Tires for Ram 3500

[is_it_friday_ye]

What are people using on their trucks for E range tires. I'm looking at replacing my Michelin M/S 2 as they are wearing quickly on the outside edges. I just replaced ball joints and think that was the cause but Discount Tire agreed to give me money off some new tires. Mine currently have 35,000 miles. I like the BF Goodrich all terrain KO2 but am concerned I won't get a lot of miles out of them either.

[maxwell11]

I have an older model (2005) Dodge or Ram 2500 or whatever they are calling them this week.

it has a very stiff suspension, the only tire that I have found that drives and rides properly with that suspension and 70 psi is the Michelin.

I have tried other brands (as Michelin was having that sidewall cracking problem, seam to have that problem solved)

I would go with Michelins, just my two cents.

when you load heavy and pull hard, tires are going to wear out.

the harder the rubber, the rougher the ride, may get more miles, as no one wants to ride in the thing.

[Cummins12V98]

These tires, BFG Rugged Trail are off a 2010 RAM, I paid $450 for the tires and wheels on CL they had 40K when I bought then. I have ram them 30K. 100K or so is not out of the question. I did get 100K out of the same tires on my other 98 RAM.

So you guys must be really hard on tires because 100-120K for me is a walk in the park on a 2500 RAM 4X4. But hey I inflate my tires to the load and don't blindly inflate to MAX!

[ksss]

gwalter wrote:
I am running the Nitto Crosstec. I have about 15000 on them and not a sign of wear and they are a good ride.

I have 11K on a set of Nitto EXO Grappler. I am impressed so far with the ride, traction and wear.

[FishOnOne]

My factory Michelins AT2 got ~40k miles which are a 60k mile rated tire. I replaced them with a set of E rated BF Goodrich Rugged Terrain and currently have ~30k miles. I just rotated them last weekend and I estimate they should go an easy 50k miles which are a 50k mile rated tire.

Summary:
Fuel mileage from both tires appear to be the same. BF Goodrich have a more aggressive tire tread which makes them slightly more noisier. The BG Goodrich tires will last longer in my application. The BF Goodrich tires were cheaper. Both tires maintained their balance very well and required very little counter weights.

Also just so you know Fish isn't the most friendly on his tires with 400HP on tap. :B

[gmw_photos]

Ran a set of BFG Rugged Trail T/A that came OE on the F350 dually for just over 8 years and 45K miles. Replaced with same tire as they worked well on the truck. At eight years they were getting some weather cracking, but still had over half their tread left. Replaced due to age.
I am running the "same" named tire in a P version now on the Frontier also. I will say on a truck with a normally very quiet cabin ( the Frontier ) this tire tread design is not the quietest but I'll call it "ok". If I had it to do over again I would not choose them for the Nissan, but yes I would on the Ford.
Don't really notice the tire noise on the Ford because it's a pretty noisy cabin anyway from engine and wind noise.
I've run the dually at highway speeds in heavy rain with the 13K pound horse trailer on, and these tires worked fine under those conditions.

[shadows4]

Just put a set of Cooper Discoverer RTX's on my truck. Only have one trip of around 500 miles so. So far I like them, very quite compared to the BF Goodrich all terrains I had on before. NTB had them on sale last month and I got $200 bucks off of a set of 4. It is a 50,000 mile E rated tire.

I too started to get the BF Goodrich all terrains. But they are not rated at all for milege. And with the deal I got I saved over $400 bucks. Works for me.

[asullivan920]

Running Toyo open country AT2's on my 2012 Ram 2500 and love them. 20K miles and tread is still at 3/4 or more.

[Majja13]

Were the tires cupped before all of the front end work? granted I do not work in a tire shop but to have them cupping, or having uneven wear, would indicate that your front end is not correct.

[The_Mad_Norsky]

gwalter wrote:
I am running the Nitto Crosstec. I have about 15000 on them and not a sign of wear and they are a good ride.

Finally, a review of that tire from someone running a heavy truck!

:S I try to read up on possible tires by Internet searches for reviews, and seems so many have them on light weight vehicles like a Toyota or a Tundra or whatever.

Sure does not do me much good with my 9,000 pound truck.

Thanks for the info!

[gwalter]

I am running the Nitto Crosstec. I have about 15000 on them and not a sign of wear and they are a good ride.

[Slowmover]

Michelin LTX series with several choices of tread design

Or

Bridgestone Duravis with two choices

Nothing else will last as long in time or miles.

[Cummins12V98]

Don't blame the tires for a worn out or miss aligned front end!

Here is a pic of my MS2's on the 11 RAM Dually with 40K on them. 80 front all the time 45 rear solo and 60 loaded with 5K pin.

[RVman3252]

I have had great luck with Bridgestone Duelers... I just put LT265/70R17 Load Range E on mine...

[transferred]

Nitto Terra Grapplers wear well, hold big weight as Es and do well off road unless swampy. Hear good things about Goodyear Duratracs too.