3rd time's the charm for tires...
#1
10-24-2006, 01:43 PM
3rd time's the charm for tires...
I have now garnered experience in my 2005 EB 6.0PSD 4X4 Excursion over the same ~ 750 mile route which includes hundreds of miles of pavement/freeway and hundreds of off-road miles on sharp-rocky/rutted hard surface and very, very, very deep sand + tire destroying vegetation.
My first trip was on the factory 265/75/16 BFG "Ford Label" tires. They were destroyed and I was fortunate to escape the area with my life and property on my spare tire. Totally unacceptable tires.
After a 4" lift/level and some better shocks I installed "real" BFG tires, 295/75/16 AT KO's. They were "ok" A HUGE step up from the crappy little stock tires, but still too narrow for sand, leading to some major nail-biting and clearance worries.
Worse still, they wore out in less than 20K miles.
So I put these on last Thursday:
315/75/16 BFG AT KO's
I had these installed just the day before leaving for my annual opening day hunt, the same exact route used on the previous two sets of tires.
These turned out to be "the solution". Great ride on the highway, very cushy and smooth. SUPERB handling on severe angles/rocks/"step-ups" etc. Stuff that I had to really puzzle out before I barely lifted or gave a thought to.
The route was worse and the sand deeper than ever, and thank goodness for the bigger footprint! I had no issues as before, and a great time relaxing with these tires under me.
Hopefully the fact that I have the weight and cornering/braking forces distributed over more square inches of rubber will mean that they will wear much better. If not, oh well, these are THE tires for my needs.
...my two cents...
_____________________
Quietman
www.roenation.com
2005 EXCURSION LIMITED-options (everything) equipped Eddie Bauer edition 4X4 PSD
4" FabTech lift/level, Bilstein $$ mono-gas shocks, Rancho Steering Stabilizer
Silverstar 9005 fog and H13ST headlights + wiring mod to run high beam and fogs together,
BFG 315/75/16 AT KO's on Factory Mags, 22" front and 18" rear rain-x wipers,
LANDYOT Generation II Radius Rods, Ford factory hood insulator
My first trip was on the factory 265/75/16 BFG "Ford Label" tires. They were destroyed and I was fortunate to escape the area with my life and property on my spare tire. Totally unacceptable tires.
After a 4" lift/level and some better shocks I installed "real" BFG tires, 295/75/16 AT KO's. They were "ok" A HUGE step up from the crappy little stock tires, but still too narrow for sand, leading to some major nail-biting and clearance worries.
Worse still, they wore out in less than 20K miles.
So I put these on last Thursday:
315/75/16 BFG AT KO's
I had these installed just the day before leaving for my annual opening day hunt, the same exact route used on the previous two sets of tires.
These turned out to be "the solution". Great ride on the highway, very cushy and smooth. SUPERB handling on severe angles/rocks/"step-ups" etc. Stuff that I had to really puzzle out before I barely lifted or gave a thought to.
The route was worse and the sand deeper than ever, and thank goodness for the bigger footprint! I had no issues as before, and a great time relaxing with these tires under me.
Hopefully the fact that I have the weight and cornering/braking forces distributed over more square inches of rubber will mean that they will wear much better. If not, oh well, these are THE tires for my needs.
...my two cents...
_____________________
Quietman
www.roenation.com
2005 EXCURSION LIMITED-options (everything) equipped Eddie Bauer edition 4X4 PSD
4" FabTech lift/level, Bilstein $$ mono-gas shocks, Rancho Steering Stabilizer
Silverstar 9005 fog and H13ST headlights + wiring mod to run high beam and fogs together,
BFG 315/75/16 AT KO's on Factory Mags, 22" front and 18" rear rain-x wipers,
LANDYOT Generation II Radius Rods, Ford factory hood insulator
#3
10-24-2006, 02:48 PM
A friend of mine was a manager for a Ford dealership for several years, that lifted super-dutys and sold them brand new with those exact same tires on stock rims. The catalog sez you need 8" rims, and of course the ford rims are 7"...but I know that over the years these tires have gone on thousands of those rims with OK results.
The first 200 miles they were a bit "vague" on bad highway at 85+ mph @ 50 psi cold. After 400 miles I was ticking along at 103 mph on the gps, hands off...literally...for more than a mile just impressing my brother...on the 40. However remember I have front/rear sway bars, high-end bilsteins and most importantly Radius Rods...
...YMMV!
_____________________
Quietman
www.roenation.com
2005 EXCURSION LIMITED-options (everything) equipped Eddie Bauer edition 4X4 PSD
4" FabTech lift/level, Bilstein $$ mono-gas shocks, Rancho Steering Stabilizer
Silverstar 9005 fog and H13ST headlights + wiring mod to run high beam and fogs together,
BFG 315/75/16 AT KO's on Factory Mags, 22" front and 18" rear rain-x wipers,
LANDYOT Generation II Radius Rods, Ford factory hood insulator
The first 200 miles they were a bit "vague" on bad highway at 85+ mph @ 50 psi cold. After 400 miles I was ticking along at 103 mph on the gps, hands off...literally...for more than a mile just impressing my brother...on the 40. However remember I have front/rear sway bars, high-end bilsteins and most importantly Radius Rods...
...YMMV!
_____________________
Quietman
www.roenation.com
2005 EXCURSION LIMITED-options (everything) equipped Eddie Bauer edition 4X4 PSD
4" FabTech lift/level, Bilstein $$ mono-gas shocks, Rancho Steering Stabilizer
Silverstar 9005 fog and H13ST headlights + wiring mod to run high beam and fogs together,
BFG 315/75/16 AT KO's on Factory Mags, 22" front and 18" rear rain-x wipers,
LANDYOT Generation II Radius Rods, Ford factory hood insulator
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