F250 tire brand/model recs
I am going to get 4 new all season tires for my 2012 F250, 8', extended cab, 2WD when the snow goes away. I have studded snow tires for the winter, which I love. Anyway, I have 245/75R 17E, and would ...
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I have had really good luck with Nitto tires. Their offerings really a great range of tires for every surface. I have the Terra Grappler on my pickup and the Ridge Grappler on my SUV.
My next tires will either be the Exo Grappler (commercial traction tread, tons of siping) or the Goodyear Wrangler All Terrain Adventure. Both are rated for extreme snow (mountain snowflake) and have good siping and relatively low void ratio for low noise and good road manners.
If you think these are too aggressive, there are a ton of true "all-season" (in the industry sense of the word) designs out there that probably will have shorter stopping distances on dry and perhaps slightly wet roads, but they'd be a tradeoff in any kind of rough weather.
I also strongly recommend that you consider upgrading to an 18" tire if you're going to continue to overload your F-250. The tires available for 18" wheels will have the same ply rating but they will have a higher weight capacity, even in a similar size and width from your current tires. My Terra Grappler (old style) on my Ram are 17s and added 500ish pounds to the tire capacity, though, so you may be able to get some gain just by changing tires. The Nitto Dura Grappler (their all-season) has 3900 pounds of weight capacity in some sizes, which is a pretty significant bump. I wouldn't pick tires based on weight capacity alone, but if you can get the weight capacity increase without compromising on the tread you want, then that's a no-brainer.
I am trailering now and sold my truck camper, so I worry about this less these days, but the truck camper definitely was hard on tires.
My next tires will either be the Exo Grappler (commercial traction tread, tons of siping) or the Goodyear Wrangler All Terrain Adventure. Both are rated for extreme snow (mountain snowflake) and have good siping and relatively low void ratio for low noise and good road manners.
If you think these are too aggressive, there are a ton of true "all-season" (in the industry sense of the word) designs out there that probably will have shorter stopping distances on dry and perhaps slightly wet roads, but they'd be a tradeoff in any kind of rough weather.
I also strongly recommend that you consider upgrading to an 18" tire if you're going to continue to overload your F-250. The tires available for 18" wheels will have the same ply rating but they will have a higher weight capacity, even in a similar size and width from your current tires. My Terra Grappler (old style) on my Ram are 17s and added 500ish pounds to the tire capacity, though, so you may be able to get some gain just by changing tires. The Nitto Dura Grappler (their all-season) has 3900 pounds of weight capacity in some sizes, which is a pretty significant bump. I wouldn't pick tires based on weight capacity alone, but if you can get the weight capacity increase without compromising on the tread you want, then that's a no-brainer.
I am trailering now and sold my truck camper, so I worry about this less these days, but the truck camper definitely was hard on tires.
