Holy we'll be eating beans for weeks Batman

cummins2014 wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Tires never dictated whether or not I ate Rib-eyes. That's just poor money management.

40K :S

Not poor money management, that was humor. Something that is lacking in a big way on RV.net.

FWIW I grilled up some filets last night I hand cut from a nice whole loin. Would of rather had a ribeye.

Not 100% sure where Verde Valley is and not going to google it. Spend some time in SW and Central PA, driving mostly 2 lane state and county roads in the Allegheny mountains, then slap your head when you don't make it to 40K with a set of tires.

Do they tar and chip roads every summer with limestone chips in Verde Valley, essentially making them 20 grit sandpaving?

Speaking of money management , have you checked out the Sailun Terramax AT's , you could afford a whole lot more of those filets, yes I prefer ribeye :)

I actually looked at those but they have a slightly more aggressive tread than I was looking for. I wanted another set of the Bridgestone Duravis M700s that came OEM on my 15 GMC 2500. No way was I forking out $267 each, Tirerack has them on sale right now for $245 lol.

Anyway I picked up a set of them takeoff on Ebay with less than 2K miles for around $125 each inc shipping. Came Fedex yesterday and you can hardly tell they were ever mounted. Still have most of the injection nibs.

Can do the 2" thick ribeyes now.

Planning wrote:
I have about 2 to 3/32" of usable tread left (before I get down to the 2/32 minimum) on the OEM General rear tires on my DRW 2016 F350.

Based upon the excellent performance the Sailun 17.5's (that I put on the 5th wheel this year), I am planning to go with the Sailun Terramax HLT 245/75R -17.

At $587.96 for a set of 4 from Simple tire, and free shipping, the cost difference pays for a set of Centramatic wheel balancers.

They will catch on, some just don't get it. A lot of the die hards fought the Sailun S637's , and we know how that went.

I have about 2 to 3/32" of usable tread left (before I get down to the 2/32 minimum) on the OEM General rear tires on my DRW 2016 F350.

Based upon the excellent performance the Sailun 17.5's (that I put on the 5th wheel this year), I am planning to go with the Sailun Terramax HLT 245/75R -17.

At $587.96 for a set of 4 from Simple tire, and free shipping, the cost difference pays for a set of Centramatic wheel balancers.

Ralph Cramden wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Tires never dictated whether or not I ate Rib-eyes. That's just poor money management.

40K :S

Not poor money management, that was humor. Something that is lacking in a big way on RV.net.

FWIW I grilled up some filets last night I hand cut from a nice whole loin. Would of rather had a ribeye.

Not 100% sure where Verde Valley is and not going to google it. Spend some time in SW and Central PA, driving mostly 2 lane state and county roads in the Allegheny mountains, then slap your head when you don't make it to 40K with a set of tires.

Do they tar and chip roads every summer with limestone chips in Verde Valley, essentially making them 20 grit sandpaving?

Speaking of money management , have you checked out the Sailun Terramax AT's , you could afford a whole lot more of those filets, yes I prefer ribeye :)

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Tires never dictated whether or not I ate Rib-eyes. That's just poor money management.

40K :S

Not poor money management, that was humor. Something that is lacking in a big way on RV.net.

FWIW I grilled up some filets last night I hand cut from a nice whole loin. Would of rather had a ribeye.

Not 100% sure where Verde Valley is and not going to google it. Spend some time in SW and Central PA, driving mostly 2 lane state and county roads in the Allegheny mountains, then slap your head when you don't make it to 40K with a set of tires.

Do they tar and chip roads every summer with limestone chips in Verde Valley, essentially making them 20 grit sandpaving?

I ran Michelin AT2s when towing FT majority of which was on secondary/back roads cause I Hate Interstates

At 60K I would get a new set...not because tires were worn out....still good thread left. I am anal about tires especially when towing FT
I keep them balanced but rarely rotated them.
Fronts were kept at 55# and Rear at 45# non-towing/80# towing

Other then rear tires on my cars in high school I have always gotten at least 50K out of tires.
My working years I drove mainly Ford Broncos with 1 to 1 1/2 hr commutes one way to/from work...all types of roadways and ran Coopers. Still got 50K or better.

Tires never dictated whether or not I ate Rib-eyes. That's just poor money management.

40K :S

some need to remember if not posted yet. If you do more city county road, stop and go, turns etc, you will not get as good of tire life as one that does mostly highway miles on an interstate or state hwy at speed. Ea time to stop and start, you lose an extra amount of tread with the micro skids you fat arse can not feel vs just going straight not stopping. Go around a corner, again, your tires skid some, probably not enough for our fat arses to notice, but still some rubber left back there that a highway driver that is not stopping will not lose!
I've personally found Michiblows to be one of the worst tires on my trucks! Cooper, Toyo some of the better ones. GY, BFG to also be on the lower mileage side. I had a set of Firstone HT's on a van at work, got some 65K miles out of them. But driving some 35000 miles per year, on interstates etc, not surprising! on one of my pickups, 45-50,000 would be doing really good. Probably more of a 40-45K mile tire.
Marty

gsbrockman wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
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.

How could you claim this when you do not have first-hand info (ie you actually purchased a set) and ran them?

How did your stellar MS2's work out for you at 39k miles......45k miles.....50k miles.....100k miles....150k miles?

Ohhhhhhhh....that's right.....they did not make it that far, and were pro-rated.... :R

You need to get back on the road!

Cummins12V98 wrote:
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.

How could you claim this when you do not have first-hand info (ie you actually purchased a set) and ran them?

How did your stellar MS2's work out for you at 39k miles......45k miles.....50k miles.....100k miles....150k miles?

Ohhhhhhhh....that's right.....they did not make it that far, and were pro-rated.... :R

Bob E. wrote:
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.

Every now ,and then we hear about Firestone, and this kind of mileage. My last Firestone Transforce HT's lasted 29K, the ones before that were similar. Experienced pretty much the same with Michelins.