jimh425 wrote:
bkenobi wrote:
That's what I was thinking. My last 3 that went on my Ranger (BFG, Hancook, BFG) were all factory siped. But I've heard that diesel's chunk out siped tires.
Les Schwab has siped my tires for my diesels since 2006. They’ve been fine. However, I run 19.5s.
Depends what type of tires and how egregious you are with the skinny pedal.
For the record, siped tires are the bomb! Especially in the wet greasy coastal winters around here.
If you slice and dice an AT tire that already has factory sipes, then there is a greater chance of chunking out the tread every time spin a tire on some rocks. That said, the siped Toyo AT's on my half ton work truck turn it into a billygoat on crack in the snow.
I believe they would wear quicker under the camper though.
Conversely, the siped MT's (solid tread block tires, no factory sipes) on my personal rig that hauls the camper sometimes have held up great. Based on my experience with siped Toyo MTs under the camper previously which wore considerably faster than the fronts after about 5000 loaded camper miles in AK, I'm surprised the Firestones are not wearing quicker. Last year I ran about 2000 miles camper loaded plus heavy tongue weight boat for half of it. There was 0/32 difference in tire wear. Same this year so far with about the same miles. Mostly high speed highway travel and a little mountain roads.
Just my limited experience...
