dually tires

[azwiz]

what are the best wearing tires for 2006 dually? anyone running Dura Grapplers by Nitto? whos running what? stock tires only got 20,000

thanks

Steve



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[GaryOwen]

Michelin LTX M/S have worked good for me on my 03 dually. Have gotten over 150,000 miles on each of the last two sets. Not the best in snow, but okay. Cost was a little over $1300 out the door for the last set I bought in May.



Gary

 

[MountainMan1]

Michelin LTX M/S have worked good for me on my 03 dually. Have gotten over 150,000 miles on each of the last two sets. Not the best in snow, but okay. Cost was a little over $1300 out the door for the last set I bought in May.



Gary

Last set of mine got 161,000 with over 60-65% towing. I drive 58 mph while towing and rarely over 65 empty! Have kept the air pressure at 65psi all the way around. They stop better in snow than accelerate.



Peter

 

[jelag]

I own several 3500 duallys and after being unhappy with the current design 17" tires I've moved my trucks to 19. 5"... I think they are 225/70R/19. 5"... . anyway the same tire size on our old F550 and new 5500...

We've found with 500K miles on the F550 that we'd get close to 100K miles on the steer tires... Usually Michelin or Bridgestone rib tires and 90K miles on re-caps on the drivers... we use the same Bandag tread design used by UPS here in Spokane for their delivery trucks...

We've found that the 19. 5" last longer, are less expensive to run and we've never had a blowout with close to a million miles using them between all our trucks... .

And of course they have a much higher load rating... . the one key I don't care for is the steer tires tend to follow the ruts in the highway more than the 17" tires and I assume that's from the harder thread and sidewall construction...

We use steel wheels... we are looking for long life and safety with a lower cost per mile... nothing more... as we seem to have found it... remember also my stuff runs close to GVW 90% of the time... .

Hope this helps. .

 

[azwiz]

thanks for the feed back. I thought about 19. 5s but I dont want to buy wheels, cause alot of folks I talk to arent that happy with 19. 5s. if I was going to do that, Id go 22. 5s. anyone know if Michelin LTX AT2 in 245/75 17 will have enough space between the duals? Section Width is 9. 76.

thanks

Steve

 

[starkmr]

I went with Toyo H/T's on mine, they've got about 12,000 on them now and don't show much wear. We'll see how they do in the winter here!!



Most wear problems on dually tires are rotation and inflation issues, check 'em all the time!