No problem... I love them. I don't ever have a problem with them, I just get them balanced and rotated every 5,000 to keep them wearing all at the same rate.

Bryan

 

Hey Post-man,
tell me more of this trick about heating up the plastic for the 295 tires. I am looking at going with Pro-Comps and wuld like to step up a bit more and now you say there is a trick to this???? Do tell!!

Ian

 

armydude, i'm embarrassed to tell you that I didn't watch the shop do the procedure, I was in the lounge area on the phone (work can be such a distraction) ... but from what I can tell the get a heat gun and heat the plastic at the rear of the front fender well and bow that back ...

I looked at the work afterwards and I can't tell what they did .. but it looked pretty darn original, so if they use some type of jig or whatever to retain a similar contour to the curvature .. I don't know ... but whatever they did it was apparently pretty quick ...

Also, I have the truck out on the highway at 80mph with the new BFG ATs 295/75/16s and they rode perfectly ... no shake .. all wheels balanced up nicely .. and no discernable road noise .. pretty impressive for a tire that looks this aggressive ...

 

You live in the rockies this is a no brainer. Michelins are for open clean highway only. Beingvas your in the mountains you'd be crazy to not get an all terrain tire just in case, You will very likely end up in a situation where an all terrain tires will be safer for you. LTX's are for soccer moms that live in the suburbs and never come off a paved road in my opinion. No one get all upset with me, just my opinion.

Goodyear Silent Armour's > Michelin LTX's

I also wanna touch on the BFG A/T KO's. They DO last an extraordinarily long time, but I feel the compound is way too hard. It doesnt confrom to irregularities in teh surface and in less then ideal conditions they have less traction then other tires. They are better then say an LTX, but they are not in the same league as a silent armour at all in my opinion. I've ran everything from street tires to extreme off road oriented tires and have had everything in between. The off road guys have a name for the BFG all terrains, they call em Mall terrains, as they are not a very good off road tire, and are better oriented for soccer mom's going to malls.

I do tend to push my vehicles a lil harder then most ever will though, so I guess I need something a lil more aggressive then most. I love the silent armours because they ride so good, and are fairly quiet, yet can perform very well in adverse conditions. Goodyear hit the nail on the head with these tires, they pretty much do it all.

 

The original poster was asking about LTX AT2s as in all terrain. There is a big difference between this tire and the LTX M/S (which is also a great tire for it's intended purpose)

 

Humm, I did not see that I appoligive. I have no experience with the LTX A/T2 the thread pattern looks fairly descent though.

 

I have factory installed BFG rugged trails. Some offroading, mostly freeway driving, and some trailer pulling (about 6K on the trailer). They 36K miles on them, and look new. Load range E, and do very well offroad. I would consider these again when it is time for tires. I am also considering these for my F250 work trucks.

My dad has some michelins on a tahoe with over 70K on them. He loves them so far.

 

Just ordered the Silent Armor 285/75R16 in a load range E (5 of them). They should get here and be installed on Thursday. Getting new rotors put on while they have the wheels off. Also, some kind of steering stabilizer looking thing started leaking oil all over the place. That is being replaced also. A total of $1600.00 or so. Damn! I could have bought a tank of gas for that!

 

Just finished the first towing trip with the new Silent Armors. LOVE 'EM!

Highway and mountain roads. 65 psi in the tires and yanked a tandem axle utility trailer weighing in at about 7000 pounds. Pulled like a dream. No squirm and the truck tracked straight as an arrow.

 

Got my new tires (see post above). Here are some thoughts:

1. Going from 265s to 285s seems to have made the steering more spongy. There is a little more road wander than before.

2. The spare will no longer fit correctly in its cradle in the back. I haven't decided what I'm going to do with that yet.

3. It looks awesome with the new tires.

4. I can't wait for winter (I don't think I'ver ever said that before) so I can try them in the snow.

 

I ran these on my 92 suburban before I bought the "X" and they were the 315 70 16 and I had truble around 20,000 miles trying to balance and we went through 5 different attempts at balancing. Not overly convinced on them but I am looking at ProComps 285 75 16 which are on there now. I will be purchasing a set of tires in the next few days so I will keep ya up if I bow again to Goodyear.

Ian

 

Just over 70K on 265 Revos and tread even with wear bar.

 

I have an 03 Ex (obviously) but I thought I remember there being a removable cradle piece that the spare sits on so that you can mount a slightly larger spare. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I may be). I hope I'm correct because my next set of tires will be 285's. Also, as far as the spongy steering goes, I have read somewhere on here where some owners of Ex's have tightened the steering box adjustment screw 1/2 turn. Could it be for this problem?? Good luck! Mike

 

Actually, there is a cradle that the old tire sat in. That is what is preventing the new one from fitting. I didn't notice if it was removable. I'll check. That would solve the problem. Thanks.

 

Today I had a set of Hankook DynaPro AS RH03 LT265/75/16 tires installed. These are an E rated 10 ply tire.
I have never owned these before but have many friends running them on everything from F250s to Suburbans and they swear by them for the money.
Cost was $500 installed. I am friends with the shop and think they would normally sell for around $600 installed. Not bad for an E rated tire.
To answer the prior entry. My Ex does have a slide out piece at the bottom of the cradle to allow for a bigger spare.