up2nogood wrote:
Searching_Ut wrote:
drittal wrote:
IdaD wrote:
06Fargo wrote:
IdaD - what you no like about TransForce HT ?
They have poor traction offroad and they don't seem to do very well on snowy or icy roads.
Im not impressed with my H/T's cold/snowy/icy performance.
I've actually been very impressed with the performance of my TransForce HT's on ice, powdery snow and cold hard pack. They don't seem to do all that well compared to other tires I've had over the years on wet slushy snow however.
Not sure how many miles you got on your OEM Transforce HT's ,but at 15K mine are over half worn out on my 2014 Ram 3500. I will be elated to see 25K. IMO they are a terrible tire, would never recommend them for these trucks. It would be the last tire I would buy from the performance of the ones that I have.
They were just rotated for the third time, every 5K. Only good thing I can say about them is that they are all wearing even, and very fast at that.
It seems some think they are the greatest thing since canned beer, and others just the opposite . I don't see the reason for the difference in performance ,and wear, but mine are sure terrible as far as wear.
I can't attest to wear on these tires as I have less than 5k on them but based on how good of traction they get on ice I wouldn't be surprised if they wear rapidly as that is the normal tradeoff I've experienced in the past. My last truck had had Goodrich Rugged Trail T/A's that looked more aggressive, but got real poor traction in the slick stuff. Prior to that I had Michelin LTX's that were maybe a little better in the slush, not quite as good on ice.
As for my current tires, truck purchased at end of September, so far only used for towing, or snowing days when it made more sense to take the truck vs the car. Last weekend was a 1875 mile roadtrip to North Dakota, pick up triple axle fifth wheel to tow to Wyoming, then back to Utah. About 300 mile of snow and ice on the way up, then while towing maybe 100 miles of freezing rain/ice in ND, clear sailing through SD, then a couple hundred miles of ice progressively turning to 6 plus inches of snow to tow through Wyoming part of it on roads that got closed while I was still on them. Running empty back to Utah was largely on packed snow floor. For what looks to be a tire only good on dry pavement they did great traction wise and I only had to chain up to initially get the 5er out of the mud up in ND.
