Depends on what a good deal is. If it were me I'd be looking into another model of tire.

 

What woul you suggest?

 

This thread got revived from the dead once, so let's administer CPR to it again.

The Goodyear SR-A tires have horribly weak sidewalls. And I can't vouch for their wear life. But I just wanted to say that it's snowing hard here and these things are GREAT in the snow. I hate them because they don't look like a truck tire...but man they are hard to replace when they're working SO GOOD in the foul weather!

 

I've towed a lot of weight behind my '13 with SR-As. If "horribly weak" sidewalls are why it handles 12,000 lbs of trailer so well then count me in.

 

If you ever feel of the sidewalls on one with it off the truck, your jaw will hit the floor. It's scary how thin these tires are.

BUT...that's what keeps weight down and MPGs up which is why Ford and other OEs use them. They are even stock equipment on Jeep Wranglers.

I'm just surprised at how great the traction actually is in snow and rain. Wow.

 

Here's my .02 cents. At about 15,000 miles I got an flat from an itty-bitty roofing nail (we have an ongoing roofing project at work that sucks; I work in a 1.2 million square foot facility) right thru the meat of the tread; presumably the thickest part of the tire. The nail was maybe a 1/4" in length. I could not believe how little it was when they pulled it out. Prior to that, I ran over a dead carcass that I could not avoid at highway speeds and popped one at approximately 8,500 miles. That tire had bones sticking out of the tread when I pulled off the highway. I just replaced them last month at only 28,000 miles. They were so slippery in the rain, that I was not confident anymore while driving. They were worn to just barely above the tread-wear indicators when I replaced them. I rotated those tires at every oil change, kept them properly inflated and do mostly urban driving with some highway trips on weekends and vacation. I frequently tow either my 3,500 lb boat or 3,200 lb pop-up camper. I was not happy with what I got out of those tires.

 

I've went through several sets of these tires. I never had a problem getting over 50K on them. I think they are a very good tire for on road driving. They handle dry roads, rain and snow very well. They ride quality is nice, probably due to the soft side walls. When it comes to heavy towing or hauling loads I much prefer the GoodYear Adventurer.

 

FWIW; the roadside assistance is awesome; but Ford did not balance the spare at the factory. I was 300 miles from home when the spare went on the first time; that's a long distance on a unbalanced tire at highway speeds; very annoying! My dealer balanced it for me though.

 

Interesting.

I popped one on my '13 on an extremely rough stretch of road in Massachusetts. Wasn't real happy with that, but this road was really awful. My dad has ~45,000 miles on the set his '10 came with, and they're about due for replacement. He hasn't had any trouble with him, but they wore a bit unevenly because he never rotated them.

 

Have them on my '13. since they are the 2nd set, I'll use them up. but next time, I will get E range tires.

 

I'm sure like anything factory related, if the tire meets spec, and is less money, it'll go on. Let's face it- the vast majority of people will never tow 10,000 or go off-roading with their new truck, so for the majority, a soft sidewall, great snow traction tire will work just fine. For the rest, well, that's why they're all over eBay.

 

Our 2013 super crew 4x4 sales truck at work has these stock tires, they are terrible in anything but dry conditions. winter traction is laughable, but I run dedicated snow tires so i'm used to great ice/snow traction.

 

What surprises me is the wide range of opinions or experience, from "these suck" to "these are great". Can all these different experiences be correct? I bought a set for the '64 and was able to put about 25 miles on dry pavement before the snow fell. Just enough to get the grease off maybe. They were quiet enough, the old Wranglers were pushing 20 years old and had to go. It's amazing how hard old tires get even if the tread is OK.

They have nice deep tread and lots of sipes, they should be decent enough of wet road I'd think.

 

They are pretty decent tires on-road. You can do a lot worse.

Nice ride and real quiet. Dry and wet traction is darn good. Snow is fine but you will find yourself reaching for 4wd. I wouldn't try to drive in deep snow with them.

 

The 2014 I just bought had them on as OEM. The had almost 20k on them (19,800 on the truck).
Now the center of the tread was fine, but the outside edges, they were close. I made them put new tires on the truck as I knew, the road I drive, that I'd be replacing them in 3 months. I wear all of mine out on the edges.
That said, the tire guy said they were decent enough tires, and were what the trucks "ride quality" was based on (the 4 ply P tire), BUT if I was going to be towing a lot, to go up to the 6 ply "LT" tire.
I was going to go with the Yoko AT's but paid another $80 to go with the Michelin LTX AT 2's with a 60k vs 40k tread-wear warranty (I'll NEVER see 60k on tires)
So, they're not a 'bad' tire, but also not the greatest. So balance where you're going to do most of your driving.