255's?

[Tardog]

Just had a super bad experiance with a set of Duelers. These had about 20% life left in them. I was well loaded on a gravel road and then had 3 3 flats within 4 hours. Its a road we had traveled all week commuting to work. 2 of these where thow aways. Needless to say I will be purchasing new rubber. What manuf. make 255's, they don't appear to be to commen. I need a stiff side wall and E?rating, thanks

 

[kchristopher]

I have the dunlop radial rovers on my truck. I don't think you can get better than a D rating on them though.

 

[Tardog]

had the rovers on my half ton a while back seemed to run well. How are they standing up on our heavier trucks?

 

[LSMITH]

You can get a couple of the BFG tires in a 255. I am thinking about 235's or 255's next time in hopes of less front end trouble. The 285 BFG's have been outstanding for wear and durability though, I will likely get over 60K miles out of the current set.

 

[Tardog]

Which BFG's did you have. I just went out and priced the Allterrian KO's. Looking at 265x75x16, 4 tires mounted, balanced incl taxes (14. 5%) and enviro leve- $917 canadian total. They are suppose to have an extra belt on the face that is suppose to strengthen quite a bit ?

 

[LSMITH]

Sorry about that, I should have put up my sig. I have the AT KO's, great tire as long as you stay away from deep or sticky mud. I guess they might be OK in those conditions but I do not have the guts to maintain the tire speed to get them to clean out well. The sidewalls are quite hard on my tires, and they advertise something is special about it but I don't remember what it is. You might check on what it would run you to drop into the states to get your tires, if at all practical that is, at least the taxes you pay will only be in the 4-6% range and disposal fees for the old ones will be around $5 each.

 

[Tardog]

Don't have to worry about disposal of two of them, they did that on their own. I checked Tire Rack, 265's are $152 ea. which is about $243ea. cdn which is $1000 plus mt/bal/ frgt. Looks like my $917 total is a fair price. whick includes road hazard/flats/rotation. How are their road manners? and noise?wear? thanks

 

[milehiscott]

BFG's rock!!

Tardog,

The BFG AT has a 3x side wall (2x on most tires). This gives it extra strength for when you air down for off roading as well as makes it harder to rip out off road.

You should expect at least 40K out of a set if you take care of them (rotate, proper inflation, etc). When I ran them on my old gasser, I could not hear them. Definitely not louder than the diesel. IMHO, they handle VERY well on road as well as off. They are nice and smooth. They generally do very well off road as well. As LSmith said, deep mud can be a problem, unless you can keep them moving to clear themselves out. On a related note, they do a very good job of self cleaning. So if you have a trailer, you will want mud flaps or something to protect it. BFGs will throw rocks and dirt.

Scott

 

[GiesJ]

AT's

Tardog

I have the BFG 285/75's and love em. The tire rides great on and off road. I have heard some complaints about longetivity but I pulled 40+K out of my first set. I suggest getting any bombs when you are close to the end of the line on the tires so that you are not 'on the honeymoon' with new rubber!

A guy in town has the 255/85 Muds and they look sweet too - much narrower.

hope this helps,

J

 

[GFoley]

Tardog,



I have a set of BFG MTs in 255/85/16 mounted on an Eagle 16x8 wheel. The tires are load range D, but carry a 3,000 lb rating. My BFG AT in 245 are load range E, and are 3,042 lb rated. The only tire I have found that exceeds these rating by a substantial amount is the Michelin LTX MS in 265/75/16 (maybe the ATs as well). These tires are the current OEM tire mounted on the aluminum wheels as a factory option on 01 and newer trucks.



My Eagle wheels are rated to 3,420 lbs @ 60 psi. Enough to carry the weight but not at the sidewall recommendations, 3,415 @ 80.

Which ever tire you choose, it will not be the load carrying rating that is your limiting factor.



Another nice thing about this size is that they do not extend beyond the body like a 285 or 305 will. They fit nicely, do not rub and do not require any lift.



