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Aug 12, 2011 | 09:08 AM

Diesel_Brad

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225/70/19.5

What tires are you guys running on your 450/550? Mine are short and looking for some opinions of what works and what doesn't. BTW mine is 4wd and be used like one but will see quite a bit if road travel too

Aug 12, 2011 | 10:00 AM

Kajtek1

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There is a ebay seller from Chicago selling 14 ply for $132. I just bought 2 and they look good. Don't have them installed. My old Hankocks (?) lasted for about 100k miles, but they are expensive and I had 2 of them failing because of age, still with legal thread.

Aug 12, 2011 | 10:07 AM

Diesel_Brad

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there are Hankooks on there now and the guy said they were a good tire, but they are expensive.

i'll look on ebay, didnt see anything earlier

Mar 21, 2012 | 10:15 AM

aggiect01

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Also looking for good 19.5 tire, Highway only 2x4 F550

Any advice will help. This is my first F550 and I have found that a lot of shops won't touch the truck because it's too heavy or large (I have a 16 foot box on it and liftgate) I bought 4 pull-off 245-70-19.5 Firestone's for the rear but I still need two front tires. I don't want to spend $400 a piece but also don't want crap tires. Any input on the Kumho 203's, Roadmasters, or BF ST203's? I need good steering tires. My current ones only have 30,000 miles but have worn very spotty with high and low spots. I am running 95psi, have new ball joints, sway bars, and just added new Bilstein shocks. Is Tiremax any good, Discount Tire won't touch 19.5's

Mar 21, 2012 | 11:12 AM

Kajtek1

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I heard that front suspension grinding the tires in to gears is how the Ford engineers design it. The only solution is to rotate the tires.
30k is really crappy life. Having blow up on the road I bought couple of cheapest ($130) tires and might check it later, but have them for close to 50k.
Here are the Samson tires I mentioned earlier. I bought them quite some time ago and am planning to install them this week. They look really good and I can roughly tell good quality rubber from soft one. The price went up, but what didn't
Samson 225/70R19.5,14 ply 225/70/19.5 A/P GL83 truck tires 22570195 | eBay

BTW the front on those truck is not carrying big load, so you might want to lower the pressure. I keep it at 70 psi with my heavy diesel. That might help with preventing vibration and uneven wear.

Mar 21, 2012 | 12:49 PM

LSchicago2

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I've went to 245's on mine. I have Continental HSR's on the front (different from 225 HSR's) They are more of a solid rib for longer life, and Kumho tractions in the rear. Don't buy Sailun tires. Had some that only lasted only 10,000 miles.

Mar 22, 2012 | 05:57 PM

Kajtek1

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Replaced my tires and checked my record. I made 65,000 miles on Sailun tires and still have the thread for couple more thousands, but the edge is low and I blame my love for sharp cornering for that. Not bad for $130 tire. Reading back what LS reported, I will come back with full description of the tire model as I keep one for spare.