2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Tires for 2500

[RedRam1]

At just under 35K miles, my rig is just about ready for some new tires. The truck came with 265 Michelin All Season tires, but I plan on going with an all terrain tread this time around. Any recommendations? It would be nice if I could find tires that would go 50K miles or more. 85% of my driving is empty, or very lightly loaded, the remaining 15% is pulling fairly heavy loads. The OEM tires were rotated every 10K miles, and they wore dead even, just wore out. Thanks in advance for any advise/suggestions.

 

[TboneMan]

Man, I just replace my OEM 265 Michelins yesterday. They had 66,000 miles on them and they still had 4/32 - 5/32 of tread left. I run these tires from April to November.



Anyway, I run BFG TA/KO's as my winter tire. THese have a pretty aggressive tread, but aren't too loud. I've got about 26000 on these tires, they should make it to 50k (mind you the roads around here an NOT dry very often in the winter).

 

[RedRam1]

TboneMan,



I've run the BFG's on my old Toyota 4x4, and got a little over 60K out of them. Obviously thats an apples to oranges comparison given that my Ram probably weighs twice as much as the Toy, but I was considering BFG's anyway.

One thing I can't figure is why I only got 35K out of the Michelins. I drive very conservatively, never even spin the tires intentionally. I do drive fairly fast on the highways (75 - 85 mph), you have to around here to keep from geting run over, but I start/stop/corner very gently.

I'm going to call around on my lunch hour today, and see what sort of deal I can get on Mich LTX AT's and BFG's.

 

[rrausch]

I've gotten over 80,000 on 2 of my Michelin LTX A/T's, the other 2 puked out at 65,000 due to worn front end parts and delayed rotating. The ones with over 80,000 still have some tread on them and the wear indicators are not showing. I will replace them before my June 3,000 mile trip though!

 

[elamb]

RedRam1 - I am in the same boat as you. I am just a little over 30,000mi and my OEM tires are about gone. I will be changing them fairly soon. After alot of searching on here and other places I have decided to go with the Bridgestone REVO's. I like what I have read on these tires.



Eric

 

[rrausch]

The only thing I don't like about the Michelin's is they are made by the Pukin' French! But at least they aren't made in Leftie-Socialist Spain!!

 

[Lndrov]

They must import an awful lot of Frenchmen to provide the workforce for their 14 production sites in the US.

 

[rrausch]

Lndrov, you're a genius! I went down and looked at my Michelins, and they say "Made in U. S. A. "



I feel better about them now, although the profit still goes to France! If I could find a tire made in the U. S. A. by an American Company, and the tires were as good as the Michelins I would switch in a Heartbeat.

 

[Froadin]

I had the Nitto's and they wore out to soon.

I just put on a set of the Bridgestone Revo's. NICE tires so far! Watched my buddy go through gumbo in two wheel drive and it cleaned out the mud at low rpm very well. Something the Nitto's wouldn't do at anything less the warp speed.

So far these Revo's are much better in the rain, and ride smooth and handle very well. No idea on mileage yet as I just got them last week.

 

[Servis]

I just put 4 L245-75-16E on my 2500 Dodge. They are ten ply.

I purchased them at NTB for $436. 65 balanced and everything.

The tires are made by Cooper which I believe is owned by Goodyear. So these are basically Goodyear tires. I'm well please with them so far. Good luck and enjoy your traveling. I pull a 30' Tag-along-Sunny Brook Trailer with my Dodge. I have over 100,000 miles on the truck and have had no problems except for the gas gauge ( three times replace by DC)

 

[Chipstien]

I just recently bought new tires (Mud Rovers). I had a set aof BFG AT ko's and got 59500 miles out of them with only one rotation and many long and smoky burnouts. If I wasn't looking for the MT look then I would not have hesitated to buy the BFG's again.

 

[Hale on wheels]

Do any of you guys actually pull a travel trailer or anything with the D range tires you are putting on your trucks? I would like some all terrain treads but nobody makes one in a 265-75 E range that I have found.

 

[jtwcummins]

Bridgestone A/T Revos are VERY good tires. Good tread in bad conditions and quiet with nice ride.

They weren't a cheap as some but to me, worth every penny.

 

[Duluth Diesel]

Hale on wheels, you want a great 265/75R16 E-rated tire?

http://www.coopertire.com/us/en/ProductDetails.asp?ProdType=LtTruck&id=3

 

[waldo]

The BFG KO D load are the same load range as the E's. They are a great tire. Have them and love'm.

 

[DLausche]

Originally posted by waldo

The BFG KO D load are the same load range as the E's. They are a great tire. Have them and love'm.

True if you only look at lbs rating and if the new "D" is larger size than the old "E" tire. I think there is more to it than just the lbs rating though. The "D" tires have fewer plies and less max psi rating. The result should be different handling characteristics, presumably "softer" due to less sidewall strength, etc. Maybe others will share their findings here when switching from an "E" to a larger "D". I am curious what the difference will be. Last fall I went from the stock 245 Michelin "E"s to 285 BFG "D" tires. Feels a bit softer running empty. Will wait to see the difference towing the travel trailer in a few weeks or so.



-Deon

 

[LFarrar]

Michelin and bfg's are made in the same plant. I used to be sponcered gy bfg and rep had told us that they were made in same plant and a couple of other brands also but do not remember the names.

 

[cap-n-cray]

I found some take offs, 17" Dodge Ram OEM alloy wheels and tires, for $600 on Ebay. Tires are brand new Michelin's, mounted and balanced with new rims, also got the center caps. They were located in Las Vegas, quick trip and picked them up. The seller shipping costs seemed cheap too, but it was Las Vegas. I am going to try the 17" and see if I like them. Best of all I have got my old 16" OEM set with 40K on them. I plan to run them till they wear out.



I checked his current sales and he does not have any up for sale now. He said he gets them all the time.



Here is his stats:autoenterprise



I am not connected with him in anyway, he was professional to deal with. New tires for $600 with rims I could not pass up the deal.



Cary

 

[benhall]

I have had two trucks with the LTX M/S, and the first ones would have made it to at least 50,000 and my second ones have just under 15,000 now and I can't see very much wear with the depth guage. The reason I didn't get to 50,000 on the first one, is i had a little problem on ice @75 mph.



Ben

 

[RedRam1]

Well, I think I'm going to try a set of the Load Range D BFG KO's. While I tow pretty heavy on occasion, I don't usually carry too much weight in the bed (short box) so I'm not worried about loseing the Load range E tires. Sam's has the BFG's for $129 each. I can mount them at the auto club at work for free, so even with taxes, disposal fee's, etc. I should be re-shod for less than six hunderd bucks.

Probably won't get around to mounting the tires until the weekend. I'll post my impressions once I have tried them out for a few days. Thanks to everyone for all the advise.