Best tire for driving Alaskan Highway
I have a 2015 F-150 with a Northstar Vista camper (1,500 loaded) and would like to know what your opinions are for the best tire to have for driving from Texas to Alaska. Your input will be apprecia...
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bb_94401 wrote:
If you plan on taking the Dempster Highway to Inuvik on your trip, you might consider a tire with a cut /chip resistant tire compound.
Approximately 460 miles of gravel, one way from the Yukon Territory Hwy 5 junction east of Dawson, then Hwy 8 once you cross into the Northwest Territories to Inuvik.
An example would be the Toyo M-55 LT265/70R17 tires I run as summer tires. Cooper Tires also have cut and chip resistant compound tires as well.
I used to run All Terrain TA/KO/KD's on my 350 4x4 TC camper hauler and I found that they are not stone / cut / chip resistant. I didn't wear them out per se, the tread got so chewed up (I live and farm on gravel / dirt roads, that I had to replace them. Never again. The Michelins wear much better. Better tread design. Not as 'Macho' looking but in my case I don't give a hoot about macho, I want a long wearing tire.
