Tire question

[paccool]

Need some input guy's.



I was told that Dunlop tires where a little"softer" riding than most of the other tires. Am going to get a new set of tires and was going to go with Michelins but thought I'd ask for your experience on this. Anyone have any comments?

 

[AlK]

Stan,

I am running 235/85/16 XPS Michelins. They have 80,000 Km on them and I can easily get another 10,000 Km out of them. The tread design is fairly agressive but I find they run fairly quiet and they have been absolutely problem free. They are however, fairly pricey. Around these parts Costco has about the best price.

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Al

 

[dslcummins]

Stan



How much pressure do you have in your tires. I never have mine very high, unless hauling or towing. It seems to ride good to me. I will probably have a set of Michlins on mine this saturday, giving up on Les Schwab tires.



Rodney

 

[paccool]

Thanks for the replies guys. Was hoping to hear from some of the guys that are running Dunlops, but maybe there aren't that many in the first gen group. Didn't post in the 2nd gen area as those trucks ride a little better than ours do.



Rodney, right now I'm running 80 PSI, didn't drop them back after the last trip. I normally run around 70 PSI. What do you put in yours?



Sounds like the Michelins are a good tire and I see them on the big rigs alot. that sort of tells me something!



Stan

 

[Cummins Cowboy]

my dad and i used to buy salvage cars and rebuilt them we would usually drive them for about 6 mos then sell them. I have seen a lot of cars and a lot of tires. Do yourself a big favor only ever use michelins. they tend to last a lot longer, cup less, i have never had a tread seperation, whenever i try to be cheap and buy another brand of tire i am always reminded why i should have bought michelins

 

[dslcummins]

Stan



I usually put 55 lbs in the front and about 40 lbs in the rear, when I am not hauling, just running empty. When hauling or towing, I increase it to 80 lbs.



Rodney

 

[AlK]

Stan,

I run mine between 75-80. The ride may be a little harder, but they run cooler and are better in the corners.

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Al

 

[BillyKidd]

Tires

Paccool:

I run BF Goodrich All Terrain Radials and I'm on my second set. Got 50,000 on first set and then sold tires and wheels to a friend that was selling his work truck and wanted to dress it up a bit( I was buying new wheels and got new tires also) I usually run about 35-40 lbs in both front and rear and go up to about 70,in rear,when towing. I'm also running Rancho r9000 shocks front and rear. No matter what tires you buy I think a lower pressure will produce a softer ride. It works for me!

BILLY

 

[paccool]

Anyone running low pressures having a wear problem on the out side edges of the tires?



Stan

 

[J DeMaio]

Yes, Paccool. I have a set of coursers that are 235/85/16. These tires started wearing a lot on the outer edge. I took the truck to get aligned and the tires should have had about 80 pounds in them, well they had about 40. It made for a smoother ride but wasn't good for the tires at all. I don't tow but even in this instance the tires were wearing out because they weren't as strong as they should've been due to the low tire pressure. The man also told me to always rotate tires at 7,000 miles. Hope this helps

 

[WyoJim]

I ran 45 pounds of air in the front michelins on my '93 4X4 and took them off after 6 years because they were weather checked real bad from sitting in the sun all the time. They had 72000 miles on them. A 2 wheel drive should be able to get away with less air than that.

 

[dslcummins]

I don't have any problems with tire wear, when running lower tire pressures. Most tire shops that I've been to, when they rotate, the tires just go to the front and to the back, they stay on the same side of the vehicle. When I rotate my tires, the left rear goes to the left front, left front to right rear, right rear to right front and the right front to the left rear. This way, every fourth rotation, the tires end up right back where they started. If any one location is causing tire wear, all four tires will get that wear and they have the other 3 locations, to help get rid of the wear. They are rotated every oil change (5,000 miles).



Rodney