Best Tires

[RClark]

Other than Michelins, whisj brand seems to be the best tire?

My truck came with Goodyear but 2 sets didn't last long. I now have Firestones on the rear and Cooper the front.

 

[goodguys75]

for factory style tires micheline is the best... just my 2 cents..... for off road and street... bfg all terraines

 

[Hoefler]

I run Cooper AT3 on my dually.

 

[ILIANBG]

I've heard good things about Toyo and BFG. Never tried those on the truck yet. I'm on the 3rd set of Michelins. Nothing to complain about.
Ilian

 

[Nyoest]

I've always gotten good mileage with cooper AT's for on road and ST's for some off road.

 

[HBarlow]

Other than Michelins, whisj brand seems to be the best tire?
My truck came with Goodyear but 2 sets didn't last long. I now have Firestones on the rear and Cooper the front.

Why do you want to eliminate the best tire on the market while asking "what is the best tire?"

Michelins are the best tire by just about any method of ranking. They are cheaper to use when calculated by the mile and ranked very high by owners. There are more aggressive tires for off-road use but none better for long trouble free service.

 

[NavyDood]

My Nitto Dura Grapplers are holding up every bit as good as the OEM Michelin's and look much better when it comes to filling the cavernous wheel wells. I currently have 63,000 miles and they still have a good amount of tread left.

 

[RClark]

More on tires-tread depth

As part of the learning experience i found out that I was inflating my tires wrong, the wore more on the center-over inflatiion. The door sticker sayw 55 psi for the rear duallys. Way to much for my load. I ran the scales with my trailer hooked up and found out that 40 psi each was the MAX. Now I'm running 35, slightly less than needed and way less than the 80 psi one tire dealer told me to run "because that is what it says on the tire"

Right now they are running 3/32" depth in the center and 6-7/32 on the outside.

What is the minimum depth that I should let the center go to before replacing them?

 

[HBarlow]

None of all the sets of Michelins, both 16" and 17", ordinary light truck tires or XPS Ribs I have owned have worn the center of the tread at 60 to 70 psi rear inflation on duallies or 70 to 80 psi on fronts.

Minimum tread depth under DOT rules is 4/32" fronts and 2/32" rears.

 

[goodguys75]

As part of the learning experience i found out that I was inflating my tires wrong, the wore more on the center-over inflatiion. The door sticker sayw 55 psi for the rear duallys. Way to much for my load. I ran the scales with my trailer hooked up and found out that 40 psi each was the MAX. Now I'm running 35, slightly less than needed and way less than the 80 psi one tire dealer told me to run "because that is what it says on the tire"

Right now they are running 3/32" depth in the center and 6-7/32 on the outside.

What is the minimum depth that I should let the center go to before replacing them?

when you are close to the wear bars... . junk them

 

[Bob4x4]

when you are close to the wear bars... . junk them

that is 2/32... ... ... ... . I personally never let them get down that far. especially bad in winter driving.

 

[Bob4x4]

As part of the learning experience i found out that I was inflating my tires wrong, the wore more on the center-over inflatiion. The door sticker sayw 55 psi for the rear duallys. Way to much for my load. I ran the scales with my trailer hooked up and found out that 40 psi each was the MAX. Now I'm running 35, slightly less than needed and way less than the 80 psi one tire dealer told me to run "because that is what it says on the tire"

Right now they are running 3/32" depth in the center and 6-7/32 on the outside.

What is the minimum depth that I should let the center go to before replacing them?

On the 2nd gen trucks the door placard psi is for max gvw only. The 3rd gen and newer have both light load and max gvw psi.

You can go to most tire companies and get the recommended psi by weight.

 

[MChrist]

Find out what size tire you need. Go to Tire Rack - Your performance experts for tires and wheels. See what options you have, look at the surveys and reviews. Compare prices.

You will find that even the highest rated Michelins are only about 10% more than the average tire. They will be at least 10% better, last at least 10% longer, etc...

 

[dresslered]

I've used the Michelin LT235/85R16 MI XPS RIB in the past and now using the LT235/85R16 MICHELIN LTXMS2 which I love. However, I tried the Bridgestone Dualer LT235/85R16 BS A/T REVO OWL E 156-191 a couple of years ago and have them on my wife's Durango and they are a very nice tire for the money.

 

[RClark]

Tirereck

I went there and did find that Michelins ewrn't that expensive. What get you is the high shipping charges.

 

[dresslered]

What get you is the high shipping charges.

What I found was that the savings in tax usually paid for the shipping. Sometimes they have a deal where you get a free gift card which the wife always grabs.

 

[RClark]

Then all tou have is Installatiion.

Does anybody know if COSTCO handles Michilen tires?

 

[MChrist]

Sam's Club does, also Wal Mart (related). If you can't find either of these, you need to move...

 

[JAlford]

Michelin XPS are the best of the best, but pricy. I got 88k on my XPS tractions. Couldn't afford to spend $2k for another set, so put BFG commercial T/A tractions on. Very aggressive tread, good in snow and rain, and got 57k out of the 1st set on my '99, just put my second set on.

Keep in mind that my 99 truck eats tires. I got 32k out of stock michelins, tried a Yokohama and got 18k, then put on XPS tractions.

Jeff

 

[HBarlow]

Sam's Club does, also Wal Mart (related). If you can't find either of these, you need to move...

That sounds like something I would have said!