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I did a tread wear analysis in this post linked below. 255/85/16

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-skinny-on-skinny-tires.529656/page-26#post-17355473

 

Has it been confirmed that the 255/85R16 only weigh 50lbs?

 

Yes sir

 

So I just tossed them after 43k miles. Many of those miles were highway driven.

I should have taken a picture. They still had some tread left but got chopped up bad from my lack of rotations and alignments.

They got loud after about 20-25 k miles and obviously got worse with time. Not the best on road tire but they were great off-road when they were fresh.

 

Would you buy them again?

 

Yes and no.

If your truck Sees a lot of pavement. No

If your off-road mostly. Yes.

 

Mine is my daily but it doesn’t get driven too often. I’ve put 20k on it in the last 2.5-3 years. Most of that mileage is a trip to NC and back, and GA and back. I do a lot of off-roading.

 

I posted this in Jan 16. And the truck parked in September 17. And that was 42k miles In a year and 9 months.

 

Yeah I don’t drive near that. I have a take home patrol car that I drive to and from work, that keeps my mileage low on my truck.

 

I’ve got right at 34k miles on these. Rotated regularly, all highway miles, and still get complimented on how bad ass they look. Noise hasn’t increased over time. Considering dialing back to an A/T wheel next simply bc I don’t ever go off-road, but having a hard time considering not having such an aggressive looking tire.

 

Those do look good!! What psi are you running in them?

 

Thanks. Around 40 psi.

 

I also run 38-40 in mine as well.

 

35 PSI in mine.

 

30 for me I think

 

Bump...anyone else have DCEC tires? Let’s see some pictures.

 

Tires are ordered....found some locally and the price was too good to pass up. Will post pics once they're on the truck

 

255/85r16 DCEC seem good so far. Only about 20kms but they are quieter than my 80k km Duratracs.
A bit taller than the 265/70r17 Duratracs I just took off.

 

How’s everyone liking the tires

 

I like them. They do ok for a M/T tire. They seem hard to balance, even with a road force balance(take a lot of weight, and I still get a slight shimmy on the highway). They’re noisier than my old Goodyear Authority tires, but this is the first M/T I’ve had on my truck, so I have no comparison for M/T noise. They have the normal M/T vibration at very slow speeds. I run mine at 32psi front, 25psi rear. That is the best tire contact I found during the chalk test for my truck.

I’d say my biggest complaint I’ve noticed with these tires is they flat spot, and do so fast. My old tires would flat spot after sitting for a few days between being driven. These flat spot in a few hours, and if the truck doesn’t move for days, it’s very noticeable. They get round again after about a mile, but the truck bounces considerably until they do.