Tires for my Silverado 2500HD

[Encore 280]

What would happen if the TPM's were removed or can that be done?

[HntnFsh]

If you go to a different height tire just get a Bluetooth dongle off amazon for your OBD port $13. Get the Torque pro app for $5.99. for your phone and you can set the tire height and most other parameters.

[birddogdad]

guys either like or dislike Schwab . Just for thought, got my last set of tires from them in OR.. no tax, they even gave a mil discount if that applies.. saved close to 400 on a set installed over same schwab here in WA and all will service you post purchase.

[Woodchuck]

If I drop the air pressure I get a message on my dash that annoys me. I will look at going to 265's. Can my speedo still work right?
Carl

A lot of vehicles are built with an "error factor" built in. If you check your speedometer vs gps you are not going quite as fast as the speedo says. When I went to 265's on my truck all it did was correct that 2-3 mph difference at highway speeds. I run Cooper AT3's, on my 3rd set now and have been very pleased. I run 60psi on all 4 empty and run the rears up to 75 when pulling.

[skeeter 20i]

I ditched my AT3's and went to BFG KO2's on my F150.  I couldn't be happier, those AT3's were some of the worst winter driving tires I've ever had, I was so disappointed in them. 

I liked the KO2's so much I bought a second set for the F250 HD.  I personally love the grip they give in the winter and the thicker sidewall from the original KO's.  If I had to guess I would say over half of the people at my shop are running the KO2's and no body complains about them.

[Westside88]

What would happen if the TPM's were removed or can that be done?

it would set off a warning light

[Special T]

If I remember correctly the light isn't the problem. It's illegal to run them without. Not that you'll get a ticket for that but you won't find many/anyone to put a nail hole patch in your Tire, rotate etc without buying some.

[Bofire]

Thanks, I will try lowering the rear pressure until the warning comes on maybe I can get down to 65-70 lbs. I like  the look of the BF Goodrich tires.
Carl

[NW-GSP]

Any decent scanner can reset the tpms values .  I know the toys get real hard the second half of there life like many tires out there . Sieping them will help traction .

I would not recommend sieping if your going to be driving on gravel roads at all, it will have chunks of your tires coming off.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I ditched my AT3's and went to BFG KO2's on my F150.  I couldn't be happier, those AT3's were some of the worst winter driving tires I've ever had, I was so disappointed in them. 

I liked the KO2's so much I bought a second set for the F250 HD.  I personally love the grip they give in the winter and the thicker sidewall from the original KO's.  If I had to guess I would say over half of the people at my shop are running the KO2's and no body complains about them.

I've had the KO2s on my Ram 1500 through two winters now and am very happy with them, especially with multiple Wenatchee-Seattle drives the past several weeks.  Very good traction on wet pavement, snow and mud, and as good as any unstudded tire can be on ice.  I will note that I don't do a ton of driving (11-14k/year), and with less than 20k on them treadwear is pretty noticeable.  I'm not sure I'd stick with them if I drove high mileage, they are great but not cheap and I'm guessing I'll have to replace them every 30-35k to get the performance I want.

[dyhardhuntr]

We have a giant fleet of trucks at my work. We switched to the BFG KO2 tires and we run them at vehicle factory specs with trucks that have tpms. We have had "0" issues with any of them wearing faster than normal. We track all of our vehicles with a computer management system and we are getting about 50k from them(we could get more but our shop sets minimum tread depth requirements) These are on 20 3/4 ton trucks and abhalf dozen 1/2 tons. They are an excellent tire. For the record we have run most of the big name manufacturers and have finally chosen BFG as what works for us. Good luck with your choice

[jackelope]

Any decent scanner can reset the tpms values .  I know the toys get real hard the second half of there life like many tires out there . Sieping them will help traction .

My Dad has tried to find a way to reset the values on his 2008 F350. He put on larger off-road tires (Cooper SST) the factory value is 85 pounds, he's basically been hold its not possible to reset it. Both the Ford dealer and tire shop say it's against federal,law to change it. I'd appreciate any leads on who could reset the value to a level appropriate for the tire.

We won't change it here. Ford dealer.
Maybe an aftermarket scan tool or programmer or something?

[jackelope]

Had new tires installed on my wife's Lexus last week, had them replace the two tire pressure censers that were bad.  Turns out the other two went bad after they replaced the bad ones.  60.00 a piece, sucks!

That's dirt cheap!

[jackelope]

What would happen if the TPM's were removed or can that be done?

TPMS fault message constantly on the dash.

[Bofire]

OK went to two stores today, they both said they cannot change the gauge pressure settings on 2015 Chev Silverado 2500HD. they both said VERY FEW cars can be changed. One store tried to sell me tires of some off brand, Falcon, I think, for $250 each!!!
I am going to look at BFG tires and the Michelin. Calling Discount in a few minutes.
Carl