cummins2014 wrote:
ppine wrote:
Toyo, Cooper, Bridgestone
I have gotten 60,000 miles from Toyos on an F-350 doing a lot of towing.
I run my rear tires mostly around 60 psi.
I don't normally rotate tires at all.
I wish I would see 60K on my Toyo AT2's , fair amount of towing on my Ram 3500. I will be happy if I see 45K. rotated every 5K. They are run at 80 psi when towing the fifth wheel ,and 45 when solo.
Not sure what brand next, but it won't be Toyo, may try a set of Coopers
You are dreaming if you think you'll get much if any more than that out of a real AT tread tire, especially towing or hauling heavy even 50% of the time.
But like everything else, ones definition of when a tire is "done" varies. Driving habits, terrain, climate etc all vary.
However Toyo ATII and Cooper AT3 are a couple of the top performers. Along with the Goodyear AT with Kevlar mentioned above.
Also, if rotating every 5k, you might be doing your tires a dis service. Should be no need to rotate that frequently in most conditions (heavy Mountian driving excepted maybe) and how are you rotating? Just blindly rotating X pattern or just blindly dropping truck at the shop to have someone move the tires around?
If you learn to read the tires wear pattern and its differnet for different vehicles and conditions, and rotate to the optimal position to correct or maximize tread wear, it'll help.
One other tire worth mentioning, even though it's a MT tire and an unlikely candidate at that, is Firestone MT. Bought a set about 5 years ago, for winter tires. Was the cheapest non cheapo brand on Amazon that day, lol. Had them siped, inner tread blocks only. Then left them on year round. Truck mostly hauls camper and tows. Guessing they have around 35k miles or so on them and they are wearing awesome. Still 2/3 tread left and wearing beautifully. They might be the longest lasting tires all things considered I've ever had.
Guessing they're a very hard compound tire, but the siping allows them to have great traction as well.
