I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these tires. My truck needs new tires and I want a highway tire because I don't offroad but I do tow a 10K travel trailer and a smallish fishing boat. Truck originally came with Goodyear Wrangler A/T with Kevlar and they have been a good tire. The other brands I'm considering are Michelin Defenders, Cooper Discoverer HT3 and Continental Terrain Contact HT. Any thoughts?

 

I was going to give these a try but went with Falken HT02 tires for one of my F350s .. I dont think you can go wrong with the HT its a new tire for GY

 

I've never had either of the pre-mentioned tires but always put Nitto Dura Grapplers on any of my trucks needing highway tread. Just bought another set last week for my F350 flatbed.

Sorry, I know I didn't answer your question, but wanted to add one to your list to check out.

 

I go for the Michelin defenders. I noticed a 1&1/2 mpg on average increase on my 6.7. Quite ride and softer ride as well! My rig is a tow pig and tows a 15k 5ver.

 

On my 08 F350 SRW and also Jeep Grand Cherokee I switched from Wrangle Kevlar to Michelin Defender LTX M/S and the ride was noticeably improved. Less road noise and they wear forever. They also have a metric **** ton of factory siping (or so it seems) which makes handling in wet/snow weather better than quite a few of their competitors. From now on whenever I need new tires they will be my go to tire.

bob

 

Ordered the Michelin Defenders today.

 

You'll be happy with the Michelins. Never had a bad set myself over the years, they all have performed as advertised.

Have had plenty of Goodyear tires over the years that I wouldn't spend money buying another set.

 

I've had 3 DRW trucks with the OEM Michelins and they all wear out way too fast when you are close to GVWR most of the time. One set of rears made it 25k miles and they had no tread left and another set was down to the wear bars between tread blocks by 20k miles. I have 11k on my current set and they are a little more than 50% tread. I dont spin the tires ever.

I'll be switching away from Michelin when these rears hit the wear bars. I've never had an issue with any Goodyear tires. I have a set of Duratracs with 40k+ miles that I rotate every oil change and they are about 30% tread right now.

 

Im sorry to hear that. Ive had more sets of the Michelin LTX HT style tires than I can remember and they all made it well past 50k for treadwear. I run them on my SRW work trucks that stay hooked to a 16k trailer and gross on average 23k +/- equipment attachments each day. Ive never run them on a DRW as all my DRW trucks are 19.5". Tires do wear differently on the DRW trucks, maybe thats our difference in experience with said tires?

I have three 2022 trucks equipped with the Michelins and two more 2023 on order that should come with them. I expect the same from them as ive been treated by Michelin tires in the past.

 

Stock Factory tires are junk to begin with. My Goodyears did not even last 18K

 

I purchased for these for my 2006 F-150 XLT 4x4 extend cab and they're an excellent tire. Great in the rain no hydroplaning great on dry roads and adequate for most snow you'll run into on roads. I've had no problems with these tires going anywhere and they're super quiet and ride very smooth. Definitely a five Star tire and I picked them up at Sam's club on sale with a rebate installed mounted and balanced for $700 for four

 

The OEM Goodyear kelvar Wrangler rear tire suddenly blew out on me in Indiana on the interstate....25,000 miles. Ruined the wheel too before I could get stopped.

Maybe it wasnt the tire? Maybe I hit something? Who knows.

Changing a tire on the side of 70W is not a pleasant experience. Never had a Michelin tire do this to me.

 

The Wranglers on my 2019 had over 40k on them when I sold it, with plenty of life left. Tire wear is too subjective.

 

I wonder if better ride also translates into poorer towing stability. Certainly the tire sidewalls would have to be more compliant. If you tow a lot, I wouldn't go for "ride".

My Wrangler experience (and I have had 6 sets) is that they wear well, are stable when towing, and absolutely Horsecrap in winter weather. No siping and the rubber compound is too hard for winter.

 

Not sure what Goodyear Wrangler tires you get but my last 3 sets all had siping.