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Tire Recommendations
I have a 2011 F250 Lariat 6.7L with the factory 20" rims. The original equipment Michelins with 35,000 miles are just about gone so I am in the market for tire suggestions. Keeping the factory rims and most mileage is on the highway. Any suggestions/recommendations?
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I was a tire consultant to large corporations..the basis for any recommended purchases was based on tread design/tread depth issues. Very specific guidelines on design and as far as tread depth deeper was not better because of significant trade-offs. I've been searching myself for the right tire for My F250, decision is yet to come...Redneckford likes BFGs, I do too. And senix is correct because he seems to be dialed in on the most important thing...tread design..however the typical tire buyer wants a aggressive tread design and yet to aggressive can be a issue. Lastly...the one I'm leaning towards is the Geolander, because all of my driving is Hwy...However the tread design would allow for Offroad use.
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I was a tire consultant to large corporations..the basis for any recommended purchases was based on tread design/tread depth issues. Very specific guidelines on design and as far as tread depth deeper was not better because of significant trade-offs. I've been searching myself for the right tire for My F250, decision is yet to come...Redneckford likes BFGs, I do too. And senix is correct because he seems to be dialed in on the most important thing...tread design..however the typical tire buyer wants a aggressive tread design and yet to aggressive can be a issue. Lastly...the one I'm leaning towards is the Geolander, because all of my driving is Hwy...However the tread design would allow for Offroad use.
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had them on my Mark LT (OEM)....tread cap separation on 2 tires, spare which saw no sunlight literally checked apart into pieces, blew a sidewall on a left rear after 3,000 miles, inspected by both Lincoln engineers, BFG & Michelin....."no sign of physical damage to tire to cause failure"...tire was replaced by Lincoln, remaining tires replaced by BFG....problems continued, installed Yokohamas which I have run on all my other vehicles.....(including trucks)...no issues.
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Beachkid...seems you have the skins on the on the wall with your present status with this site..,.but without some creds as to those claimed failures I doubt your claim..tread cap separation ???all failures of that type are known as ply seperations, be it sidewall or tread. Your anger towards BFG is suspect. By the way my long association with Michelin extends to early 60s and am still not a fan...but we seem to agree on a couple of fronts.
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And as an aside the only reccomendation that I would give for Michelin is for some of their Hi performance vehicle apps and OTR/pan, scraper, grader,certain large truck aps and any other earth moving applications that apply.
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Beachkid...seems you have the skins on the on the wall with your present status with this site..,.but without some creds as to those claimed failures I doubt your claim..tread cap separation ???all failures of that type are known as ply seperations, be it sidewall or tread. Your anger towards BFG is suspect. By the way my long association with Michelin extends to early 60s and am still not a fan...but we seem to agree on a couple of fronts.
5/30/07 South Bay Ford Warranty- R&R Front right tire (sidewall failure/blow-out).
very well known...just Google....you will see all the recalls (complaints & failures) over the past 2-3 years.........here's just a few that we could pick out it just 5 minutes..........................
Michelin recalling 841,000 BFGoodrich, Uniroyal tires
Michelin recalling 841,000 BFGoodrich, Uniroyal tires - CNN.com
Michelin recalls 77,000 tires for safety problem
Michelin recalls 77,000 tires for safety problem
the tire maker is recalling BFGoodrich Commercial T/A A/S and Uniroyal Laredo HD/H tires sold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/...SSUE/307309981
Michelin Recalls 799,900 Tires For Tread Belt Separation
Michelin Recalls 799,900 Tires For Tread Belt Separation | AutoGuide.com News
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surprised to see a recall on Uniroyal tires I have a set of Uniroyal Liberators AT on our 89 and they use to be on our 97 Expy they did great. The only other tire I would recommend other then the Uniroyal or BFG Ko is the Goodyear wrangler Duratrac.
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Thank you...I'm familiar with the tire but not that run...will follow up on what they have for a reason....this was however outside of their TA line which has had a flawless run of about 40 years of being one of the best.
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Firstly, although I sound like a BFG apologist, I'm retired and have been out of the industry for many years. Again although it's not part of the Radial T/A line the Commercial T/A carries the T/A moniker...that's unfortunate. It appears it was a procedural and not material issue. What's disturbing is that although it involved 143 tires(claimed) the span of production is a huge issue, from the 13th week of 2010 to the 29 week of 2012