Tires - for a truck...
Looking for tires for my 2018 Ram CTD Bighorn - LT285 60/R20 Really like the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo 3 tires, but they don't come with raised white letters. In fact, not a lot of tires in this siz...
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kfp673 wrote:valhalla360 wrote:kfp673 wrote:
I just did not want the same Firestones that really should have been replaced at 25k miles (I stretched to 30k).
I must live a charmed life.
I got about 30k on the coopers that had about 1/2 tread life left when I bought the truck and have 15k on the new off brand tires and the tread is barely broken in (that includes about 8k towing).
Usually get 40-60k out of a set of tires and I usually buy the off brands and never had an issue with them.
Ha. Charmed indeed ;-) Most reviews of the stock Firestones seem like 25-30k average. Hopping for better with these Coopers. Curious, what PSI do you set on your truck? Do you inflate and deflate when not towing? I read mixed reviews about max PSI. You get the best MPG but I have read recently it cuts tire life. I have always left mine between 75-80PSI so maybe I will start playing with PSI and lower when not towing.
Not sure size, capacity of tires you have, but found on my CC SW GM 3500's, I ran 40-45 on the rear, typically 60-65 on the front empty. Loaded rears were 60-65. Front typical 4500 lbs, rear 2200-5500 lbs. Your truck like a lot of recent decade of trucks seem to wieght empty 1000 lbs more, give upwards of 2000 lbs more. So a bit higher psi might be needed.
I got 50,000 usually from tires. Being in construction, there were also a number of days I did 20-30 miles oneveay empty, back to supplier with 80 lbs. So centers did wear a bit more than outsides due to this issue.
Marty
