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Who's happy with their tires? What do you run? It's getting to be that time for me. The current ones are Goodyear Wrangler with Kevlar, and they've been pretty good overall, but horrible on wet pavement. Light mud, or standing water in the grass is fine, but wet pavement is pathetic.
I'm currenlty leaning on going back to some Cooper tires, but want to hear others experiences. Looking for just a basic AT tread. Not concerned about snow traction, but dry / wet pavement, wear, road noise, moderate off road use. Wheels are 18", SRW.
The Goodyears look like they're going to make it to 45k-50k before they hit the wear bars.
I have two friends that camp with us that both had Nitto on their trucks and both had belt failures before 30k miles. Both run the Cooper AT/3 now and are happy with them. Another one uses Toyos on his.
I had Goodyear wrangler duratracs on my 6.0 and loved them. Did very well in all kinds of terrain and surfaces. Was very surprised at how well they performed in sand as well. Ended up putting two sets on it.
I'm happy with my Toyo Open Country R/T tires. They get surprisingly great tread in the rocks and dirt, and snow as well. I haven't had the opportunity to get them into the mud so far.
A friend had 2 bad sets in a row of Cooper S/T Maxx, quite a bit different than what you are considering...
Since my OEM Michelin ATs are getting thin at 49K, I will probably be looking at tires this summer. A new name (for the US) that has popped up is Nexen. The Nexen Rodian AT Pro has gotten great reviews everywhere. Nexen is a Korean OEM supplier that entered the US market 3 years ago. I would save over $3-400 over Michelins. Nexen has been making tires since the 1940s and like early Hyundais and Kias, were not that good, but have greatly improved over the years. Tire Fair and Walmart carry them in my area. The Rodian AT Pro is supposed to be a 70,000 mile tire.
So far, the only negative I've seen is someone using one of their LT tires, probably not the Rodian, as an trailer tire developed a bubble. Trailers do put a different stress on tires and that is why ST tires are made. I'm trying to get more details on that.
I tow a lot, So I am looking for an increase in my Load rating.
The Goodyears I've run developed Bubbles in the sidewall on hot ( 100°) days, with I had the trailer hooked up. At 16,000 miles I had two tires two weeks apart get the same sidewall bubble and Goodyear told me I must have hit something on the road. Called it a road hazard and would not warranty. So I'm done with Goodyear. They just didn't seem to tolerate being under heavy loads on hot days.
The Michelin OEM tires only lasted me 30,000 miles, I went thru 4 sets on my 2011 truck. The first half of the tread seems to wear pretty fast. The last part of the tread last longer, But I have no traction because of the reduced tread depth.
I've had good luck with the Toyo AT/2s. I upsized to 295/65R20 which added about 400 lbs per tire to my load capacity because of the larger tire size. They fit without rubbing. I've been getting around 50,000 miles per set. So I'm happy with them.
I have not run Coopers for 10 years or so. Back when I tried a few sets, They worked OK.
So far so good with the OEM Michelin LTX AT 2's on my dually. Quiet on the road and I find them pretty good in the rain...nothing to brag about off road though.
I have 50,000 on my OEM Michelin LTX AT2 tires. After 30,000 miles, when you are left with the hard center, not so great in the snow or rain. Plenty of empty load tire spin and I drive like a grandpa. Not that there is anything wrong with that (driving like a grandpa).
I like BFG's. I have always had good runs with them wearing well and descent in the snow. However I just went out on the limb and ordered a set of Sailun Terramax AT. My main reasons, I put the Sailun 737 on the toy hauler they are great, secondly was the price. BFG's were about $213 each, I got the Sailun's on Simple Tire for $113 each, they have a 50k mile warranty, and the tread looks like it will do good in snow. I wasnt able to find many reviews on them, but the few I did find, it seemed most people were happy with them, and few werent.
I will let you know how it goes, I am hoping to get them mounted up this weekend... all depends on how busy my bud's shop is.
I have 50,000 on my OEM Michelin LTX AT2 tires. After 30,000 miles, when you are left with the hard center, not so great in the snow or rain. Plenty of empty load tire spin and I drive like a grandpa. Not that there is anything wrong with that (driving like a grandpa).
At 50K I'll be looking to swapping mine out...wife can't believe I haven't changed 'em out yet!
I currently got 53k miles on my Goodyear All Terrain Adventure tires and will get the exact same tire's for my next set.
Previous tires Michelin ATX (factory equipped) got 44k miles and BF Goodrich got 40k miles and a bad case of the death wobble.
The Goodyears have been the best riding and the best longevity tire I've had to date on this truck. Wet traction is not very good when there's <25% tread left but that's pretty much with any tire.
I would avoid anything Cooper and General tire for these trucks especially if you tow heavy loads.
I have had good results with nitto terra grapplers, running ridge grapplers now. Like the look and how quiet they are. Same if not quieter than the terra g2.
I've been looking for a tire upgrade as well, no complaints about the Michelin ATX for a factory tire, but want a bit more tread and to fill out the fender well some more.
I have the camper package, so it came with the 18's instead of 20's, been looking at the Hankook Dynapro MT and BFGoodrich KO2's in 325/65/18's. I had some dynapros on an excursion and I was pretty happy with them. I towed a 26ft enclosed trailer with the Excursion and the hankooks on occasion and they performed well. I use the Super Duty for work, picking up feed, and towing our Travel Trailer a few times (maybe 5 times a year). I know the KO2's would probably last a bit longer, but the Dynapro have a slightly more aggressive tread, but isn't a hard core mud tire like some (in my opinion).
