Advice on tires
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Advice on tires
I'm asking this question here because I have a 6.2 and not the 6.7 PSD so there won't be as much weight on the front. I had Wrangler Duratrack's on for hunting and winter season and they preformed great, however they were noisy and starting to cup. Alignment is good and only had about 10,000 miles, changed them out to (winter change over)the stock Contitrac tires that came on the truck and the ride is good but traction is limited. I had the tires in the bed at work and a co worker offered 800.00 so I sold them and now need to find a good tire. Any suggestions?
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Been looking at the Firestone Transforce AT, BF Goodrich Radial T/A, Michelin AT2 and Wrangler Silent Armor. I use the pickup to tow and road trips with the hunting / fishing trips through mud, deep snow and unimproved roads. Any suggestions?
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I personally dislike the Michelin on my truck for anything except dry roads or rain. My service truck at work has Goodyear All Adventure and I really like them. Not to aggressive but enough to get through what hunting/camping/firewood runs can throw at them and really good in snow. They also have the all weather snowflake rating.
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I have never even considered coopers, thinking them to be a welfare tire. I saw some new st max all terrains and they intrigued me enough that I put a set on a company truck. I drove it a bit and was impressed. They have an "E" load rating so you can even put enough air in them to keep the sensors happy, if that matters to you>
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I had a bad experience with Cooper tires.
I replaced the stock AT2s with Cooper Discoverer AT3s when one of the Michelins developed a pull and they found a bulge in the sidewall. Long story short, went through two different sets of Coopers before I got fed up and had them put another set of AT2s back on.
The Coopers wouldn't balance right. The truck bounced like a basketball (you could literally see the hood vibrate up and down) at speeds of 40 and higher which was irritating as hell. Found out two of them were "out of round" and had high road force, something like 150#. Kauffman swapped them for another set which supposedly all balanced out to zero with less than 20# of road force each. They were better, but the same thing happened when driving.
It seems like these trucks are hyper-sensitive to wheel balance, at least the 20" wheels are.
I replaced the stock AT2s with Cooper Discoverer AT3s when one of the Michelins developed a pull and they found a bulge in the sidewall. Long story short, went through two different sets of Coopers before I got fed up and had them put another set of AT2s back on.
The Coopers wouldn't balance right. The truck bounced like a basketball (you could literally see the hood vibrate up and down) at speeds of 40 and higher which was irritating as hell. Found out two of them were "out of round" and had high road force, something like 150#. Kauffman swapped them for another set which supposedly all balanced out to zero with less than 20# of road force each. They were better, but the same thing happened when driving.
It seems like these trucks are hyper-sensitive to wheel balance, at least the 20" wheels are.
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Stay away from Firestone Transforce tires!
My father-in-law put Firestone Transforce tires on both of our designated farm pickups (two 3/4 ton pickups) and had issues with the belts breaking after 10,000 miles. We drive a mix of 40% gravel roads and 60% paved roads. These tires would eat away quickly and the belts did not hold up.
If I had to suggest a tire it would be the Nitto Terra Grappler. These are aggressive, but not so aggressive that they make a large amount of noise when traveling on the interstate. We have had very good luck with these as we are about to change these out after 35,000 miles with no broken belts or excessive wear. Take note that your wear will be more if you drive on less gravel roads. My F-350 that I just traded had Terra Grappler's that had 20,000 miles on them and probably had another 20-25k in them, but my truck saw less gravel.
Good luck on the tire choice!
Adam
If I had to suggest a tire it would be the Nitto Terra Grappler. These are aggressive, but not so aggressive that they make a large amount of noise when traveling on the interstate. We have had very good luck with these as we are about to change these out after 35,000 miles with no broken belts or excessive wear. Take note that your wear will be more if you drive on less gravel roads. My F-350 that I just traded had Terra Grappler's that had 20,000 miles on them and probably had another 20-25k in them, but my truck saw less gravel.
Good luck on the tire choice!
Adam
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Good info from everyone... I have my eyes on the Goodyear ALL Adventure that dirtymutt is running. I have tire chains for all four that I can use if the snow gets too deep. Thanks and if there are any other suggestions let us know!
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I had a set of 37" open country AT's on my 2000 (m/it's went available so I went with those). Very minimal road noise. Just rotate the heck out of them.
Running 35" MT's now. I don't think they have much road noise, its never been an issue for me.
Running 35" MT's now. I don't think they have much road noise, its never been an issue for me.
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I really like my Nitto Terra Grapplers (285/70 17 load range E 3750 lb. rated). I haul a 3900 pound Lance camper and they have taken a lot of the sway out of the ride. Huge improvement over the stock BFG's that came with the truck.
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