Which 19.5" tire to choose
I posted for the first time on here clear back in November of 2018. I was asking about upgrading to 19.5” wheels and tires for a 2000 Ford F350 SRW. I got a lot of good info from others here. I heard ...
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Bedlam wrote:
Siped tires will wear faster than solid blocks, but they do work well.
I generally believe that to be true but had a set of Firestone MTs that were an anomaly. They still wore like iron being siped. I started using them year round and figured hauling the camper and trailer would accelerate the wear but I can’t imagine they could have held up any better not siped. It was strange.
Not siping the outer tread blocks helps as does the type of driving and load on the tires.
In heavy use I still expect exactly what you said though.
Cheers. Hope you guys had a good holiday!
