Tire Recommendations?

Throw the Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10's in there. I wanted a slightly more agressive tire vs the MS2's and the Hankook has fit the bill amazingly.

Though with as much highway driving that i do, the MS2's might be my next tire as i have ALWAYS been impressed with them on my past vehicles.

 

I'll throw in for the Hankook Dyna Pro ATMs as well. I got about 40k out of a P-Metric Set before I switched to Cooper ATPs.

Towards the end the Hankooks got a little slick in the rain and snow. But new nothing seemed to stop them.

The Coopers ended up burning out in just under 30k, worked great but they hit the wear bars and that was it.

So right now i have the Fierce Attitude MTs (Basically a Good Year Duratac in a different pattern). Awesome tire, did lose some MPGs. But I'll be running them for the winter. The Hankooks have a bit more life left in them, so I have them on my Stock Rims and going to run them till the snow flies.... I also do about 100 miles a week, and occasional weekend warrior stuff.

Honestly when everything burns out again I will go back to the Hankooks full time I'm thinking. Great all rounders mildly aggressive side walls and good tread pattern. Total I'll get around 45-50k out of them and for a P-Metric on a truck getting beat on quite a bit I wont complain.

If you do any off pavement stuff I would really recommend an All Terrain since wet grass will stop a lot of all seasons/highway tires.

Toyos are good but heavy, Coopers are good as well but I didnt get a lot of miles out of them, but others have so its a little weird. Nitto is owned by Toyo so they are good but heavy. Goodyear is pretty good as well but can be pricey. Duratracs sometimes wear funny and some people have sidewall issues when you throw it into the rocks. Keep a relatively tight tread pattern and you'll save on the highway for MPG but decent voids and sipping for the trails and wet/snow stuff.

 

Honestly you can't go wrong with any of these options...

You've basically got two spectrum's of more road ready vs. more offroad ready

Pick the spectrum that fits your needs the best and then shop around for best value or if you want the best get the michelins

 

Another thumbs up for the MS2. I've got 40K miles on my set and they barely look worn. Probably get another 40K out of them.

 

Hankook dynapro best value for the money. Aggressive looking tire and cost less than other tires mentioned

 

They are not retread tired, what is wrong with running tires with half tread? That's like saying you won't run a tire more than 10,000 miles because they are too dangerous for you below 80 percent tread

 

Same here. I have a set on my other truck and my dad has a set on 2 of his rigs. They work well in all conditions and i'll have a set on my Taco when the factory tires wear out.

 

I would never buy duracraps, uh I mean duratracs again. Absolutely horrible experience. Terrible wet traction, simply don't balance, cupping horribly, noisy as fuck. I should have just bolted cinder blocks to the truck.

 

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I'll throw in my vote for the hankooks, great all around tire and their quiet on the hiway.
For the cost they last a long time,, my buddy run's the E-rated 285's on his dodge 3/4 ton diesel, his first set lasted 75k and still had tread. He went back and bought another set. nuff said.

 

I'm happy with the hankooks,but with that many miles per week you better go with the best road tire you can.

 

The fact that they are the ONLY thing keeping your vehicle sticking to the road, and have been used and DISGARDED by someone else.... no thanks.

Tires have a shelf life as well even if their tread is still of proper depth.... I might use an old used tire for a spare to get me out of a bind but other than that nope.... 500-800 bucks extra every 40 to 50 FREAKING THOUSAND miles aint worth the peace of mind and my life.

 

I've always liked the Toyo Open Country AT. Great mileage and quiet on the street. Comes with a 65,000 mile warranty.



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Anyone tried these? I have them on my '95 GMC 4x4 regular cab. I have not put enough miles to have much of an opinion. At about 5000 miles I like them so far.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Goodyear-Wrangler-Authority-Tire-LT265-75R16C/11983160

 

Dyna pro atm. Snow flake rated, recessed rim, fairly quiet, smooth, and great traction. $615 otd at Discount tire for the P-metrics 265/75.

 

I notice some of the tires I am looking at have a speed rating of about 37 mph, and others have over 100 mph. Where am I going to see the difference? Does not seem like a tire with a speed rating of 37 mph is going to be what I want. I also notice that a lot of these tires have a damage/defect warranty instead of a mileage warranty. Thinking I want a mileage warranty. Right?

 

Michelin Defender LTX are quite nice. Not super aggressive but a good all season tire that wears very well and is pretty quiet.

 

If you do any offroad or snow driving I would NOT get a highway tire. I drive 100 miles a day mostly highway. On my first 05 I ditched the stock tires at about 5k miles. They were dangerous in the snow. Put Michelin highway tires on it and they were smooth, quiet, and only slightly better in the snow regardless of being M&S rated. Damn things wouldn't wear out though so finally about 70k miles later I put Grabber AT2's on it. Couldn't have been happier. Sold the truck 30k miles later and they still looked brand new. But they are a heavy tire though and I did lose 1.5MPG. That truck's long gone but when I put wheels and tires on my current truck 3 years ago I got talked into General Grabber HTS' by my tire rack rep. Smooth and quiet on the highway but after 35k they are almost at the wear bars and since about 10k miles they have SUCKED in the snow. And I can barely drive on my grass in my yard without using 4wd if it's even remotely wet. I'll be buying tires soon and I'm currently thinking of either another set of the Grabber AT2's, the Hankook ATM's, or maybe the new Kumho KL51's. The Kumho's are ridiculously cheap with the current rebate and they are severe snow rated. They aren't terribly heavy either. I would do AT2's in a heartbeat again if it weren't for the weight of them.

 

Op drives 100 miles a day on pavement. Don't go duratracs. Also these are my Toyo at2's. They have 18k miles and are 2 1/2 yrs old. They are awesome all around tire but................

Severely on crack!!!!

 

I agree that with that many highway miles, don't go Duratracs. Very, very noisy.

For highway, off-road, rain, dry, and snow, the Michelin AT2 is one of the best tires out there. They performed as well as BFG TA KO in snow (and the BFGs were snowflake rated). Never had a tire with better wet/dry traction either. And forest roads (even steep and rocky where 4Lo was required) no issues whatsoever. I swapped them for the Duratracs due to a big sale, but they had 6/32nds and 7/32nds tread remaining after 70k miles. It doesn't get much better than that. Many reviewers on Tire Rack see 100k miles out of them. Traction does decrease though around 70k miles. And didn't get stuck once on the last snow wheelin trip this winter when they were that worn (can't say the same for some others with a lot more tread).

As for Discoverers, many of us won't make that mistake again. Very poor snow traction. I am interested to hear how the Toyo's do in snow and their longevity, but the cracking above may dispel my desire to try them. I think I'll be going back to the Michelin AT2 when these Duratracs are done.

 

Well I don't walk in blind folded and walk out with the first 4 tires I can pick up. Used doesn't mean abused. I go in to his shop and ask him has anyone swapped out tires recently and he will show me if they did. Like the last set I had was a set of Michelin off road tires with 80-85 percent tread on them the guy wanted some mud tires so he sold the ones that came with his USED truck to put on some mud tires. So I got a full set of nice tires for under 400 bucks. Call me crazy but that's a good deal. And my current set are Firestone destination A/T's and I put a full set with 80 percent tread (except the rear right was more like 50 lol) on my truck for 180 mounted and balanced.