op wrote:
Are you saying that after the '10 - '12 era these tires once again became acceptable?
BFG did a redesign on the Commercial T/A ...and is now the Commercial T/A2. I have no idea if the new T/A2 is as good as they were for years before the big blow up or not.
BFG didn't come to the plate for their customers on this recall. Too many had the same issues but BFG didn't add all sizes....like they should have .
For this reason I went with Firestone Transforce H/T mounted in the same LT215/85-16 E size.
The new T/A2 carcass now looks like this
T/A2The old T/A carcass looked like this (Commercial traction tire).
old T/A .
Other good fabric carcass LT tires are the ..
Cooper Discoverer HT-3
Goodyear Wrangler HT
And of course the holy grail is a commercial grade all steel carcass Bridgestone R-250