Over 98,000 miles on original tires

[pabear]

New tires installed today at just over 98,600 miles, replacing original tires on 2500 RAM I bought new in 2005Oo.

Original tires were BF Goodrich Rugged Trail TA

New tires are Michelin LTX A/T2 (same size as original); here's hoping for long life on these too.



Guy at Costco was amazed

 

[Dreamer]

if you got that many miles out of the originals, why wouldn't you replace them with the same or are they no longer available ?

 

[MarkEkberg]

Happened to me once. Got a real good set of BFG's. Have never been able to reproduce it. Sometimes you get lucky.

 

[AH64ID]

Wow that's impressive!

I run the OEM LTX's in the summer and at about 18K miles they are less than half tread. In the winter I run a set of KM2's and at 16K miles they are just under half tread.

I don't drive aggressive, burn outs, etc. . it's simply from dirt road driving and towing.

 

[fox]

Spinning on ice must not create any wear!!! But it does create miles!
Just kidding you!!!
Good job.

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I would have guessed your OE tires were Michelin, not BFG. I got about 80k out of my OE Michelins.

 

[Boaring1961]

When I purchased my 2005 brand new it came with the off-road tire option, which were the BFG Rugged Trail. I find it quite funny that Dodge or anyone would consider the Rugged Trail tires as "Off Road. " They are great running and long lived tires, but they are not designed for "off road" traction. Well, maybe gravel roads!!

 

[cerberusiam]

If they a dealer or factory option they were probably a lot better tire than you can buy now or from a tire store. Tire selection and wear is a big issue in the last couple years.

 

[JR]

It would take me running on my third set of tires to equal that kind of mileage. the 2012 OEM takeoffs with BFG's I'm running have just a touch shy north of 30k on them and will need replaced before winter.

 

[Bob4x4]

My 05 came with the bfgs too. Went up in size pretty quick. The oems went on a 2nd gen 2 wd truck he was very happy with them

 

[jgillott]

I would have guessed your OE tires were Michelin, not BFG. I got about 80k out of my OE Michelins.

Our '04. 5 came with the Michelin LTX AS and we were darn close to 100K if not a little over before we replaced them. You could stick the thing on wet grass with them, but I digress.

When I purchased my 2005 brand new it came with the off-road tire option, which were the BFG Rugged Trail. I find it quite funny that Dodge or anyone would consider the Rugged Trail tires as "Off Road. " They are great running and long lived tires, but they are not designed for "off road" traction. Well, maybe gravel roads!!

My '07 also came with the BFG's and I ended up replacing them because of how bad the sidwalls were checked and sliced from the gravel roads we drive on. They had ~35K on them and the tread was still very good. They just couldn't handle the gravel. Right now, we have a set of take of BFG's that we got for a good deal on our '04. 5 that we use as a plow truck now. They have held up very well on the same rough roads that took out the ones on the '07. Sometimes I believe that you get a really good set or a really bad one.

 

[Wingate]

My factory BFG's lasted almost 60K miles... I probably could have gotten more out of them if I had maintained them better. They got rotated once @ 15K, and never checked the air in them... literally, never!.
Road quality and driver habits have ALOT to do with tire wear. After travelling as far as Great Lakes Ill. in my truck, I can honestly say that our East Texas roads are smooth as butter compared to the wagon trails they call highways in Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri... etc. .

 

[DZink24]

New tires installed today at just over 98,600 miles, replacing original tires on 2500 RAM I bought new in 2005Oo.
Original tires were BF Goodrich Rugged Trail TA
New tires are Michelin LTX A/T2 (same size as original); here's hoping for long life on these too.

Guy at Costco was amazed

how much tread was remaining?? thats an incredible amount of miles.

 

[rbattelle]

I'm at 96k on the OEM Michelins. Loads of tread remaining. I rotate the spare in, so that helps.

-Ryan

 

[pabear]

Thanks everyone for the replies

Spinning on ice must not create any wear!!! But it does create miles!

Just kidding you!!!

Good job.

LOL:-laf

if you got that many miles out of the originals, why wouldn't you replace them with the same or are they no longer available ?

I figured someone would ask...

It seems most people don't like BFG. In this remote and isolated city of Juneau, Alaska, there's not all that many choices for tires; basically Schwab or Costco, unless online. At both places, the BFGs are sold as lower-end tires. To my surprise, Costco has better prices on the well respected Michelin, while Schwab wanted more $ with less warranty for the close competitor tire from Toyo.

how much tread was remaining?? thats an incredible amount of miles.

Basically none; although not bald. I drove these about a year or 10,000 miles beyond when I should have replaced them. I had more than 75,000 miles on them before noticable wear. In the last month they were no longer running true.

 

[brods]

I'm at 96k on the OEM Michelins. Loads of tread remaining. I rotate the spare in, so that helps.

-Ryan

The spare helps to the tune of 20% less miles per tire. 96K = 76,800 miles a tire (each tire has 4/5 of the total miles when rotating the with the spare).

 

[diesel_driver]

I drove 104,000 on my original Michelins. There was still a little tread left, no cupping or abnormal wear at all. I never even rotated them! My truck is a 2004 3500 short bed, 4 wheel drive. I was so impressed with the stock tires that when I replaced them, I ordered the exact same tire. All of my miles were highway driven. Probably close to half the miles were towing my 14' enclosed trailer, loaded to about 4 - 5000 lbs. gross. Average highway speed was 70 to 75 mph. I don't expect the same mileage out of this set as most of my driving will now be local, in town and short highway trips.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

At least in the hot desert southwest, I end up replacing tires when they show checking from "dry rot" even if there is still tread.

 

[S.Morris]

We have found the Michelines will last a long long time AFTER they hit about 30% tread left to go. Problem is at this point they are not sufficient to head into a winter with. We compromised and have good luck with Commercial TA's put on in late fall, and replaced Annually at same time with +/- 60,000 miles. This is towing about 7K with LOTS of tongue weight on DRW 4x4's , 100% of the miles.

 

[JR]

We have found the Michelines will last a long long time AFTER they hit about 30% tread left to go. Problem is at this point they are not sufficient to head into a winter with. We compromised and have good luck with Commercial TA's put on in late fall, and replaced Annually at same time with +/- 60,000 miles. This is towing about 7K with LOTS of tongue weight on DRW 4x4's , 100% of the miles.

I don't drive nearly as many miles as you do, but I have come to the same conclusion. At 25-30% tread I'm replacing them even if it isn't winter time. We run a lot of fields and oil well drives and a tire with good bite is a must.