Tow vehicle tires? What do you run on yours???

Waterfoul

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Seemed like a good topic as we got talking about it in another thread.

I had been running the Bridgestone Dueler A/T (285/75/16) on my last Ram (a 94 with 176,000+ miles on it). Liked those tires a lot. Put two sets of then on and got about 70,000 miles out of them. When I traded it in on my current ram ('98) they were in good condition still. Those tires wore well, had good wet and snow traction, and got me to the top of "test hill" at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes park every time.

Currently I'm running a set of Cooper A/T's (285/75/16) on my 98. Put them on this past spring and they now have about 25,000+ miles on them. Still look great, still ride nice, and have pretty good wet and snow traction, not as good as the Duelers I had on the last truck, but o.k. These were a price point buy for me... about $25-30 cheaper a tire over the Duelers. Overall, I'd rate these coopers as above average for the price you pay for them.

What y'all running on your vehicles and do you like them?
 

BFG's all the way. AT's on my truck and MT's on my Jeep. Great traction, low noise, and long wear. My last truck had 77K on the AT's when I traded it in and I wasn't planning on replacing them this winter if I kept it. They are a little pricey though.
 
Also have BFG A/T's on my truck, replaced the stock Wranglers after 53,000 miles. So far I have no complaints on the new tires, price was right near everything else I looked at.
 
My first truck was a chevy... had nealry new wranglers on it when I bought it... didn't know any better then and replaced them with the same tire later in that trucks life. Wouldn't own those tires again. Hated them when compared to anything else I've run since then.
 
I replaced the boring 265 Firestones on my 2000 GMC Sierra with 285 BFG ATs and never looked back :cool:
No clearance issues on the stock suspension.

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I do have to say that if I turn my coopers all the way to hard over, the lugs will hit the trailing arm. Happens in both directions. The 285 Dunlop A/T's that were on the truck when I bought it (brand new tires, never driven on except from the dealer shop to the lot) never hit though. Guess the Coopers are a bit on the high side of 285
 
Waterfoul said:
I do have to say that if I turn my coopers all the way to hard over, the lugs will hit the trailing arm. Happens in both directions. The 285 Dunlop A/T's that were on the truck when I bought it (brand new tires, never driven on except from the dealer shop to the lot) never hit though. Guess the Coopers are a bit on the high side of 285
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What is the sidewall height?
My 285/75s clear nicely :cool:
 
Same... I'm thinking the lug is not where they measure the width... side wall is where they get that measurement. The lugs on my coopers are a little wider than the sidewalls.
 
BFG A/T is the best all around tire by a good margin. I've tested most of them.
 
im runnin bridgestone duellers at revo currently. im finding they dont bite as good as the goodyears i had put on before this set. the goodyears where the wrangler ht. those things made the truck handle like it was on rails in the snow.
 
Quite often OEM tires are a special crap version of regular tires.
they are a little cheaper and burn some insignificant amount less fuel.

for my trailer I run temporary donuts, easy to get, and low rolinging and slush resistance.
 
Save a few dollars for your snow tires. Go to PepBoys and get a set of Futura M/S for 89.00 each. They have a 50,000 tread war. and the tires are made by Cooper. They licensed the tread pattern from BFG M/S and I buy tires every year (can't stop doing burnouts even at my age). Well the Futura's have made it two seasons now and they still look like new. They go like a mutha in the snow (best snow tire this side of a Blitzak). They are quiet (I drive 25K miles a year for work so they have to be quiet). They actually grip the road in the wet also. Most tires are going to be good in one or the other but these are great all around tires. I have the OEM tires and I bought a second set of alu. rims for the winter. PepBoys on sale 5 spoke truck rims 89.00 also. Doug
 
edunn69 said:
Bridgestone Dueler Revos on my Excursion. I would recomend them for sure.
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The AT Revos are by far the best all around tire I've tried on my Grand Cherokee. I went up two sizes with a 2" lift ;)!
 
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