TIres, looking for long wearing, all weather load range E

Me Again wrote:
I took my Firestone ATs off at 29K(drive around the block and see less tread), the Michelin's Defenders have about 37K on them and are about half worn out.

Seemz ya getz whatz ya payz fer!!!

I took my Firestone ATs off at 29K(drive around the block and see less tread), the Michelin's Defenders have about 37K on them and are about half worn out.

Dennisokey wrote:
... It seems that I go through tires at about 25k. ... 80% highway driving, 20% highway towing. I just don't seem to get good tire wear. Any ideas?

OP, let me guess, even with your listed highway percentages, I'd bet you do a fair amount of driving into the mountains and back? Plain and simple fact is that mountainous driving is much harder on tires, expect shorter tire life. Add in the weight of these trucks on mountainous roads...

I do live in the mountains, just west of Denver, and have experienced the same short tire life. The OEM Michelin tires only lasted 22k miles. Went with another tire after, forget the name, but again, about 23k miles. I'm currently running Goodyear Wrangler Duratac now with about 25k miles and still looking good. I suspect I might get 40k miles out of them. My priorities were around load range E with decent traction on snow.

Many years ago I bought a set of Michelin. With in a year the sidewall started to crack. After 2 years, the whole sidewall was very badly cracked. Michelin was recalling the truck tire 1 size below what I had, Called them and was told they don't cover sidewall cracking, only tire separation or blow outs. I removed them and bought American made Cooper HT3. Got 60,000 miles out of that set and have replaced them with another set of Cooper tires. I will never own Michelin tire again.

Bridgestone makes a tire that wears like iron, may not be as smooth of a ride as Michelin but if you are after LONG tire life.

FishOnOne wrote:

Arcamper wrote:


These tires were made in Vietnam not China.

That's not better.... I prefer "Made in the USA"

Same here! Especially now with the Communist Chinese responsible for so many deaths around the world!!!

Dennisokey wrote:
What is anyone using for tires. It seems that I go through tires at about 25k. I keep vehicle aligned and tires rotated regularly, air at 80 PSI on rear tires. Trailer weight is 14k. No irregular tire wear. 80% highway driving, 20% highway towing. I just don't seem to get good tire wear. Any ideas?

Do you know your actual loaded and unloaded weights? Do you run 80 rear unloaded? Weigh loaded and unloaded. Use the weight inflation chart for your tires. Add 5psi rear and 10 psi front to what the chart says. I guarantee you will have much longer tire life.

Michelin MS2's

As far as towing being hard on rear tires well I guess it must be the tires! My Michelins look great even with 6k pin weight running 68 psi.

Except none of those pavement pounder tread designs are good all season tires, unless all of your seasons don't have the white stuff in them. But the OP is from Denver, so....

However, take a set of pavement pounder tires, like any of the M brand models or that pic of the Sailons and sipe em as deep as you can and they do good on ice, but not great in loose snow or deep snow still.

Arcamper wrote:


These tires were made in Vietnam not China.

That's not better.... I prefer "Made in the USA"

I just went with the Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT. These do come with a 60k mile warranty. I've seen mostly good reviews from those hauling or towing with them.