New tire question

Replaced the original Michelin LTX A/S with Michelin Defender LTX M/S and they are working out well.

Top line Goodyear goes on my truck. Currently Wrangler All-Terrain with Kevlar.

Depends on your usage and terrain. For mainly highway I agree the Michelins are hard to beat. I ran several sets on previous trucks and was super happy. I've since switched to a 4 season snow flake rated tire from Les Schwab. I've been very impressed with the ride, noise and performance but the mileage isn't great. They are rated for 50K and I'm at 40K now. I'll be lucky to get another 5K but I suppose that isn't so bad.

I just like having the snow flake rating since in my area winter weather can hit quickly and we have some nearby mountain passes that I sometimes have to go over with little warning. Basically, I'm happy to pay for the convenience of not screwing with swapping out tires each season. Otherwise, it would be Michelins for sure.

Round ones!
Anything but michiblows! I like Cooper and Toyo personally......some like michiblows.......I'll put the XDE M+S on the rear of my dumptruck.....those have be ok, not sure what the new version is.... that is another day and worry!
I'm running a Discount tire right now on my C2500. 60K warranty, $125 plus balance etc for a 245-75-16. An SUV mild AT tire. Dry and rain wetted roads are fine. Not great in snow ice etc. Do the job! Carry loads well too. Should have not issues getting 60K out of them.
Also get ones that have proper traction for YOUR usage, not mine!

Marty

The OEM BF Goodrich LT245/75R17 LRE Rugged Trail TA's have served me well so far.

52K miles and still have a lot of good tread left. The tires have been mostly rotated every 5k oil change. There have been some oil changes that I skipped rotating them.

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 ...

I have had very good luck with Toyos.

The Michelins are very good except their traction in the wet is the worst.
I could just let my clutch out and they would spin.

ScottG wrote:
The Michelins are very good except their traction in the wet is the worst.
I could just let my clutch out and they would spin.

I assume they were NOT the MS2's/Defenders?

Michelins or Goodyears would be my choice.