Pauljdav wrote:
Get your tires siped Makes a huge difference for pretty low price.
^This. While siped tires will wear down somewhat faster under heavy loads, having a dually will alleviate, well, half of the additional wear compared to my experience with a srw hauling heavy on siped tires.
Besides,unless the use changes, the op will age out tires before wearing them out.
Side note, Les Schwabs out here does "lifetime" siping. For deep lug tires, like truck tires, they will sipe the tread half depth. This helps with tread wear as the tread doesn't squirm as much. When the tires are getting half worn, they will re -sipe them the remainder of the tread depth, no additional charge.
Being a 2wd and apparently being used in winter as well, get the most aggressive tires you can stand to hear rolling down the road and then get them siped for the best possible traction in all conditions....except sand.
On a 2wd dually, my ultimate choice would be mud terrain tires, siped, on the rear and all terrains wiped on the front.
XPS tractions look like they would not like snow very much. High mile tire means harder compounds and the tread patten is still a pavement pounder pattern.
