Tires...again

I like the performance and wear of the Michelins that came OEM on my 2011 Dually. However I had to have all of them road force balanced to get rid of vibration, and my spare had considerable sidewall cracks. Michelin did replace the bad spare with new no charge.

805gregg wrote:
Those are tiny tires, can't you go a little larger? My 2003 Dodge started with 265/70/17 I went to 315/70/17 and now have gone down to 285/70/17 nitto's I like the nitto's best

Having previously owned the very same vehicle as the original poster here (OP) the answer is no.

The duals will rub. Had a friend in Texas who bought a 2003 Chevy dually, identical to mine, to do some hot shot trucking.

Looking it over just after he brought it home, noticed that the vehicle had 235/85/R16's on it instead of the factory 215/85/R16's.

Without any load in the box, they were rubbing against each other.

Now, one can get a spacer, then go larger. But in standard factory form, no, not without rubbing the duals.

Those are tiny tires, can't you go a little larger? My 2003 Dodge started with 265/70/17 I went to 315/70/17 and now have gone down to 285/70/17 nitto's I like the nitto's best

An update...purchased the Goodyear Wranglers and with several thousand miles, very impressed. The ride quality (both loaded and unloaded) is much improved over the original Goodyear's, but most impressed with how quiet they are. Hope for a 60K tire.

My Michelins on my DRW have sidewall cracking on every tire. I've had good luck with Michelin car tires in the past. One dealer said Michelin is now using soy in its compound, a p.c. get along green thing...They will gladly adjust them but only for pennies on the dollar...The part that stings the most is that I paid a premium and hoped I'd be getting a premium tire....The OEM Generals sidewalls did not crack. IF I can make these last, next time around I'll likely be looking at Hancook or Toyo...Scratch Michelin off my premium list. JMHO

3 tons

i've had great luck with firestone transforce tires, and for the buck you can't beat them.

Redsky wrote:
Why put A/T tires on a DRW truck? You are not going to do any serious trail running ....

Huhhh??

I've read all the arguments against doing any serious trail running with DRW and the reasons come up a bit weak, IMHO.

I switched to taller non-stock 85-width Mud & Snow Michelins on our E450 ton-and-a-half DRW small Class C. I really like riding up on the edges of the ruts instead of down in them when we take it offroad. If one stays with the 85 width specification (instead of 65/70/75) and/or maybe use spacers too with a DRW setup ... you can wind up with nice tall tires for great differential, transmission, oil pan, and suspension ground clearances - just like with large diameter tires on a SRW setup. For any given load, DRW is going to provide better flotation (larger overall rubber surface square inches) on soft surfaces than SRW will give you, too.

I’ve been running the Michelin LTX M/S ever since my Ram came with them new. I liked them so much that when our Lexus GX470 needed tires there was no other choice. Quite, smooth and great traction on ice and snow covered roads; my truck even went right thru a 24” snow storm in the city a few years back no problem.
I just traded out to a 19.5 setup on my truck; I wish that they made the LTX in that size!

Why put A/T tires on a DRW truck? You are not going to do any serious trail running and a highway tread will provide much longer tread life. I would go with the Michelin's, all of their LT models provide exceptional tread life.

My neighbor is about to change out the ones on his truck after 60,000 miles and he never rotated them the entire time and they still have usable tread. He is not going with Michelin tires though as they pick up gravel and fling it up at the sides of the truck and he spends a lot of time on gravel roads at his dairy farm.

350....you won't get many reviews of the Goodyear Adventure AT as they are so new. You may find more on tire rack or Google the tire and you will find a bunch of professional reviews where they were put up against the Michelin and were given very good grades...being favored by many.