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So my 2015 crewcab is up to 50,000 miles and time for some new ones. The stocks are 275/70/R17. I drive a lot (45k per year) mostly highway, but I am on and off a lot of jobsites along the way. I have a leveling kit and would like to go to about a 32" or 33" tire. I want a tire that will last a while and still have some decent tread on it (but not so much that they roar going down the road). I may go with an LT tire also, since they seem to last longer to me. Any suggestions?
I'm really happy with my BFG AT KOs, but I can't tell you how long they will last. If I was driving a lot of miles every year, I think the Michelin LTX tires are the only way to go.
For something that's pretty much a pavement truck, I'll also give the LTXs a shout out. They've been treating me well in dry and wet and ~10% gravel/dirt driving and I'll likely get the same thing when these wear out.
If you're looking at something more aggressive, a few thousand miles ago, I put some Hankook Dynapro ATs in LT on my 4Runner based on recommendations from my tire guy (I know, different vehicle, but I understand Ford includes them as OEM on some F150s). Really great offroad performance, and as of now, very quiet on the pavement as well. I've barely noticed a highway MPG hit, and maybe 1-1.5 MPG in stop and go city driving over the much less aggressive tires that came OEM (which I was really surprised by).
YES - BFG KO's will only see maybe 40k. I'm on my 3rd set, but they go good thru the sand an just about anything else you can find and they don't SING !
I'm running Falken Wildpeak A/T3W LT275/70R18 and they are great. No noise and a fairly smooth ride. I'm running them at 45psi and have roughly 5K miles on them so far.
For something that's pretty much a pavement truck, I'll also give the LTXs a shout out. They've been treating me well in dry and wet and ~10% gravel/dirt driving and I'll likely get the same thing when these wear out.
If you're looking at something more aggressive, a few thousand miles ago, I put some Hankook Dynapro ATs in LT on my 4Runner based on recommendations from my tire guy (I know, different vehicle, but I understand Ford includes them as OEM on some F150s). Really great offroad performance, and as of now, very quiet on the pavement as well. I've barely noticed a highway MPG hit, and maybe 1-1.5 MPG in stop and go city driving over the much less aggressive tires that came OEM (which I was really surprised by).
Those Hankooks do look interesting, especially since they are almost half the price of the Michellins. I think the Michelins will last longer, but probably not longer than two sets of Hankooks.
The stock Hankooks that came with my truck were done at less than 35k miles. Just sayin'. You can see the wear bars in these photos that were taken the day I changed to a larger tire and did the leveling kit.
The stock Hankooks that came with my truck were done at less than 35k miles. Just sayin'. You can see the wear bars in these photos that were taken the day I changed to a larger tire and did the leveling kit.
Ah, those look to be HTs. Maybe that's what Ford is using versus the AT. The AT is a totally different tire. When I researched reviews, I saw just about the opposite for tread life on the AT tire, especially the LT version.
It appeared the 10-15% of negative reviews on them were that they started getting louder around 40K, and those people were seeing degraded wet performance, but even the complainers were saying there was a lot of tread life left.
Though overall, Hankook aside, I always see some level of complaints of hydroplaning on AT tires. BFG AT KOs get hit with the complaints too. Sometimes I think the complaints are from people with lead feet in the rain, because at places like Tirerack, for every hydroplaning complaint, two other people will say a tire is excellent in the rain.
I don't think I've ever had a harder time trying to get useful info via reviews on anything else. Tire reviews always seem to be extremely subjective. Pays your money, takes your chances I guess.
I have Toyo Open Country AT 2 Extremes. Very poor wet traction, but the balance has been perfect. I wouldn't buy another set. Best wet traction/quiet AT tires I had was the Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo.
I have Toyo Open Country AT 2 Extremes. Very poor wet traction, but the balance has been perfect. I wouldn't buy another set. Best wet traction/quiet AT tires I had was the Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo.
The Dueler Revo was my previous go to tire. Agree, excellent wet traction. The Dueler 684 HTs that came OEM on my 4Runner could get squirrely if they even smelled rain, and I'm a conservative driver. Just goes to show the difference even with the same manufacturer.
I'm still pretty hooked on the Hankooks, but if I end up not liking them will maybe go back to Revos. The only thing I didn't like about them was that I couldn't get more than 40K out of a set. I could have driven them longer highway in good conditions, but I don't like taking chances in adverse conditions and would rather replace earlier than later.
But anyway, back to the OP, the above discussion is more for 4x4ish stuff, at least from my POV. Again, so far, for what I use my 2WD F150 for, I'm at this point REALLY happy with the LTXs and will likely get them again. I think they may be the best OEM tire that I've ever gotten on a new vehicle.
So my 2015 crewcab is up to 50,000 miles and time for some new ones. The stocks are 275/70/R17. I drive a lot (45k per year) mostly highway, but I am on and off a lot of jobsites along the way. I have a leveling kit and would like to go to about a 32" or 33" tire. I want a tire that will last a while and still have some decent tread on it (but not so much that they roar going down the road). I may go with an LT tire also, since they seem to last longer to me. Any suggestions?
You have a 32" tire on there now. 275/70R17 works like this -- The section width (widest part of the tire) is 275 millimeters wide) which is 10.8 inches.
The sidewall height (aspect ratio) is 70, which means that it is 70% of 10.8 -- 7.5 inches. Times 2 equals 15 inches on the sidewalls plus the 17 inch rim -- You're at 32 inches.
Stay with metric tires if you can. They're usually superior to the old fashioned ones.
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