285/75/16 mastercraft axt tires. are they any good?

 

They're made by Cooper as I recall.

 

not a bad tire for the price! friends truck had them when he bought it, wore well and did allright dragging a 13,000 lb toy hauler through the beach sand.

i was going to buy a set, but ended up on 35's instead.

 

Got the same ones on my rig and I love em, I tow a 31' 5ver with no issues.

 

I'm never off the pavement with my 2wd, never haul anything but my big self, and do a good bit of highway driving, totaling about 18-20K miles per year. Nothing but Michelin AT2's for me, and I get about 55-60K miles on every set. Being deep tread and 10-ply, they can handle the hauling issue if I ever need to do so. Smooth ride. Keeping my suspension is good shape makes for even wear, too.

 

What ply tire should I run? 8 or 10? I have side in camper and be pulling open car trailer. Truck is a 2000 4x4

 

I'd run 10 in that case.
Mastercraft are made by cooper, they are the previous generation tech/tread
Basically last years cooper. They get more bang for their buck doing it that way by getting more use out of their tech/equipment.

 

Truck OEM is 8-ply, but 10-ply tires typically have a higher load carrying capacity. Like I said in my post above, the 10-ply Michelins I run are super riding with no load, and yet have the capability to haul heavy as well.

With no load, though, I have to run the rears at about 52 psi to get even tread wear. The front give me even wear with about 55 psi. The tires are rated for as high as 75 psi.

 

The Mastercraft Courser series are E load tires and are rated to run at 3208lbs Load at 80 PSI. When unloaded, I lower the pressure to 65 for everyday driving.( If i left it at 80, my Airbags would Bounce me off the street!)20,000 on them now, and wear is excellent. Michelins are excellent also, but considerably more expensive. I've got Bridgestone Duravis R250's on the RV, and that really drained my wallet!($1100/4)

 

The 285 AT2's I'm running typically hit me at about $1150 for 4. I've gotten in a situation where I get two one year, two the next year, and then can skip a year before having to get two more tires again. New always on the rear.

That way, I'm only running less than 25% of my three year tire life with thinner-than-optimum front tires as opposed to having all four get there at the same time, and have all four corners on the "almost too thin" side of the tire life issue. I've always got good tread meat on the rear, and I can space out my expense a bit!

 

Aw....Saving Money.....I remember those days fondly.....back b4 I bought this truck.

 

Thanks for the help, I went with the mastercrafts. trying save a dollar or two.