I experimented with the air pressure and found the ride and wear were best with 45 psi front and 40 rear. The MTs can be heards especially at low speeds. The CTD is actually louder than the tires at cruising speed. Mine were/are for sale but since you are so far away it is not worth offering them to you.



I have a couple pictures that you might be interested in seeing. Send PM with an alternate email and I will forward them to you.



Glenn

 

[Tardog]

From what I've searched BFG only makes a 255 in the MT not the AT. I prefer the AT due to the fact That 75% of my driving is hiway. Might have to look at 265 or at another brand. I see that Dunlope's got a 3 for 4 on right now with and thay make 255's. If I get the Dunlopes I can buy a set of rancho 9000's for the same total price. hummmm? decisions?

 

[Dave MacArthur]

I have the Dunlop Radial Rover AT's in 255/85. They handle and ride very well. Good in rain, snow and mud. Just give them a little gas (diesel) and they clean well in the mud. I have 23,000 miles on them now. They are wearing more in the center and I'm not sure that I'll get 40k out of them. I keep the front at 60 and the rear at 42 (empty). I'm going to try the fronts down to 50 and the rears down to 35 and see what happens. Their max weight rating is 3000 lbs @ 65 psi. My front axle weighs in at about 4500 lbs so maybe I've been running them a little high? Other than the center wearing faster than the outside tread, I really like these tires. They look good and must have a fairly stiff sidewall because the handle so well. I found it very hard to find a good quality 255/85 tire.



Dave.

 

[Cooker]

Tardog,



Where did you see the info about Dunlops deal. I am shopping for tires right now and that might make my decision a little easier.



Thanks,

Ryan

 

[Tardog]

Cooker- I was told this by a tire shop (Fountain Tire, it's a national chain) in Victoria,BC. I have it in writing. $689 cdn total for 4-255's mntd/bal/taxes/leves. That works out to about $100 of you money actually about $430. Ya want me to send you a set?



Dave- Thanks for the run down on the RV's. It's good to hear that they are perfoming well. Do you load them up at all and hit the gravel?

 

[Cooker]

I sure wish I could get a set for $430. The best I can do around here is $550. No on has mentioned a buy threee get on free offer either.



Thanks,

Ryan

 

[Tardog]

Has any one run a set of 255's by Big "O" tires. Free replacement of the tire for the legal life of the tire. Not pro rated.

 

[d90boy]

All the Big O tires I've encountered have been junk, I'd have nothing to do with them. I'd like to put some 255/85 BFG MTs on my 2500 because they look so dern good. I never go off road with the dodge though so the factory michelins will work fine. I'd look strongly into the Goodyear Wrangler MT/R if you need a traction tire, in my off road experience they are stronger than the BFG and work better in the rocks.

 

[Tardog]

Good to hear about the "Big O's" Looking for an "At" tire, not so much rock crawln or mudd'n but something that will pack a load run quieter than the CTD and handle well, But not to close a tread.

 

[JHansen]

I ran private-branded Big O's on my XJ-actually they're still on there. No problems on it-what they might be like on a heavy old CTD I have no idea. I love the XT's tread pattern-maybe someday I'll pony up the $$$ to put a set of them in 315 on the Silver Cloud as a R&D experiment ... .



Fountain is flogging their 4 for 3 Dunlop sale out here too. Fountain is not my favorite place in the world-but pretty hard to beat 1 tire for free. I did inquire about 315 MTR's there about 2 weeks ago-wow scary-well over $300 CDN per tire. I went back to another set of the Wild Spirit DTX's I ran before-good deal on them and they seemed to wear good on my truck. Most of my driving is gravel-for me it seems to be a waste of cash to spend the money on a big-name tire as the gravel chews them all up fairly equally! .



As for decent-cleaning all-terrain tires-I can tell you one to stay away from-Sport King AT's. I ran a set in 285s-very poor in our gumbo even with advanced amounts of wheelspeed. Didn't last very good too-the DTX's ran 1/3 longer. Mind you 1/3 more is only 10000 kilometers-did I tell you gravel was hard on tires?



Jason