*Truck and Towing thread........ask your questions here.*

[peg110]

Sure won't get Goodyear's for that price but current Michelin's have given 74,000 miles so hard to change.

WOW..... 74,000 MILES! That's awesome. My F250 has LT275/65R20E OWL All-Terrain Tires on them (Not sure of the brand at this moment) and they are the STOCK tires. I am just about 30K miles. While I still have okay tread, it looks like I am going to need new tires in about a year. For me that's going to be about another 12-15K miles.

Haven't had an issues with towing our previous TT (GVWR was about 7K). Took that to the fort once with the F250 (and once with our previous F150 and LT275/65R18 OWL All-Terrain tires) We have a new TT now. Haven't really had it out on the road for a true test drive yet. was just able to drive it home from the dealer (about 20 miles, no highway speeds).

I have to admit, that my consideration of tires has not been a huge issue. I would usually just get a "Descent" (as determined by my tire guy) tire that wasn't going to break the bank. Now this thread is making me look more about tires. I just realized (while doing some searching for tires) that there is a difference between All-Season (which is usually what I get) and All-Terrain tires. My Tire Guy usually recommends the Kelly brand tire as being good but won't break the bank.

I am a bit concerned though. I don't like to change 1 tire or even 2, at least with my truck. So when I go for tires, I have to get 4 of them. That's going to run me about a grand. The last truck ($150) I managed to get 4 tires for about $700 (plus a $70 rebate that I had to keep fighting them to get).

So now this thread is making me think more about my tires. If I could get 74K miles (or even 60K miles) out of my tires, I'd gladly pay the $1k (but it would probably be more like $1200.)

 

[Teamubr]

WOW..... 74,000 MILES! That's awesome. My consideration of tires has not been a huge issue. I would usually just get a "Descent" (as determined by my tire guy) tire that wasn't going to break the bank.

So now this thread is making me think more about my tires.

If your truck isn't too heavy (unlike my 8500 lb dually), getting 60-75,000 miles is very reasonable on a decent set of "truck" tires.

Tire discussions on the truck forums are like refillable mugs and pool hopping on here. Everybody is their own expert and things can go downhill quickly.

I'm with you though. I have a similar "tire guy". Jerry's in Edwardsville, if anyone is interested. He turned me on to the Firestones a long time ago. He said most of the local guys were running them on their service trucks and they didn't want to worry about them and didn't want to pay very much.

Cooper makes some good tires too. My current truck came with General tires from the factory. They are OK. I had maybe 40,000 miles on them and they were dead. Much better than the Pirelli Scorpions that came on my 08. They were horrible, would get stuck on level wet grass and were completely worn out at 25,000 miles. I replaced the Generals on my current truck with Firestones and I have 85,000 on the truck now, so 45,000 on the Firestones. I was looking at them the other day. They are probably 2/3rds gone. Should be able to get 60,000 from them. That's probably with half of those miles towing REALLY heavy race trailers. (15,000 and 20,000 lbs).

It's hard to justify spending $250 per tire for a "big name brand" tire when I can get decent performance for $175.

I have to get 4 of them. That's going to run me about a grand.

Try buying them 6 at a time.

EDIT: I just went out and looked at the receipt in my truck for the tires. I paid $1068 for all 6 two years ago. Goodyears would have run me $1800 or so.

j

 

[2goofycampers]

Thanks for this info, we are gonna need tires on the diesel soon. He has the Cooper tires on there now.

 

[jbrostek]

My area tire guru is a racer as well. I usually call him first, tell him what my needs are and he will tell me best bet and if has the best prices. He usually does for the truck as he is the local wholesale supply for the ambulance fleets in the area.

 

[tiggerdad]

Spoke to the local Firestone and they don't stock anything in the 275/65/R20 range. Will have to order. Best prices he was coming up with was some ToYos and Destination AT for around $1400 a set.

Another dealer was talking the Cooper tires in the same size as around $1400 a set, those being 60,000 mile warranty tires.

Would you believe that so far, locally, the Ford dealer is the cheapest with the same Michelin tires I currently have $280 a tire then a $120 mail in rebate.

Have another friend who runs a tire shop at a local truck stop looking into some pricing for me and says he'll get back with me.

Can consider changing the aspects of the tire some, but will wait and see what he has on pricing first.

