Sorry to ask a question that has probably been raised before but I can't seem to find the answers using the search.
I have 35X12.5X16.5 BF Goodrich AT on my 97 F250 HD with 8" of lift. I want to go to a 37-39 inch tire to fill the wheel well more but can't seem to find the best tire. Does anyone have a recommendation for a long wearing semi smooth riding tire? I know that hi mileage isn't expected but 20,000 miles on $1000.00 of tire ain't going to cut it either. I am currently looking at ProComp, Swampers, Toyo and PJ's. Might even go with the 37x12.5 BFG but I could use some help/info.Thanks

 

Try doing a search using keyword "off-road tires". I got a bunch of hits. National Tire & Wheel was one with a lot of brands to choose from and they have spec's on each tire/size.

 

Thanks bro. I will try that but I was hoping to get some opinions from the members here on what to use or not use. This is a pretty informative bunch and have never gone wrong using their/your opinions when making a decision on my truck.

 

Try going to 19.5 inch wheels with commercial truck tires.

 

I have radial swampers on my truck. 38" I've been happy with them. They ride and drive much nicer than the bias tires I had on there for a short time before these. I had some 38.5" swampers on my 96 F-350 and they seemed to wear quicker than these. Also they wandered more and flatspotted when left sitting for a few hours. All in all I would recommend radial swampers to anyone that asked. Especially if they have had large bias tires before. The change is dramatic.

 

RRMike any idea how much mileage you have on them and how much is left? Also which radial swamper do you have?

 

Plain old 38" radial tsl's. I have about 5k on them now and they look brand new still. The fronts are just starting to scrub off a little on the side lugs so I'm gonna rotate them to the back to get them flat again hopefully. My rig weighs 7700#'s too!

 

Annnnd....he can't hear the radio unless it is all the way up. No, I am kidding. Well, sort of. I had swampers before and thought they were good until I got Goodyear MT/R's. They are super quiet, long-wearing and not half bad in the mud. They are certainly not a swamper but I am still impressed.

 

Anyone have any experience with the IROK tires?

 

I have the yokohama geolander M/T, they are a great tire, quite on the highway, directional tire, aggresive tread design. The only thing is they are a 2 ply side wall. I have not had any problems with these tires.

later
Orlie

 

I have about 8k miles on my 38" SSR super swampers and they dont have much wear on them.

I think abendix has the same tires as me with 30k miles on his so far.

cwb - what size tires are you running?


Also i was thinking about going to 37 or 36 SSR's or PJ's next time. Heard lots about pj's might give them a try.

 

I have 38x15.50 pj's on 17 inch rims with 8 inches of lift looks good to me and the pj's are excellent in the rain, look cool and are not too loud. I wish I knew how to get pictures from the digital camera to the computer I would show you what it looks like.

 

Actually the stereo is pretty loud in my truck. About 2/3 of the way up you cease to be able to hear much of anything

Seriously though these radials are much (about 50%) quieter than bias swampers though.

 

I have 40"s.

 

I have 38x15.5x16 PJ's too. And love em. Balanced out great.