Tire Review Bridgestone Duravis R500 HD
I am putting this review in the 5th wheel section because I believe that this tire is most likely the best LRE LT poly carcass tire available for trailer service. Back ground. I ran Michelin XPS Ri...
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Hello Me Again... I had 4 of the Bridgestone R500 LT235/80R/17E tires installed on the rear of my Dodge dually 3 weeks ago.
The Bridgestone's replaced the 4 rear BFG Comm TA's,the left rear outer BFG developed a belt seperation at 28K. I moved the 2 rear inners (L/R) with excellent tread to the front.
The R500 does have a stiffer ride than the BFG... but offers extremely high mileage service which is what I'm after.
I bought mine from Discount Tire... they went the extra mile and pro rated the failed BFG and credited $86.00 towards the R500 purchase price.
All 4 R500's were balanced on the Hunter Road Force balancer.Lifetime balance is included in the purchase,no disposal fee...I took the old tires home.
We are currently camping in south Georgia... the trip up here was good,the truck rides smooth.Stopped at the first rest stop in Georgia to check all the tires,and all was good.The R500's were slightly warm and the trailer XPS Ribs were about the same maybe a little cooler.
I kept the cruise on 68mph most of the way up... truck and trailer felt super stable.
We head home Friday for a week then its off to the mountains of S.C. / N.C. and Virginia for a 3 week camping trip. The second half of our camping season is underway.
The Bridgestone's replaced the 4 rear BFG Comm TA's,the left rear outer BFG developed a belt seperation at 28K. I moved the 2 rear inners (L/R) with excellent tread to the front.
The R500 does have a stiffer ride than the BFG... but offers extremely high mileage service which is what I'm after.
I bought mine from Discount Tire... they went the extra mile and pro rated the failed BFG and credited $86.00 towards the R500 purchase price.
All 4 R500's were balanced on the Hunter Road Force balancer.Lifetime balance is included in the purchase,no disposal fee...I took the old tires home.
We are currently camping in south Georgia... the trip up here was good,the truck rides smooth.Stopped at the first rest stop in Georgia to check all the tires,and all was good.The R500's were slightly warm and the trailer XPS Ribs were about the same maybe a little cooler.
I kept the cruise on 68mph most of the way up... truck and trailer felt super stable.
We head home Friday for a week then its off to the mountains of S.C. / N.C. and Virginia for a 3 week camping trip. The second half of our camping season is underway.
