Half ton pickup tires

WilliamBos · Dec 25, 2021

ning said:
Check tirerack.com for convenient ratings and lots of user reviews. Tires usually cost less that elsewhere, and at least in CA the shipping costs are less than tax and they have arrangements with installers to fix the price of mounting and balancing and you can ship to the installer.

Buy from a local tireshop, when you have an issue that warranty may cover, it will be take care of immediately.

RickB · Dec 25, 2021

Tirerack was recently purchased by Discount Tire. I'm not sure the deal has even closed yet.

dodge man · Dec 26, 2021

ericm979 said:
I was looking at the Yokohama Geolandar A/T G015 which is a fairly street oriented A/T.

I have a set of those or similar on my F150. Had them about a year. Pretty happy with them, pretty decent winter traction.

Streetcar · Dec 26, 2021

shooterdon said:
Very good performance with the Goodyear Wrangler Fortitude HT's.

They were the original tires on one of our F150's and just replaced them this fall. Got over 60k miles on them. Paid $165 ea. for them at Discount Tire.

Over 80,000 on my original set. Mostly highway with somebtowing

Rutman · Dec 26, 2021

Michelin Defender LTX M/S.
You won’t be sorry.

BackRoad · Dec 26, 2021

^^^^ what he said...Michelin Defenders - GREAT tires!!!

Torvy · Dec 26, 2021

Sorry, had to check out this thread. The title makes it sound like you have some serious weight in the tires. Hehe

Like others have said, there are tradeoffs. I lost 4 mpg on my 1st Prius when the factory tires wore out at 30k miles. I put on Pirelli and handling improved drastically and they lasted twice as long. I probably would not have noticed the MPG, but modern cars tell you constantly.

Buy the tires based on how you use them. Good luck!

Jack6378 · Dec 27, 2021

The tires I bought for my ram are Generals APT. THEY ARE GOOD IN SNOW.

BubbaLouie · Dec 27, 2021

I like Michelin LTX

Carl_NH · Dec 27, 2021

What Bubba said

I had two sets on my 2000 Tundra and when my Bridgestone Duelers wear out on my 2018 Tundra it will be with Michelin LTX - got 50K usually with regular rotation

panamaguy · Dec 27, 2021

ericm979 said:
The factory tires on my Tundra are getting close to worn out. They're P-metric tires. Looking at tires I see P-metric, metric and LT tires. This is a 2wd truck which sees some dirt roads but not a lot and nothing difficult. Which type should I go with?

The factory Bridgestone Dueler H/Ts are terrible. They're down to 5/32 or 4/32 after only 16k miles and have poor traction in the wet. Right now I'm leaning towards metric. The LTs in the same nominal size are different enough diameter that I'd need to buy one for the spare, and they seem heavier duty than I need.

Something to remember. Factory tires are called round black things. That is because the car manufacturers push for cheap prices from the tire manufacturers this they build a cheaper tire because they get to sell millions of them. This is really noticeable in motorcycle tires. I personally think is is a bad idea because it ruins the name with the buyer just as Bridgestone has with you

fishdrivel · Dec 27, 2021

I prefer BF Goodrich KO2.
Had them on my last truck and I'm waiting impatiently for my Michelin's to wear out enough that I can get rid of them.
Good information here: https://comparethetire.com/bfgoodrich-ko2-vs-general-grabber-atx/

They are not cheap!

MF RED in MT · Dec 27, 2021

Cooper tires for me, just purchased some new shoes for my F150:

Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ Tire | Cooper Tire

Explore the Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ tire from Cooper Tire. Visit us to find a Cooper Tire retailer near you to schedule a tire installation appointment.

coopertire.com

and I will be installing the new tires with OEM rims after removing the Cooper studded snows/rims in the late Spring.

KC

Patches · Dec 27, 2021

MF RED in MT said:
Cooper tires for me, just purchased some new shoes for my F150:

Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ Tire | Cooper Tire

Explore the Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ tire from Cooper Tire. Visit us to find a Cooper Tire retailer near you to schedule a tire installation appointment.

coopertire.com

and I will be installing the new tires with OEM rims after removing the Cooper studded snows/rims in the late Spring.

KC

Had both Cooper Discoverer and replaced with Michelin LTX on my Tundra when I had it; found traction about equal but the Michelin's produced a little harsher ride

RandyT · Dec 27, 2021

fishdrivel said:
I prefer BF Goodrich KO2.
Had them on my last truck and I'm waiting impatiently for my Michelin's to wear out enough that I can get rid of them.
Good information here: https://comparethetire.com/bfgoodrich-ko2-vs-general-grabber-atx/

They are not cheap!

Just put my second set on my 2011 Ram 1500, but also ran them on a Dakota with good luck.

MF RED in MT said:
Cooper tires for me, just purchased some new shoes for my F150:

Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ Tire | Cooper Tire

Explore the Cooper Discoverer® AT3 4S™ tire from Cooper Tire. Visit us to find a Cooper Tire retailer near you to schedule a tire installation appointment.

coopertire.com

and I will be installing the new tires with OEM rims after removing the Cooper studded snows/rims in the late Spring.

KC

I had nothing but flat tires while driving on chip and seal roads due to the little flat rocks puncturing the tires, while using passenger tires and then when used on a truck and was using the A/T tires had nothing but cupping issues. Never had cupping issues with other tires when used on the same vehicle. I won't touch a Cooper again.

panamaguy · Dec 27, 2021

One other note when I had my welding company in Canada I did a lot of work for Costco and the manager of a store told me their top of the line Kirkland tires are Michelin. My F350 portables were heavy and I started buying their tires and loved them.