Holy we'll be eating beans for weeks Batman

2112 wrote:

SidecarFlip wrote:
I run Firestein's myself. Stop on a dime and then pick it up for ya.

I don't get it :h

You ,and me both. Firestone is by far the worst wearing tire I have ever owned, as far as stopping, whatever that remark meant.

"Of course.....one guy in particular totally discounted my claims of good ride quality and traction over on TDR. I’m sure you may even know this guy...."

I said your tire of choice will wear like iron but won't have as good of traction or ride as my MS2's. I'm not the only one claiming this.

I believe I said if using my truck like you for my business I would likely choose your tire of choice.

SidecarFlip wrote:
I run Firestein's myself. Stop on a dime and then pick it up for ya.

I don't get it :h

I have the Firestone TransForce AT's on my 2013 Ram 2500 CTD and got just shy of 50,000 before I changed them. If it wasn't for the fact that snow was coming, I could have easily run them another 5000 or more. I replaced them with the same tire and currently have about 40,000 on this set and figure to get about the same mileage from them.

Ralph Cramden wrote:
Some nosepicker at the tire store will probably take the old ones and run them, because I dont wait until they're down to 1/16" of tread so I can slide around this winter. I could probably get another 10K+ if I wanted to push it.

Same here, as a mater a fact I know fro a fact that the Good Year SRA's that came off my Ecodiesel at 28K were put on one of the workers trucks. Those things were scary in the rain and had 4/32 and 5/32 of thread left on them. I usually run tires down to the 3/32 mark before changing them myself.

Don

As for stakes, Ribeyes are a great stake but I prefer a Porterhouse myself.

cummins2014 wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"I find 100K claims laughable.......especially so on a 4X4."

Laugh all you want that's a FACT! Did you READ I was doing long commutes??? My career I put WELL over a million miles on my rigs.

It's called proper inflation, rotation and alignment. OH let's not forget a light right foot and quality tires.

Thats a tough sell, I think you are forgetting there are others on here, and so far no one has reported 100k on their tires . You must have a magic touch :R

Well....I did get 154k miles on my LT235/80R17 Bridgestone DuraVis R500’s on my 2014 RAM 3500 Crew Cab.

Of course.....one guy in particular totally discounted my claims of good ride quality and traction over on TDR. I’m sure you may even know this guy....

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"I find 100K claims laughable.......especially so on a 4X4."

Laugh all you want that's a FACT! Did you READ I was doing long commutes??? My career I put WELL over a million miles on my rigs.

It's called proper inflation, rotation and alignment. OH let's not forget a light right foot and quality tires.

Thats a tough sell, I think you are forgetting there are others on here, and so far no one has reported 100k on their tires . You must have a magic touch :R

"I find 100K claims laughable.......especially so on a 4X4."

Laugh all you want that's a FACT! Did you READ I was doing long commutes??? My career I put WELL over a million miles on my rigs.

It's called proper inflation, rotation and alignment. OH let's not forget a light right foot and quality tires.

Grit dog wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
I had a couple sets of Michelin’s on my 98 RAM make 120k, 100 with BFG’s. Those were when I was working commuting 100 miles a day.

Must have been commuting to Fantasy Island LOL. I bet you were getting getting 75mpg too?

Ha, I drive like too much of a jackwagon to get good miles out of tires. Keep the right air and rotation on them and after that, it is what it is.
Life's too short to not do burnouts!!

I find 100K claims laughable.......especially so on a 4X4.
I am lazy when it comes to rotation since I don't drive the 2015 much, and would like to run a lower pressure when not towing, but the **** TPMS drives me nuts when I do. I am seeing center wear on the rears.
One thing I do not do is run them down to the 2-32 minimum I can get away with per PA's yearly state inspection requirements. I know when it's time by feel on a wet road.


Cummmins12 claims 100K from Michelin's and BFG's....,that's not been my experience with either. BFG's would last way longer than the Michelin's I have had, but would cup excessively and get noisy.
I walked out back from the office yesterday and looked at an F350 we have at work, that has Michelin LTX AT2's, and @ 30K they are down to about 3/16" tread. I would not buy a Goodyear if they were the last tire on earth.

Perhaps the best tires I have ever had was back in the mid 90's when Hoosier Racing Tire made street tires for a few years. Those **** things would wear like iron, but would sing like all get out after a few thousand miles. I believe they stopped making on road tire around 2000.

Im on my 3rd set of Yokohama Geolanders in 245 17 E rated. Got over 60k on both other sets. Great tire for $177 per. $100 more per tire seems out of the park to me.