arthurs family
St.Louis MO. USA.
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Its tire time again, I need thoughts, opinions, and FACTS for some new tires. The truck has 80,000 miles on it, I got 40,000 out of my factory Continental and the same on my Cooper. I like the cooper tires on my 5th wheel camper, but the ATRs didnt wear so well on my truck. I pull 10000 plus on highway mostly but need to lock in 4X4 at the farm when pulling the camper in. My truck is a SRW 2006 F350 Crew cab Long bed Diesel with the not too many choices 275/70/18".
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2006 F350 Lariat 4X4 LB,CC,PSD
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Golden_HVAC
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Hi,
On my motorhome, I went from steel sidewall tires to a much softer polyester sidewall tire. And even though expensive, I had to get rid of the set of polyester sidewall tires with only about 600 miles on them, because they did not handle well at all.
If you compare two tires side by side, the steel sidewall tire is much stiffer, (even un-mounted in the store) and in cornering, going downhill, the first time towing my little Honda CRV with a 16,500 pound motorhome with the new tires was downright scary. It was a hill we had taken many times with 35 - 40 MPH curves, and this time, the car was pushing the back of the motorhome into the curves (causing sway or wiggle in the back end of the RV).
Thinking I might need an alignment for the car, and even the motorhome, both where done with no results (both where good, and did not need any adjustments). Changing the tires to steel sidewall and it was back to normal.
A long story to show why it is so important to me to recommend steel sidewall tires for towing applications!
I use 235/85R16E RIB Michelin tires.
If you want a good brand, I hear that Toyo is great, so was Big-O. Michelin is what I am running now. For my Honda CRV, the best "All year" tire I could get for it was a Toyo all terain.
I would not have Firestone, and any of the stone sons, such as Bridgestone, cooper, and others manufactured by the same company. Just a trust thing, and with all the tires that fell apart on Ford's, I wonder how well they maintain the dies that heat the tires, and cast them into one peice safe tires? Do they allow air bubbles or use rusty steel? IDK what was wrong with them, but will not use them.
I wish someone would make a 14 ply steel sidewall tire again in my tire size. Goodyear used to make LT 235/85R16G (I have a set on my front axle) but now they make ST 235/85R16G, so I can not use them in a steer application, they are only rated for trailer use.
I heard that Kelly made a 12 ply in my size.
Good luck finding your tires.
Fred.
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arthurs family
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Thanks for your reply Fred, Good Years Duratrac is one of the tires Im looking into besides the michelins, my problem with Michelin is they have so many new ones out I dont know which set is right for me. The Duratrac is a 10 ply tire so that sounds like a good wearing tire. I dont care if I have to pay a little more for tires, Im just looking for a longer lasting, safe for my family tire. Im hoping for more F350 owners to comment on whats wearing good on thier pickups.
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lawnspecialties
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I have an F350 and an F250 I use for my business. As crazy as this sounds, call your local Ford dealer for suggestions and pricing.
I replaced my F250's last year and after checking the web, Discount Tire, Pep Boys, etc., my local dealer beat them all. Go figure.
Ford dealers are doing a lot to compete with tire retailers.
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Bearhawk
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I have 30.5x12.5-18 Pro Comp Xtreme All Terrain Radials on my F350, they came with the truck so I can't say how long they will last. Hopefully a long time with the cost of them. You will have to play your radio a bit louder as lots of road noise. As 80% of the time it doesn't tow, it makes for a nice looking daily ride!
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NHIrish
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Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor have worked real well for me both in snow and towing.
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I have the Cooper SRM II's on my Chevy 4x4 dually and BFG Rugged Trails on my '10 F350 4x4 dually and like them both. The BFgs are factory but the Chevy's were aftermarket and I like the ride of them. They also did very well in the snow for a 'street' tire.
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blt2ski
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If you want long wearing, you need a harder rubber tire. If you want better traction, go with a softer tire, but that one will not last as long. Traction tires will generally speaking not last as long as a hwy equal, AT's are somewhere in the middle. This can be up wards of double of the tread life for a hwy vs traction. Not every one is going to get 70-80K miles per tire. 50K seem ave, 60-70 common, but not enough for me to say ave. 40K is on the bottom end, but still common enough to say reasonably normal depending upon your driving habits. If you do a lot of city driving like I do, expect fewer miles, freeway, you will get more. Over inflate, way less miles too.
You also have not said why the tires did not last. I usually have gotten 50K+ out of the lost track of Cooper tires in the past I have had. Frankly, I find them a better brand the Michelin myself. Toyo have also been good. GY not impressed either.
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ALBE
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On my 3rd set of toyos, went to 285/55/20 s, AT ,excellent in snow and on ice ,extremely quiet and handle well with a pin wt of 2700/2800 lbs.This last set was made in Japan and are the best set yet,1200.00 plus taxes out the door in CA, 2200 in Canada.
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dirtyhandz
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I cant say enough good things about Toyo M55's. They aint cheap but are second to none in all aspects.
Awesome traction and if you rotate them the will go 100,000 miles even towing a of of weight.
some people say they sing a bit on the highway, I dont really notice it and the wife and dog seem to sleep just fine.
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