I am disgusted with the tires that came on my 2011 Ram Dually. General Ameritrack made in Mexico.I have 23K on them and they are more than 1/2 worn out. If that was not bad enough the last couple days the front end started acting up and today it got real bad. I checked the tires and there was about a 1/2" high raised area on the tread of the passenger front tire.I looked up General distributors and Discount Tire was listed. The sales guy measured all the tires and since one of the other tires were more than 2/32" thinner than the others he said he could only warrant the bad tire if I bought the other.No way was I going to throw good money after bad. I went to Costco and got a price for just over $1,800 for 6 Michelins. Called Discount and got a better grade Michelin for about $350 less. I was very surprised. So I told them to get them in and I will have them installed tomorrow.Time will tell but I always get over 100K on a set of Michelins.I tried to get Dave Smith to swap the POS tires for Michelins when I bought it but they said they all come with Generals.Now the truck will be the way it should have been from the factory.

I have a general tire with 61 K miles on it as a spare. I should buy a new spare as it is an 04 tire. I didn't like the generals so bought new tires at 13960 miles. chevman

larry barnhart wrote:I have a general tire with 61 K miles on it as a spare. I should buy a new spare as it is an 04 tire. I didn't like the generals so bought new tires at 13960 miles. chevman PS the spare tire has not been used.

AMd one wants michiblows on there truck cuz YYYYYY??????Tires are like twuck brands, some like brand M, others are disgusted with them. I've had more blowouts with that brand that ALL others combined. Cooper so far has been the only brand I have not had a blow out with. BUT< a number of others on here say Cooper is one of the worst tires they have owned......With that, I would agree generally speaking, Generals do not get great mileage! I got about 28K on my GM before I had to throw them out!Marty

A guy at work had a '11 RAM drw and had nothing but problems with the factory General tires and the Dodge dealer nor the tire store would do much to help. He replaced those tire with Michelins and had a much better riding truck thereafter.Having said that my Michelins will be lucky to get mid 20k miles.

I have always gotten good mileage with Michelins. 100K on my C20 2wd, 120K on my 98 2500 4X4 Ram Cummins and 150K on 81 VW PU rear tires never rotated still 1/3 tread left.

General tires are JUNK!!!!! | Good Sam Community

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stuckinthesand
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
Yes, they are junk.
Dog_Folks
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
Interesting. I have had the exact oppisite experience with Generals vs Michelins.

First set of Generals went 77,000 miles. Micelins were overpriced junk!

To each his own I guess.
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Apr 30, 2013
Cummins12V98 wrote:
I have always gotten good mileage with Michelins. 100K on my C20 2wd, 120K on my 98 2500 4X4 Ram Cummins and 150K on 81 VW PU rear tires never rotated still 1/3 tread left.

Tell me what your secret is to get 100K out of a set of tires! I've owned every brand under the sun, including Michelin (which I currently have) and seems they all need replacement around 55K to 60K.
The_Mad_Norsky
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
I've always had good luck with Michelins on my previous dually trucks as well.

My current vehicle (2011 F 350 dually) came with General's also. I'm NOT impressed either.

Worse cupping tires I've ever had. Had it re-aligned, and have tried many different combinations of tire pressure to no avail. It is just the front, as the duals in back are wearing very nicely / evenly.

Shocks may be another factor with mine, going for Bilsteins asap.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Apr 30, 2013
I have always gotten good mileage with Michelins. 100K on my C20 2wd, 120K on my 98 2500 4X4 Ram Cummins and 150K on 81 VW PU rear tires never rotated still 1/3 tread left.
FishOnOne
Nomad
Apr 30, 2013
A guy at work had a '11 RAM drw and had nothing but problems with the factory General tires and the Dodge dealer nor the tire store would do much to help. He replaced those tire with Michelins and had a much better riding truck thereafter.

Having said that my Michelins will be lucky to get mid 20k miles.
blt2ski
Moderator
Apr 30, 2013
AMd one wants michiblows on there truck cuz YYYYYY??????

Tires are like twuck brands, some like brand M, others are disgusted with them. I've had more blowouts with that brand that ALL others combined. Cooper so far has been the only brand I have not had a blow out with. BUT< a number of others on here say Cooper is one of the worst tires they have owned......

With that, I would agree generally speaking, Generals do not get great mileage! I got about 28K on my GM before I had to throw them out!

Marty
larry_barnhart
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
larry barnhart wrote:
I have a general tire with 61 K miles on it as a spare. I should buy a new spare as it is an 04 tire. I didn't like the generals so bought new tires at 13960 miles.
chevman
PS the spare tire has not been used.
larry_barnhart
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
I have a general tire with 61 K miles on it as a spare. I should buy a new spare as it is an 04 tire. I didn't like the generals so bought new tires at 13960 miles.
chevman

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