What tires?? - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

XanadooLTD · 05-12-2009, 08:08 PM

Whats up guys? I just found myself stuck with a nail from the dump. When i went to get it fixed the guys at the tire shop told me that the tires were going bald quickly due to pulling a trailer. What kind of tires do you guys use? I have 2008 GMC Duramax SRW with bridgestone duravis 10 ply tires. I want something with some aggressive tread. I pull a 14k enclosed trailer and a 14k dump trailer. Either one gets pulled every day.

Duane1982 · 05-12-2009, 08:47 PM

I have a set of bridgestone dueler A/T revo's on my f350 and love em~

WarnerConstInc. · 05-12-2009, 09:24 PM

I have had good wear and longentivity with BF goodrich AT

woodchuck2 · 05-12-2009, 09:32 PM

I really havent had much luck getting any milage out of the tires on my D-max's. Most usually last 22-24k. I just figure new tires every fall/winter, i also prefer a softer tire for better traction so they wont last as long anyway. The everyday towing will drastically shorten tire life, especially with a diesel.

dkillianjr · 05-12-2009, 09:40 PM

My dad had a set of Michelin LTX M/S tires on his old truck. Wow, those things lasted forever, I want to say 7 years! They were finally bald this year when he got rid of the truck. They did great in the mud and snow too. He didn't ever tow a trailer though, but the truck was always loaded.

I have had pretty good luck traction wise with the set of Bfgoodrich AT's I have on my truck now, as for tire life, they are about three years old and worn about half way down.

Dave

WarnerConstInc. · 05-12-2009, 09:40 PM

I tow a trailer every day, Have a set of 315/70/17 BFG AT KO. Pushing 25,000 miles still over half tread.

Chris Johnson · 05-12-2009, 09:41 PM

I run a 3500 DRW, I got a new one last year and the smartest thing I do is rotate the tires every oil change. Dealership charges me $ 25.00 for the rotation of 6 tires, I'm not going to complain. I just hit 36k and still have over 50% tread left, I expect to reach at least 50k before buying new, this would be a record for me.

So, rotate tires regularly and don't forget to include the spare in the rotation.

WarnerConstInc. · 05-12-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Johnson

I run a 3500 DRW, I got a new one last year and the smartest thing I do is rotate the tires every oil change. Dealership charges me $ 25.00 for the rotation of 6 tires, I'm not going to complain. I just hit 36k and still have over 50% tread left, I expect to reach at least 50k before buying new, this would be a record for me.

So, rotate tires regularly and don't forget to include the spare in the rotation.

Agreed, some people just dont think of things like that.

Chris Johnson · 05-12-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by WarnerConstInc.

Agreed, some people just dont think of things like that.

I used to be so cheap, I would look for $ 29.99 oil changes, maybe every 50k if my truck was lucky, never checked the tire pressure, rotation was something they did while turning going down the road, etc. I had no respect for my vehicles and yet spent the big bucks buying a $ 50k+ truck.

And yet at the same time if someone wrecked a $ 10.00 saw blade or used a $ 6.00 screw driver as a chisel (or vise versa) I would be all over them like white on rice.

Now, every 7-10k oil is changed (as per Chev's DIC and On-Star) which is performed at the dealership, all recall notices are looked up and corrected if any, tires rotated, what ever maintenance is needed and I am still out for less than a sawbuck.

TracyMC · 05-13-2009, 12:56 AM

I run Toyo M55 Load E 315/85/16.5 on my all of my towng vehicles( F-350 Powerstrokes) they ride like a buckboard wagon, but they are great for longevity, and excellent in the bad weather. Like said above rotation and tire pressure is the savior for them, it is usually free, and I am religious about it, but I also put on 3-5K a month on mine. I buy mine from Les Schwab, but I dont know if they are located in your area.

Trace

**framerman** · 05-13-2009, 04:47 AM

If you look up Yokohama tires, you will see that no other brand comes close. I had a set on my truck for 80K without rotating and they still had excellent tread left. I had a poor front end alignment and that toasted them.

Yokohama Geolanders. I personally guarantee them.

NHTSA

That's where you get information on tires. Look up Yokohama. You will see the light!

dougger222 · 05-13-2009, 07:24 AM

I have a set of the Bridgestone Dueller load E's on the diesel Excursion and I absolutely hate them, worst expensive tire you can buy. I friend of mine had a little garage fire so I got set of aftermarket rims, Bridgestone Duellers, lug nuts and center caps with 200 miles on them for $200. The top tire was burnt pretty good and the second one down had a burnt spot so bought two new tires. So far one had a side wall puncture that couldn't be fixed and they are wearing horribly. Will be lucky to get 40K miles out of them. The X came with Goodyear Wranglers that were new at the time of purchase and only got 40K miles out of those.

My first set of BFG 33's for the diesel F250 got 80K miles on them. Second set had a blowout at 40K miles and the other three lasted 70K miles. Right now running Nitto Terra Graplers in the same size and have about 40K miles on them with over half thread left.

The diesel dually has a generic brand tire because the front tires wear so fast I don't want to spend a lot of money to only get 20K miles out of the steer tires.

The other trucks get the tires rotated from corner to corner every oil change (8-20K miles).

Total miles on trucks 631K miles, miles put on while I've owned them, 369K miles.

BTW, heard only good things about the Michelin truck tires. My dad has them on a 3/4 ton van and he likes them a lot. On the towing forums Michelin truck tires are recommended more than any other tire. Whenever I price the Michelins they don't have a large enough size for my trucks and they cost a lot.

Speaking of plugging trailers tires. The last time I had the old dump trailer to my mechanic he put 16 plugs in one tire! That's been 3 months ago and have not had to put any air into the tire.

dougger222 · 05-13-2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by framerman

If you look up Yokohama tires, you will see that no other brand comes close. I had a set on my truck for 80K without rotating and they still had excellent tread left. I had a poor front end alignment and that toasted them.

Yokohama Geolanders. I personally guarantee them.

NHTSA

That's where you get information on tires. Look up Yokohama. You will see the light!

A good friend of mine has them on his one ton powerstroke and my sister on law has them on her half ton ram. Other than a thug slashing two of the tires on my friends truck they've been ok tires. My sister in law drives under 10K miles a year so would suspect her tires to dry rot before they wear out!

I've gotten prices for the Geolanders and they are very affordable, good tread pattern too.

moorewarner · 07-12-2009, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by framerman

If you look up Yokohama tires, you will see that no other brand comes close. I had a set on my truck for 80K without rotating and they still had excellent tread left. I had a poor front end alignment and that toasted them.

Yokohama Geolanders. I personally guarantee them.

NHTSA

That's where you get information on tires. Look up Yokohama. You will see the light!

Once you go Yok's you never go back.

I turned my friend on to Yokohama's and when he moved up to Wyoming he was out on a National forest road one day and ran into a Ranger. He noticed the Ranger was running Yok's and commented on it. The Ranger told him that was the only thing they would use cause everything else got shredded to fast.