My wife and I want to start traveling, we are thinking of buying a 5<SUP>th</SUP> wheel camper and pulling it with 2wd F-350 dually. I want to know any recommendations anyone has on what kind of tires to use on the truck. It will be used 95% of the time for pulling the camper on the interstate, and I want a tire that will last alot of miles. I know I need load range E tires, but I am looking for specific brands and tire names that would be good for this application.

 

I am surprised no one has jumped in here on this one.

If you just going to tow, such as, unhook then sight see, spend a week or a month, hook up again, then I think money best spent are Michelin LTX M/S. It is not an agressive tire but it has proven to me to last miles. Obviously, you must take care of tires, check the pressure, do not OVERINFLATE and when towing make sure they are inflated to spec. Rotate properly and don't drive any faster than you need. Trailer tires are usually rated at 65mph. I use that as my benchmark when towing, just punch tow/haul set the cruise and let it go to work.

 

We have been running Firestone Transforce HT tires with 0 problems and Firestone Steeltec HT before that. They have a good ride with good traction for a highway tread tire and the biggest plus is the price.

Denny

 

I would recommend the Cooper Discover HT (60k) or ATR (50k), Or the same tire in the Mastercraft Courser HTR (60K) or AT2 (50k). The Cooper and the Mastercraft are made in the same plant (Ohio) with the same warranty. The mileage warranty applies to the 10ply tires the same as it would apply to the p-metric. They are great tires.

 

I run coopers as well. Mine are an off-road type tread but e-rated.

Coopers to me seem to run cool as well. tire inflation is very important especially for the extra weight of the 5th wheel.

 

I run Goodyear Wrangler HT's and they do the job for me.My camper has General HTS made in USA.

 

I too have the Wranglers...but JUST got them, haven't towed with 'em yet. Awesome in the snow tho.

 

I vote for the Micheline's LTX M/S2 also.

That's what I have on my motorhome, tread is really deep, road tread.

I run 215/85R16 for maximum fuel economy!


Plus having really skinny tires are better for the dually, makes for better cooling of the rear tires, cause theres a bigger gap inbetween them.

 

I am currently running 8 sets of the Michelin LTX M/S on 3/4 ton trucks and vans. I think it is an outstanding tire and definitely recommend this tire for certain applications although I don't like them for towing heavy. I ran the LTX M/S on my previous Super Duty and I'd get the "Michelin bounce" when towing a heavy load. For the record: I do not recommend the Michelin LTX AT2.

I also run Cooper ATR's and Cooper M+S. IMO the Cooper ATR is probably the best performing all-around light truck AT tire sold in the USA... although the Original Poster in this thread has a 2wd dually and probably doesn't need the traction of an AT tire, or else he would have bought a 4wd. I have never ran the Cooper HT although I have heard really good reports (including this thread by George84) and likewise for the Mastercrafts as they are made by Cooper and sold under the Mastercraft name.

The tire I definitely can recommend for a 2wd vehicle (that does not see snow) and will be towing heavy is the BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A. Two reasons: Performance and price.This is a very stiff tire which pulls heavy loads quite well (IMO the best) and is usually only about $140-150 per tire. At that price, they can be replaced when worn rather than trying to squeeze every last mile out of them

 

My truck has a daily weight of 12k and sometimes has 2-4k more in materials on it.
I also tow a 10k dump trailer.
I put on Nitto Dura Grappler's with the Durabelt and I felt a HUGE improvement as soon as I drove out of the tire shop.
The stability of the truck was much better.
I have about 20k on the fronts and will probably get about 10k more which is good for my truck. The stock BFG's lasted about 25K

Nitto Tire - High Performance Tires for Car and Truck Enthusiasts

 

I am glad you had good luck with Nitto but I wont sell them any more due to how out of balance the tire is. I mean they are really hard to get balanced and about half the Nitto customers come back complaining of tire vibration. Granted I only sold about 5 sets of Nittos before deciding to stop selling them. They are just too much work from a shop management view.

 

When I got mine the shop said that they hardly need any weight to balance them.
They have been very smooth.

 

You got lucky or I just got very very unlucky.

 

Michelin LTX M/S get my vote.