Need Tire Recommendation; Disappointed in Firestone H/T

My 2001 F150 came with Wrangler AT/S LT265/70R17C
Depends on the option package. Probably a bit rare.

Current tire is Goodyear All-Terrain with Kevlar LT265/70R17E inflated to 45 front 55 rear.
Very smooth and quiet tire running the interstates. Survived many miles off pavement in Death Valley last December.

Atlee wrote:
I have 52K miles on my OEM LT245/75R17 LRE BF Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A tires. And they are still looking good. No cracks and plenty of rubber left.

At this point, I'm happy enough with them, I'd put the same or comparable tires back on.

Wasn't aware that LT tires came on F-150's

https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/pathfinder-sport-s-at/p/33395

If you have a Discount tire near you, check out this tire. Not saying it is the BEST traction tire out there, but so far in 20K+ miles, wearing well. Great in dry and rain wetted roads. 60K wear out warranty. One of the more reasonably priced tires. I would suggest aftermarket siping them. While not squirmy initially, as I am getting to the half way mark, the initial factory sipes are a bit thin.

They do well towing my upwards of 9K equipment trailer. Loads of topsoil, rock to 3 tons in the bed have not been an issue. I have used in snow, chains are needed if on the nastier side of things. At least with my open diff RWD truck they are needed......

I have seen one report on trucktire.com or some equal website that gives initial reviews of the tire. My findings are real similar to that review.

A different recommendation on a tire probably not heard about too much. May work if it comes in your tire size. For me, it was $125 per tire plus tax, balancing etc. vs most other 245-75-16 tires were in the 150-175 relm. higher all steel cased tires like a Toyo M55 equal were closer to $200. Which I also like, but that is a true traction tire!

Marty

I got just shy of 50,000 miles out of my OEM Firestone Transforce AT’s on my 2013 Ram 2500 CCLB CTD. . And if it weren’t for the fact that the snow was starting to fly, I would have kept running them another couple thousand. I replaced them with the same tire. I now have about 28,000 on this set and they are wearing about the same. But I don’t tow very often and I run a lot of highway miles driving to and from work. So I’m easy on them. I also run the rears at the “light load” pressure unless I hook up the camper.

IdaD wrote:

ksss wrote:
I like the Nitto's as well. I have a pickup with the EXO Grapplers and my wife has the G2 on her half ton. Both are really good depending on what you expect out of the tires

How have the EXO's worn in your dmax? Have you had them on snow/ice?

This is my third set, pulling heavy the majority of the time and I get about 55K out of them. I sipe them when they are worn down 50 percent, just because. I am happy with the grip on ice, very good in snow. Here in East Idaho that is a large part of our driving. There is some road noise but it is not bad in my opinion. It is a HD tire.

ksss wrote:
I like the Nitto's as well. I have a pickup with the EXO Grapplers and my wife has the G2 on her half ton. Both are really good depending on what you expect out of the tires

How have the EXO's worn in your dmax? Have you had them on snow/ice?

I like the Nitto's as well. I have a pickup with the EXO Grapplers and my wife has the G2 on her half ton. Both are really good depending on what you expect out of the tires

I have Cooper Discovery tires on my truck and have about 25,000 miles on them and they still look new. My neighor's truck also has Cooper Discovery tires and he has been very happy with them.

ktosv wrote:
Have you looked at the Bridgstone V-steel Rib? They are OEM on the GM full size vans. I know you are looking for a highway tire and this fit the bill plus I was very impressed with their performance in a west Michigan winter.

Based on wear, mine were at about 50% tread depth with 40k+ miles.

That tire only comes in one size. LT245/75R16

Have you looked at the Bridgstone V-steel Rib? They are OEM on the GM full size vans. I know you are looking for a highway tire and this fit the bill plus I was very impressed with their performance in a west Michigan winter.

Based on wear, mine were at about 50% tread depth with 40k+ miles.