Ok; so I pulled the trigger and ordered tires. Drum roll please....
BF Goodrich LT. I had narrowed it down from over 40 to 5 then down to three. The list got small when one of my reqirements was made in the US. Very surprising how many are made overseas or even Mexico. Ordered Friday and will be installed one day next week. I checked the date code o the Good Years's that were on there and they were made 11/05. :E I'm glad to get rid of them as we have a few trips schedulled starting next month. Tires that old were staring to show some cracking and that's just asking for trouble.