Stock Michelins

[tazzen]

stocks

i have a buddy whith a 01 3500 4x4 dually with 12000 miles on it . and his rear tires look about 50% and fronts are about 60%. goone . they are stock mich. 235x85 he runs 65 in fronts and 55 psi in rears. how come everybody else is getting about 60000 miles on the average? pittsburgh PA. thanks ed

 

[dan_gilson]

ecarney, I learned the hard way on my '96 2500 that tires need to be rotated almost every 7000 miles. So I rotate them when I do an oil change.



I also have found out by looking at my tires that recomended inflation values were not right for how I have the truck loaded. I currently run with 58psi front and 40psi rears. I learned this over several rotations by checking the wear across the tread. Using 50psi on the fronts gave me more sholder wear and 80psi on the rear wore them out in the center. So I adjusted the pressure until I got the same wear across the whole tire. I get slightly better braking too in the I now have more of the tire in contact with the pavement.



Your buddy's tire wear could be caused be a lot of other factors: How hard he drives the truck, type of pavement he typically drives over, plus a lot of others...

 

[Stefan Kondolay]

I went through 3 sets in 8 months (approx. 50 000 miles) But that's real good considering the punishment.

 

[Wayne M]

My stock tires lasted only 28,000 miles, of course there is more to the story. With only about 8,000 miles on the truck Dad and I were pulling his 5er through Beaumont, TX and a little old lady pulled out in front of us and Dad had to push the brake pedal to the floor to get us to stop. All wheels locked up, smoke was all over the place and the smell of rubber... . well it was bad! Did not hit the lady, I doubt she even knew about 20,000 lbs were about to hit her.



Anyway the tires ended up with a flat spot on them that never went away. A local shop shaved the tires to true them up. They shaved about 15,000 miles off of them. I now own the truck and replaced the tires almost as soon as I bought it.