New tire time 2012 F250
 

Alot of research out there on tires and I could not be more confused. My 2012 F250 came with the Michelin LTX at2 but now it seems the 2015 F250 is coming stock with TOYO Open Country AT II.

The tire place is pushing the Nitto's but i know nothing about them and i was leaning towards the TOYO but hear they are loud.

Others push the BF goodrich....

the minds are of this forum are the greatest. what do you guys think?

I am pulling a 15k fifth wheel and not doing much offroad. Live in New York so conscious of snow/ice.

Have ya looked at the Cooper Mastercrafts? Nice price, aggressive M&S tread, so tire sing, great in the snow, rides like glass, as well as a SD can drive. I replaced the 275 OEM BFGs at 40K with New 285 BFGs. The shop could not get them to balance. Of they came on went the Coopers. So far the wear is good with 10K on them hardly any noticeable wear.

we've had good luck with the Hankook Dyna Pro ATs. The set we're trying have 43K on them and will easily go to 55k, but this is on an F150.

My 2015 came with the Michelin's.

I like General Grabber AT2. As good of traction as the BFG AT and much cheaper when i bought. They do like to eject rocks if you drive on gravel but smooth ride and good in the winter. I believe they are studdable as well if i recall. I have Goodyear Wranglers AT as well and they are a good solid tire.

I had the Open Country AT2's on my Tundra. Up here in Ottawa, I found they were terrible in snow and might as well have been running slicks on ice. I went with a full snow tire for the winter. I did however love them in the summer, and tow a 7k lb pull behind trailer.

I'll try the stock Michelin's and see how they work in the winter on a heavier truck... if they don't perform I'll try the Good Year AT Adventure w/kevlar.

Maybe someone else can give some input on the pluses and minuses of a SD in the snow and ice, do they work bettor or worse in the snow?

The tread pattern you pick out is pretty important. However, no matter what tire you pick, if you're going to be pushing through serious snow, I would put at least 1500 pounds of ballast weight in the bed. Makes a huge difference in traction. These trucks are light in the @zz, and have plenty of torque, which means loss of traction is pretty easy.

I like to use bags of playground sand, and stack them up at the rear against the tailgate. The playground sand won't get hard when it gets wet like other aggregates or cement bags. And they seem to stay put where you place them fairly well. Plus it's usually cheap, and can be had in 100 lb bags.