Firestone Transforce HT tires?

I’ve had Michelin (2 sets - sidewalls crack), Generals (fairly good), Nexen’s ( OEM junk), and Firestone Transforce AT’s (2sets)...Transforce AT’s are now the only tire I’ll buy - great smooth ride, quiet, super deep tread, last as long as Michelins...

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
packmanaa hit it square on the nose -

But to be fair about this...

Play the part of "the bold explorer" and report back in a year...

To be "fair", Ford recommended too low a tire pressure and we know what happens when you put too much weight on a under inflated tire.
I've used them for 10+ years without problems.

I ran the HT on my 5th wheel. Took many cross country trips with no problems. I run the TransForce AT on my 3500 dually mostly towing miles got 50,000 mls on them when I bought new ones. Had enough tire left that the dealer gave me $50 trade on the new TransForce AT/2.

I'm on my second set of Firestone Transforce HT tires on my F250. Good tire for the price. Kinda wish they would last longer, but I am happy with them.

Actually right now the rears on my F250 are Firestone Winterforce tires. Yes, 2 wheel drive truck, and I put dedicated snow tires on in the winter.

Tvov wrote:
I'm on my second set of Firestone Transforce HT tires on my F250. Good tire for the price. Kinda wish they would last longer, but I am happy with them.

Actually right now the rears on my F250 are Firestone Winterforce tires. Yes, 2 wheel drive truck, and I put dedicated snow tires on in the winter.

I actually run Winterforce year around on my other pickup truck. Great tires for off road amd they wear well too. A bit noisy but not too irritating. All 4 wheels, 4wd.

Let me say I wouldn't hesitate to use them. Based on all I've read, Firestone's unfortunate legacy didn't reach Transforce. I don't worry too much about miles since my tires age out first

We are on our second set of 'Stone HTs. The first were largely pulled off because of age and changing from 16.5 to 16 for availability. They rode and served well. I have no complaints about the tires.

Matt

I look at tires as consumables. I wear them out and put on new ones. It perpetuates the industry and keeps the containers rolling in, in as much as a good percentage of domestically sold tires are made offshore.

j-d wrote:
Let me say I wouldn't hesitate to use them. Based on all I've read, Firestone's unfortunate legacy didn't reach Transforce. I don't worry too much about miles since my tires age out first

The bad legacy is just that, a past tense matter well over a decade ago... Firestone’s reputation was seriously at stake (now owned by Bridgestone), so they overly compensated by building this uber robust tire - on their website the AT’s are classified as light-duty/commercial, the only tire I shopped that referenced ‘commercial’...As far as longivity goes, I’ve experienced no mileage difference between their AT’s and Generals or Michilens - about 40k miles without any difficulty... My seasoned experience (now on second set) is that you will not be disappointed....

I hope they are good just put 4 on the rear of motorhome to replace those with splitting at the beads near the wheel lip. I was torn between the Firestone ht and the Bridgestone, I will report back after some miles and time. I will not wear them out mileage wise as I never do but I hope I am still around to replace them due to time,LOL. All the reviews I read were good and bad you just have to look thru the smoke.