Treadwear Ratings?

What has been your experience with treadwear ratings? Do you take it into consideration when purchasing your tires?

I'm asking because when I bought my truck, I really wanted all-terrain tires, but the AT ones from the same brand I purchased had a 10,000 mile lower treadwear rating. Just wondering if it matters in real life, especially if it's a daily driver that sees very little off roading.

Thanks.

 

The reason AT tires are lower rated is because they are designed with a different rubber compound and are more knobby that a street tire. Street tires are harder rubber to offer less rolling resistance which equals higher MPG and longer life.

 

I worked at both Toyota and Firestone, those aren't really treadwear ratings, theyre warranties. So something we always had to tell customers was that "these are mileage warranties, not mileage garauntees." They ARE important, because if the tires DO wear out within that mileage warranty period, your new tires get prorated based on how many miles are left on that warranty. But tread wear varies too much based on a persons driving/braking habits, road conditions, temperatures for them to be able to say "this tires is garaunteed to last 10,000 more miles than this tire."

 

Falken Wildpeak at3 55k mileage warranty

 

Hercules Terra Trac A/T 2, warranty 60,000 miles. Have served me well off road, in mud, snow and rain. I’ve 40,000+ miles on them and they still look great. I know I’ll get 60000 out of them but I usually replace tires a little before I really need too.

 

I run the same tires I ran on my one ton diesel I hauled horses into the backcountry and farm equipment with. I get about the same mileage. At $1500 a set, it's spendy, but they sure get me through some sporty situations.

 

I pay attention in the sense that if an A/T had a treadwear of 30,000 miles I probably shouldn’t buy that tire LOL.

I do very little off road driving and 99% of my driving is highway/road driving. So I have no need for A/Ts with tread that would be soft enough not to last.

Past that I give it little thought. I’ve bough Yokohamas with 70,000 treadlife and I had to trash them at 40k. They make shit tires for lasting.

I currently run Firestone Destination A/Ts. 265/70/17. Put them on at 30k.
Treadlife 60k. I was just thinking this moring as my ODO rolled to 77k miles, I want to do my suspension lift at 100k and I’ll probably need new tires by then too (excuse to go bigger).

I thought about it more... that’s 70k. My tires are in excellent condition. I would not be shocked to get some good miles out of these things. We’ll see though.

I religiously do a 5 tire rotation every 5k and maintain alignment on my truck. That helps get the most out of my tires.