Best Tires For 1995 F350 & 1996 Squire 8000?

For a 2wd truck I'd keep something fairly aggressive on the rear unless you absolutely never leave pavement.
Good luck finding an LT class F tire. If you do, let me know where.
I've been using Michelin LTX M/S2 for the last several years since I'm pretty heavy with the TC on. I've been pleased with them. I have 4 wheel drive and the GM G80 locking rear so I don't bother with the A/T series of tires.
I also used to run some Bridgestone Duravis and they held the weight well but I didn't get as good of tread life as the Michelins. If you can spend the extra money step up to a Michelin XPS tire.

Thanks, I'll stick with on/off-road tires then.

You think Michelin XPS tires would be the best for my situation? The Load Range is listed as D. Is that enough for a fully-loaded Squire 8000 camper with a SRW truck? I think the camper might be around 3,500 pounds give or take, possibly higher.

Someone at another forum suggested BF Goodrich Commercial T/A All Season 2 tires. Any thoughts on the difference in the brands?

Also, I remember somebody telling me the advantage of tires like a Class F series, is that they're expensive up front, but you can re-tread them for a relatively low cost. I'll call Discount Tire, and ask them about Class F tires for a 1995 F350.

My new dually come with Michelins and after 14k miles it is hard to tell any wear. Very comfortable and quiet as well.
I've been fan of Michelins for generation and they were the only car brand I would buy new for over 20 years, but last years they become priced way above the competition, while we don't drive that much anymore, so high-mileage tires age before wear.
Michelin on other hand, having hard rubber for long life, don't do very well in slippery condition and I hated them on my ski trips.
On truck I had Hankcocks, I had Sailungs and they all last way longer than they start cracking unless you use them for some die-hard driving.
Lot of members disregard Chinese tires just becouse.
Chinese do excelent tires and try to find better trailer tire than "Made in China" .
When it comes to car and truck tires they make them very good as well, but US suppliers choose to buy low to medium quality.
Still 3 sets of tires I bought for truck and cars in last 10 years had excelent value. Only low-profile Triangles vere noisily.

I'll just say that I wore out some Michelin LTX tires pretty fast, and they did not provide much in the way of off-road traction, IMO. Of course, this was on some pretty rugged, far from pavement roads. For street tires, I've always had good results with Michelin. I now have Cooper Discovery A/T3. They seem to be just as quiet and well mannered on pavement, and have much better traction off road.
I also have the auto-locking G80 rear, and an Eaton e-locker in the front.

(For what it's worth, the Coopers came out first in an Expedition Portal test some years ago, but the results aren't online anymore.)

I have Michelin LTX tires on my 06 F350SD Load range E
I run Yokohoma Geolander A/T S Load range E on a F250SD, wifes 1500, and a 35ft 5 wheel. Check the warranty on Yokohoma's, it a good over looked tire, many never heard of.

... The Load Range is listed as D...

Tire data can sometime be confusing and there are many "experts" on the forums who base wieght carrying solely on the letter. Not all "letter" tires are the same and may not be able to carry the same weight.

Check out this article: Load Range and Load Index

The old way of determining load capacity by a "letter" (D, E , F, G) connotation is not really valid as much as it used to be but it is important because the letter relates (among other things) to what the tires maximum PSI can handle and Load Index (LI) relates to weight carrying capacity.

LI is the actual weight the tire can handle at the max PSI. So the two go hand-in-hand. Look at both when selecting a tire.

^ agreed I've seen E rated tires as low as 3200 and some above 4000 lb rating.

Back in the day they rated tires by ply and the to go tire for 3/4 ton pickups was the 750/16 6-ply tire.Once in a while you saw the 8 ply and rarely the 10 ply.Now the 6 ply is a C rated/the 8 ply a D rated and the 10 ply a E rated and they used to recap them.How things have changed!

In answer to your question,the big name brands over the years have done nothing special for me compared to the less expensive like Cooper and I would not spend the extra for the name unless they gave me more bang for the buck,and they have not in the past...But that is just me.

I run Cooper 215-85-16's on my 1994 Ford F-350 DWR with a Lance 9.6 foot camper.They are lower rated in capacity than some for an E tire but exceed my axle capacities with ease.No need for a higher capacity tire unless I went with a super heavy camper exceeding all the truck numbers.If I was to do that,I would get a Class C instead and have way more room.I went back to a truck camper to get back in places I could not with a Class C or trailer/fifth wheel.

Best tires?
IMO, ditch the 20+ year old 16" wheels for some new takeoff wheels of the 18-20" variety and run whatever tires they have on them. Cheap easy and more options for heavy tires.

Grit dog wrote:
Best tires?
IMO, ditch the 20+ year old 16" wheels for some new takeoff wheels of the 18-20" variety and run whatever tires they have on them. Cheap easy and more options for heavy tires.

Good advise on going with a larger diameter rim/tire size.
But "new takeoff wheels" will not fit on his 1995, the BCD is not the same.