 

[sirenia88]

I thought 17s and 18s were expensive. i don't feel so bad see the 20 inch pricing. When I got a set of 17s LT tires it was $800 on the F150. We were going down to Disney in 2012 and I finally figured out why the truck and trailer had a funny feel to the tow for the first 20 or so miles. I bought the truck it came with P tires. The door tag even called for LTs. It was a minor over sight. However it was good tow going down.

Now the 250 had 17s on the truck but they look too small. So I found a set of 18 inch Lariat rims. I got a set of Cooper's for them for around $ 900 OTD. However, I will be changing them soon as I got 32K on them and they are just about wore out. I can say I was pretty disappointed in them with regular rotation and care. I had a set of Coopers before that lasted 50K which was acceptable. BFGs will be on the list of the go to tire for the next set for the truck.

 

[jbrostek]

20" pricing was rough too. Now I do more then just drive on the highway, so when it was time for tires on the told truck I went with the Nitto Terra Grappler. The tire is load rated, has great snow/mud/grass traction, and where not too loud on the road (at least not over the sound of a 6.0 working at 1800 RPM.) The tires where still above 8/32 after 45k miles, but you have to be diligent on rotating them. I think I pad around 1200 for the set of 4.

 

[peg110]

I have a similar "tire guy". Jerry's in Edwardsville

Edwardsville where? (What state). I have an "Edwardsville" where I live in PA.

Now the 250 had 17s on the truck but they look too small.

I would have to agree. 17s on a 250 seem small. Even 18s are a bit small. I'd rather pay for 16's though instead of the 20s.

 

[tiggerdad]

My 03' f-250 had 17" and they rode and hauled fine. It was a 2WD so being lower to the ground wasn't an issue. Sure miss those tire prices.

I'll stick with the 20's. By the time I bought smaller rims I'd have bought two sets of tires.

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

Think you 20's are expensive, price my 19.5's on my 450. Cheapest prices I found was at the Ford dealer when I replaced my back 4 tires, only $1650 for them. I'm planning on replacing the front two tires this winter, I managed to get 60k out of the rear tires, I may have or not smoked them down a few times rubbing it in on my Duramax buddies.

 

[tiggerdad]

Dang

Thanks Randy. Now I don't feel so bad.

 

[SouthAlabama5er]

Yup, so my goal is less burn outs and donuts in the future. Maybe I'll see 70k out of these tires.

 

[tiggerdad]

Use more Crisco on the tires when doing the burnouts. I used to have a Geo Storm and that was about the only way I could make that poor little thing do a burnout.

 

[Teamubr]

Edwardsville where? (What state). I have an "Edwardsville" where I live in PA.

I used to have friends that lived in Wilkes-Barre. They joked about it too. They live in NC on the Outer Banks now.

My Edwardsville is in Illinois. about 25 miles NE of St. Louis.

j

 

[peg110]

I used to have friends that lived in Wilkes-Barre. They joked about it too. They live in NC on the Outer Banks now.

My Edwardsville is in Illinois. about 25 miles NE of St. Louis.

j

I am really ready to move out of NEPA. The corruption in this area, the terrible roads, and the weather are just getting too much to take. I have often thought about NC as a possibility.

 

[4077]

The corruption in this area

I agree that i deal a lot better with corruption in warm(ER) weather....

 

[tiggerdad]

I agree that i deal a lot better with corruption in warm(ER) weather....

 

[peg110]

I agree that i deal a lot better with corruption in warm(ER) weather....

Well, I suppose the grass is always greener....

......well, at least in warmer climates!

 

[jbrostek]

NEPA, philly metro area, DC metro area. Many of us could use a move to somewhere less expensive and stressful. When I can buy 99 acre for the cost of my 1/2 acre and still be 45 minutes from IT work.....it is very tempting.

 

[FigmentIsTheBest]

I agree that i deal a lot better with corruption in warm(ER) weather....

So true... South Eastern Louisiana.. All the warm and corruption a body will ever need. (Though I did not really care for having to cut the lawn ALL winter this year.) Still... it beat shoveling snow.

Back on topic. Anyone know of any truck tires for my 94 F250 7.3 Turbo Diesel that have closed lugs on the outer treads. They are a lot quieter and seem to be much smoother than open lugs. My old twin I-beam is very sensitive to tread wear. But I still would not trade this old truck for a new one. I like having no computers and it is just broken in at 105K miles; plus no EPA juice to worry about.