That definitely makes 2 of us... Mine are the A/T 285's. Have 22k miles on mine and just rotated them last week... Still look like the day they came home. For a mild pattern, the traction amazes me. Launched at a real low tide last week and the boat ramp was covered in algae. Never even spun in 4x2 when I came up the ramp loaded with about 5k lbs of trailer and boat.
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Walmart is not suppose to install that tire on your Excursion, according to company policy.

quote: "WARNING: For safety reasons, Walmart will not install tires with a load index below that of your vehicle's Original Equipment (OE) tires. Please make sure that the tires you select meet the load index requirements for your vehicle."

 

This would be my top 2 choices. You get what you pay for.

Firestone Destination A/T 4wd&autoModClar=

Michelin LTX M/S2 4wd&autoModClar=

 

In the question and answer section of the Walmart ad, one guy says the tire has a C rating. WTF?

Is there a C range? If so, I wouldn't even feel safe in just carrying them in the back of an Excursion!

 

I have these on my front and love them-

BFGoodrich Commercial T/A All-Season

I know many people with these who love them-

BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO

I also have had these and liked them-

Firestone Destination A/T

 

Dunno. Never had BFG AT's on the Ex.

Stewart

 

The Goodyear Wrangler is the sister tire to the Goodyear Dura Trac but made and sold specifically for and at Wally World. They do make E rated Wranglers, I have them on the rear of my F-250 but I purchased them from Craigslist (brand new, $200 for both!! ) and had them installed at a tire shop.

When doing research on this tire I found that many light duty F250 and up owners did not find them satisfactory, they swayed as if the sidewall was not thick enough, by swaying I mean steering issues. That concerned me so I have Cooper Discoverers on the front where it's heavy and the Wranglers E rated on the rear. No issues at all with the Wranglers back there but I from what I've read about them I would not ever put them on the front of a bigger truck such as mine. An F-150, sure. 250/Ex, never.

 

i had the bfg's on mine and i HATED them, they wouldn't balance at any speed and just ruined the ride of the car for me for almost 2 years. i will never buy them again. the toyo's ride smoother, are a little louder, and a slight drop in gas mileage. still worth it.

 

if i get 40k out of them ill be happy, anything after that is just a bonus as far as im concerned. but ive heard of people getting 60k on them

 

And since everyone loves pictures....
When I brought them home.


Mounted n the rear while getting Coopers on the front.


Coopers.


Sideview.

 

I doubt I will ever buy a tire for a truck or an SUV that isnt either a BFG or Michelin (or SuperSwamper for the offroad toys).

The BFG AT is great, and it looks great. Even if there is another AT tire that performs as well or marginally better, (doubtful) nothing looks as good as the BFG AT so thats what Im going with. I would go so far as to say that any truck on the road today would look better with BFG ATs on it. Combine that with the fact that they last for 60k, get great traction, arent loud, and I just dont think it can be beat. (Not Rugged Terrains, or Rugged Trails, or Land Terrains or Mud Terrains, Im talking about ALL TERRAINS). Raised white letter or not would depend on the color of the vehicle in question.

The Michelin LTX MS2 is probably the best highway tire, and if there is a highway tire that does better, (very doubtful), it simply doesnt look as good as the Michelin, so Michelin wins.

The Michelin LTX AT2 is probably a great tire too, but I dont have any experience with it. I would probably not buy this model though, as I would go with one of the previous two, depending on my needs.

(I am kind of a tire freak. I spend a large portion of my waking hours thinking about tires. I have been that way as long as I have been able to drive. The smell of new tires ranks right up there with hot apple pie, premium ethanol-free gasoline, and coconut for me.)

Obviously, this is all just my .02 combined with my experience, no scientific data to back this up.

 

Thanks for the info I'm not worried too much about noise, as the 7.3 isn't very quiet anyway haha! I had a set of Hercules Tera Tracs on my Expedition and they 'looked' good but wore out way too quick - and made the mpg bad, so it's kind of put me off anything too aggresive looking, but I know with the Excursion it will need to pull my TT out of muddy motocross pits, while all the RV's sit there stuck

 

Damn my truck looks good when it's washed!! LolZ!!

 

get the toyo mts. throw some balance beads in them and call it a day. you might not even need the beads. they dropped my mpg maybe 2-3 over the bfgs. and they handle better. those bfgs almost got me killed several times, not to mention stuck in a pond...





theres both on it brand new. with a 4inch lift. you can judge the looks lol

 

Really?! U gonna leave us hangin at that statement!! I'd love to hear what tires you recommend for...umm...PONDIN??

Bradenton? Apollo Beach here...