Chevy 2500HD Tires

Bridgestone Duravis M773.

brulaz wrote:

bhall wrote:
I only got 30k miles on the Transforce HTs on my 2015 Silverado 2500. Never again.

The OEM Firestone Transforce ATs are not wearing well on my RAM 2500. They'll prolly be gone by 30K miles.

Have heard that OEM tires in general are worse than the same tire aftermarket. But dunno if that's true.

Anyway, I too will never buy a Firestone Transforce HT or AT again.

That's the line that Firestone told me over the phone. They make the tires to "OEM Mfg. Specs". So, I went down to a local shop that also sells Firestone and the tires they had in that size had the exact same TPC number which is what I understand is the tire "Spec code".

Have had 2 sets of Michelin LTX M&S. Found them to be great for quiet ride, traction in snow, smoothness, long life, etc., but terrible at straight ahead steering. They drift all over road and I have to steer into the wind or road crown. In this respect they were much worse than the OEM tires on two different vehicles. I will not buy them again. This may not bother others--it doesn't seem to bother my son on his F-350. He got poor traction and poor life from Grabber HTS tires.

Michelin's installed and riding smooth.

Yokahama YK-HTX

have a 2013 F-150 that I got close to 55K from the factory Michelins. Wife has Ford Escape that we got close to 100K out of the factory Michelins as well. Was ready to go back with the same until the guy as Discount Tire said I should look at the Yokahamas.

I ended up going with them, saved about $100 over the cost of comparable Michelins and got a longer warranty. Might want to consider them as well. So far, I've got close to 28K miles on them and have been real happy. If they ultimately turn out to be turds, I'll go back with the Michelins.

Original bridgestones lasted 18k. I went with Hankook all terrain tires and they wore so bad that Discount Tire took them back and I went with Yokohama Geolanders. They only lasted 25k. I went with Michelin LTX and they have been fantastic. No issues and quiet.

Nitto Dura Grapplers are on my yukon XL 2500. Extremely quiet. Trailers nice. When they're new they're a little squirrelly from the mold release on them. After a few hundred miles that goes away.

I prefer the Michelin's... will do some shopping around on price. Thanks

For the use OP is after a set of Michelins sounds like a great fit. I ran several on that same truck and was very happy. I've since gone to a 4 season due to needing some more winter/off-road use but would go back to Michelin in an instant if my usage warranted it.

I have never gotten over 34,000 miles on Michelin LTX. Would look at Bridgestone or Yokohama. Had to purchase LTX again on a trip through El Centro on a Sunday from Sears. Only tire store that was open. Would not do that again either.
Curly