BF Goodrick Tire Failure

bpounds wrote:

Craig A wrote:
I had a Left Rear tire failure on my F250 last weekend while towing by fifth wheel. It did almost $4000 of damage to the side of the bed. I've never had a blowout before, and hopefully never will again. The tire was 64 months old, inflated to 72 PSI, and had less than 38000 miles on it. Size LT265 75 16 Load Range E

Have other had similar issues with BFG Rugged Trails? What tire do you recommend? I'm thinking of going to Michelin LT2, load range E.

Yes. Sounds familiar.

I had a failure that wiped out the side of my bed. The tires were Rugged Terrain, which is the next generation BFG after the Rugged Trail. Tires were almost new, very low miles. After this, I had tread separation on two more of the set, and BFG ended up paying most of the replacement cost for the entire set. I went with Michelin.

Michelin has ruined the BFG line, purposely, in my opinion. They want you to step up to the Michelin brand. Unfortunately they don't offer a good offroad tread pattern in the Michelin line.



Here is the tread separation bulge in one of the next two that failed. Luckily I caught these before blowup.

I had two Rugged Terrain 285/17's replaced a few years ago under warranty, that developed sunken, and flat areas. Luckily I caught them before they came apart. When these wear out I'm leaving BFG for good.