Truck Tires

[Armadillo]

So far on my blazer ive ran Cooper discoverer series ST. They are a very aggressive tread but are an AT tire, put alot of miles on them, they do not hold gravel and they hook up well in mud and snow.

[zhunter]

If u hunters need some tires send me a pm i sell only cooper tires they are brand new. send size and iwill send you a price.

[jrebel]

Just put the toyo MT's on my dodge diesle and so far love them.  Hopefully they do as well in snow and mud as they do on the dry pavement.  Really no louder than my Toyo AT that I had previously.  Oh yeah, I my mileage did not go down.  still average 20 give or take regardless of the type of driving. 

[swanny]

Wow! Thanks for all the responses!

The Mud Terrain SXT's have caught my eye before as they don't seem like the most aggressive tire, but are for sure a little more than an AT. Anyone know what they are running for a 285/75/16? Did your mileage go down when you guys went to the MT's at all or stay close to the same?

No idea what I"m going with yet, there are just to many choices out there!

Edit- just found these Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac which is looking mighty fine. Tread looks like an AT/MT mix..
http://www.goodyeartires.com/goodyeartireselector/display_tire.jsp?prodline=Wrangler+DuraTrac&mrktarea=Light+Truck&treadwidth=285&aspectratio=75&rimdiameter=16&sidewall=OWL&requestFrom=Search%20By%20Size#features

[Rick]

Wow! Thanks for all the responses!

The Mud Terrain SXT's have caught my eye before as they don't seem like the most aggressive tire, but are for sure a little more than an AT. Anyone know what they are running for a 285/75/16? Did your mileage go down when you guys went to the MT's at all or stay close to the same?

No idea what I"m going with yet, there are just to many choices out there!

Edit- just found these Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac which is looking mighty fine. Tread looks like an AT/MT mix..
http://www.goodyeartires.com/goodyeartireselector/display_tire.jsp?prodline=Wrangler+DuraTrac&mrktarea=Light+Truck&treadwidth=285&aspectratio=75&rimdiameter=16&sidewall=OWL&requestFrom=Search%20By%20Size#features

I'm not a fan of Goodyears. I've had their truck tires and their trailer tires,and they're really soft. I had more flats with Goodyear than any other tire I've owned.

[Rick]

Just put the toyo MT's on my dodge diesle and so far love them.  Hopefully they do as well in snow and mud as they do on the dry pavement.  Really no louder than my Toyo AT that I had previously.  Oh yeah, I my mileage did not go down.  still average 20 give or take regardless of the type of driving. 

Did you stay with the stock size or go taller?

I have 34" Toyo M/Ts on my '07 Cummins and lost 3 mpg over stock. My brother lost 5 putting them on his Chevy.

[jrebel]

Rick

I moved up to a 295/70 R17 (33" equivalent) and really haven't seen much of a difference at all.  I-90 at 70-75 mph I average 16 mpg.  60-65 mph I get darn near 23-24 mpg and city driving I get 19-20 mpg.   Overall I have not seen a drop.  This is an otherwise stock 2006 dodge 2500 diesle.  I fill up my truck at roughly 1/4 tank and have anywhere from 470-520 miles on the tank.  It is a 32 gallen tank (I think) and I usually pt 25 gallons or so of diesle in it.   

[MagKarl]

Another vote for Les Schwab and Toyo MT.  Mine are 285/75-16 on an F350 diesel.  These are E range 10 ply made in USA tires that ride extremely smooth and quiet for an MT.  Yes you pay a premium, but the service is unmatched.  Funny, I was just thinking that of the flats Uncle Les has fixed for free, none have been their tires, but the next set on that rig always were.   

[huntnphool]

I used to have a truck with the mud terrain SXT's, I liked the tire and the traction, but they seemed to wear a little fast.

 Obviously my rig is driven 95% of the time on pavement and I pull a boat a lot but I have been able to get about 40K out of each set, didn't notice the wear difference on any of them. The SXT's do seem to make less noise when running thin though but for me it was the flats. One trip in Montana we actually had two flats at one time and were 30+ miles from the pavement, good thing I carry a full dive tank and tire adaptor when I go hunting or we would have been there for a while. The other reason I went with the SXT over the Toyo was the white letters. On my cars I don't like them but on the trucks I like the way they break up that huge sidewall, some guys don't like them on anything and just mount them the other way around.

[Ghost Hunter]

Rick

I moved up to a 295/70 R17 (33" equivalent) and really haven't seen much of a difference at all.  I-90 at 70-75 mph I average 16 mpg.  60-65 mph I get darn near 23-24 mpg and city driving I get 19-20 mpg.   Overall I have not seen a drop.  This is an otherwise stock 2006 dodge 2500 diesle.  I fill up my truck at roughly 1/4 tank and have anywhere from 470-520 miles on the tank.  It is a 32 gallen tank (I think) and I usually pt 25 gallons or so of diesle in it.  

This is the exact combination on my 2005 Dodge 2500 diesel, manual transmission.  29,000 miles on the set.  E load rating.  One bald, two at the wear marks, one 3/32 tread to the wear marks  Did more freeway time than I had planned when I bought em.  Not sure I'm convinced I want another set.  

[jeepasaurusrex]

I have Toyo M55s on my F350 Dually. Best set of tires I have ever owned. They wear great, good traction in the snow. When its time to replace them, it will be with another set of M55s.

[blackhorn]

I recently put goodyear duratracs on my rig and so far they have been pretty good to me.  I also like the fact that they are snow rated so I don't have to use chains when the city decides to mandate them for a couple inches of snow

[jrebel]

Miles, I am not sure how much it changed my speedometer.  I need to take my gps out and find a flat straight piece of road with no trees and test it.  I suspect that it is roughly 5-7 over at 70 mph (10%) based on the flow of traffic last time I drove it on I-90. 

Oh yeah, I think the reason that I have not noticed any change is I have the manual transmission.  All my friends with the auto tranny say the have a reduction is gas mileage.  I was told by a dodge dealer that people with auto tranny's can go in and have the tranny electronically change to occomidate bigger / smaller tires??

[jeepasaurusrex]

There is also a mathematical formula for figuring this out. 

http://www.4lo.com/4LoCalc.htm

[cohoho]

I bought Toyo MT (285's) last October and 24,00 later they need replacing before they are one year old.... They suck ass.....  I was never was impressed with their snow nor traction on wet roads.  They looks fantastic for sure, but I lost 3-4 mpg the day I put them on.  Previously I always ran Coopers SST or even had a set of AT's both gave me at least 50,000 on a heavy 1 ton type trucks.  I ran the Coopers due to every vehicle on the North Slope running them, I think they know something about snowing -icy roads for sure...  And besides my truck sees 95% pavement and who really wants to baja a 7,500 lb truck...  Next month I am going back to Coopers...........