Tires again

Needing new tires soon. What's everyone running these days?
Looking for recommendations.

 

My favorite of the ones I've bought would be the Ridge Grapplers from Nitto. Better traction than my BFGs, way better mileage and not too loud. Probably be the same when I need to ditch the OEM tires on my 20'. Michelins are good that I have on the shop truck but it doesn't go off road much.

 

I think the first thing to consider is, highway, off-road combination of both? Just make sure you get load and speed rating correct for your needs. Coopers are a good tire. Check https://simpletire.com/ for price comparison. They do have local installers that they may be able to ship too for you for decent install pricing.

 

I went with B.F. Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 All -Season LT295/75R16/E 128/125R tires

https://www.desertrat.com/i-23391297-lt295-75r16-e-bfg-all-terrain-ta-ko2.html

They have been very good alround use tires that can handle any loads I put on them. They can easily handle 6 - 55 gallon barrels of sugar that are roughly 425 lbs. each that I use for feeding my honey bees. I am off road a good bit and they are not great in mud but no bad while at the same time smooth with respect to highway driving. They fit the fender wells nicely without rubbing in any way. A great multi-purpose tire in my opinion. They last a long time, usually I have to replace them due to age and not wear.

 

For highway and an occasional trip on a gravel road, rain and snow, I like my Michelins.

 

Cooper AT3’s have been the best AT tire I’ve ever ran, but it comes down to use.

 

I am more than happy with my Nitto Ridge grapplers. Quiet, good traction and so far very little wear at around 20k.

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Toyo M55 but they are getting...expensive

 

Cooper st maxx wear well and pretty good traction #ad

 

Over the years and mile of ownership (begin 2/2011 to present, miles start 75k present 265k) I've had 5 sets of tires, not counting the Firestones that were on the truck when I bought it. 1st set were Coopers back when they didn't have true load range E, sidewalls indicated D. Got about 45k before they began to show signs of rot between the lugs, pretty smooth, quiet, wore and performed well on slippery surfaces. Nittos were next, Terra Grapplers load range E, nice tires, quiet, smooth, wore and performed well, got around 50k on them. Next up were Nitto Dune Grapplers, load range E, nice looking tire flames from tread area worked into the sidewalls pretty cool looking, got about same mileage and performance as the Dunes. Next up, biggest mistake on tires I made, was convinced by a friend to get Michelins... They were nice, quiet, smooth and performed decently, "however" in less than 30k miles they were dry rotted between the lugs and sidewalls (same thing happened to Michelins I had on 2 other cars and 2 bicycles) sorry, I just got a bad taste after them. Back to the Coopers, real load range E now - presently on the truck - about 25k on them and 1/2 tread life remains. Guess I'll be sticking with the Coopers - good looking, last fairly well, quiet, smooth and perform well. MHO

 

I got 120,000 miles on a pair of Michelins I had on the front one time. I've never got less than 80,000 on a set. I wouldn't buy a tire I only expected 50k of service from. Even the cheap Goodyears that came on my '19 Ram have plenty of tread depth after 33,000.

 

Its all in how you use the truck. The stock tires were 50% gone in 10K miles on my truck.

I do a lot of dirt road towing at 18-22K GCW, and that just eats tires.

The copper AT3 XLT’s have held up to that the best, but they still only lasted 35K miles before being warrantied.

Even a 5 tire rotations on LRG 19.5’s wouldn’t have gotten 50K miles for my use.

I’ll run the stock tires until they wear our when the ‘22 gets here, but only 3 seasons. I’ve got a set of Cooper ST MAXX’s already mounted, and studded, for hunting season. Then when I was the OEM tires out I’ll get another set of AT3’s for non-hunting use.

 

My buddy's AT3's are down to the wear bars at 28K. Religiously balanced and rotated at Discount Tire. Tire experiences are all over the charts on tires.

 

These have 24k on them.

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I'll try and get you a pic. He doesn't tow and has a 500# camper shell on the back. 90% city driving.

 

Could be the duty cycle and heavy turning of city driving, but at least the AT3 has a mileage warranty.

 

These new trucks are putting down a LOT of torque, even with torque limiting software working in the background. Not of the opinion that rubber compounds for pickups have kept up with it.

 

Agreed... Drove the 12' HO the other day to pick up a land plane and thought my 20" HO is much better (accel, mileage, etc), surprising you can feel the difference between 1000lbft and 800lbft. Funny thing, I always enjoyed taking the 12' on trips as it was more comfortable than my 04...

 

I have to agree, with considerable regret. I had used Michelin and nothing but Michelin since 1973. That was even to the point of driving from the dealer to the tire store after taking delivery. But my most recent sets of Michelin tires are showing very poor ultraviolet (UV) resistance. I have had more success with Pirelli and Bridgestone tires (on a car). Even the yucky Yokahama tires my wife's minivan came with are doing better. So I am actively watching this thread.

For me, here in the southwestern oven, it's the heat and the UV. To those that know: Is it true that Nitto says their tires are good for 10 years instead of the usual 5?

 

My Nitto's have date codes of May 2017 and are just barely showing some signs of cracking. I'm in AZ but the truck is 100% garage kept. The tires are worn out anyway and have been otherwise great. No way they're going 10 years without cracking.