quieter than the Falken MT's on it previously and have some tread rumble around 25-30 mph. Again, somewhat second guessing myself that I should of either just gotten a set of mud-terrains or an actual all-terrain. I've had a couple sets of BFG AT's on my previous truck and they were great in regards to being quiet and lasting a long time....of course my last truck really didn't have the off-road potential of the PW and I didn't play with it nearly as much.
- It's not that hilly around me and don't notice any significant change in performance on the road. It possibly will down shift from 6 to 5 a little bit sooner on grades on the freeway going 75 mph. Have not towed with it yet or taken it down to the bigger grades like in Tennessee or anything yet......obviously the $4+ per gallon fuel is limiting my driving in the PW some, especially when I have a car that gets 35 MPG.