New tire question
Question our 2016 ram 2500 c t d longbed is coming up on new tires at 25 k miles . original o e m are firestone transforce ride is great wear isn’t I know o em tires don’t last as long as they should ...
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Lot of variety in tires out there.
Highway tires will generally by quieter, last longer and give better mileage on the highway. But some can be useless on wet grass or worse.
There's some all-terrain tires that work well on the highway. Some even have a tread wear warranty. And some have the mountain-snowflake symbol, so are pretty good in the winter.
I just recently bought a set of Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs; haven't got them on the truck yet. They're considered a "commercial" AT tire for some reason. Are supposed to be rugged off road and long lasting, but no tread wear warranty on the LTs.
They have the mountain-snowflake but a couple of years on pavement might just wear thru the sipes. And I expect them to be pretty noisy, but we're planning to spend a lot of time on gravel roads in the Yukon and NWT this summer, and the sale price was lower than most everything else at CanTire, so we'll see ...
Highway tires will generally by quieter, last longer and give better mileage on the highway. But some can be useless on wet grass or worse.
There's some all-terrain tires that work well on the highway. Some even have a tread wear warranty. And some have the mountain-snowflake symbol, so are pretty good in the winter.
I just recently bought a set of Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs; haven't got them on the truck yet. They're considered a "commercial" AT tire for some reason. Are supposed to be rugged off road and long lasting, but no tread wear warranty on the LTs.
They have the mountain-snowflake but a couple of years on pavement might just wear thru the sipes. And I expect them to be pretty noisy, but we're planning to spend a lot of time on gravel roads in the Yukon and NWT this summer, and the sale price was lower than most everything else at CanTire, so we'll see ...
