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Tire Reviews

I have ran:

BFG AT's, liked them but the wear was unacceptable on my trucks, chopping the outer lugs on the front tires.

Yokahama Geolanders, quiet, good traction but a hard compound tire that made wet weather driving somewhat scary with 500HP.

Pro Comp AT's, quiet, good overall, better than expected snow traction but not as good as the BFG's for traction.

Toyo Open Country's, great when new, suck in wet weather when worn, really nice on the highway, expensive though.

Cooper Discover S/T with studs, noisy, aggressive, great in snow and on ice with, brand new this year.

I am sure I am forgetting a few brands I have ran.

I will be buying two new sets of tires in the spring for summer driving for both the Dmax's I have so this thread is of interest to me.

:D
 
BFG KM2s in 255/85/16. They are awful in the snow as I am dealing with 14" of it right now. But they are great on the road, handling, very low road noise. They work well off road as a matter of fact I pulled a 26' U-Haul truck out of ditch on wet pavement.

I am worried about the separating issue Tiny suffered, but at about 10K miles I'm still doing ok. Most of these miles are interstate travel as I move hauling a U-Haul trailer back and forth from IN to WV. Not sure I would buy'em again pricey and I need 7 of them! Trouble is they are about the only tire left in that size except for the Discoverys...I think?
 
UPDATE:

After plowing this so called "storm" yesterday, I can truly say I'm pretty impressed with the Hankooks. For the first time in a long time, I plowed the storm without the help of 4WD. With an easy foot on the pedal, the truck just kept on going. The big piles of the wet heavy stuff needed it, but in general, I stayed in 2WD. These tires work very well in snow.
 
jrkrace said:
UPDATE:

After plowing this so called "storm" yesterday, I can truly say I'm pretty impressed with the Hankooks. For the first time in a long time, I plowed the storm without the help of 4WD. With an easy foot on the pedal, the truck just kept on going. The big piles of the wet heavy stuff needed it, but in general, I stayed in 2WD. These tires work very well in snow.
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You have the Dynapros ATM? I love mine, mine worked well in the snow a few weeks ago.
 
I have the General Grabber HTS in 265-75-16 on stock rims. The tire looks great, is great on the highway, but does give a floaty feeling due to the width of the stock rim. Overall, the truck rides much better than with the stock 245's, but I am not sure that I like the floaty feel. I may have to upgrade the rims to a wider width.
The tire is great in snow and rain and a great tire in general. My only real complaint is they were very hard to balance, and stay balanced. I even used the balance beads, which helped, but did not take out all of the vibrations. Overall, a good tire, but I give it a 9 out of 10 due to the balance issues which I understand is common with these tires. The floaty feel is my problem because they state a minimum rim width to mount the tires on and the stock rims are narrower than what they suggested.
I will go back to the stock 245-75-16's for my next purchase due to mileage loss with the larger tires.
 
I'm running Bridgstone Dueler Revo 2 265/75-17 on Boulder H2's. The ride is the best I've had on this truck. They handle well in the rain...can't say about snow...it never snow's here in south Texas :sad:
 
I have had the Michelon LTX A/T 2's for about a month now find them to be better than the Michelon LTX M/S that I had on before this. Handle excellent on dry roads, had 2' of snow last week and in 4 hi pulled out of the driveway without having to spin the tires. We only get snow a few times a year, this year is an expection, so these tires are great for what I need. Driven down and unplowed farm road for about 2 miles last week and they were fine. If I were to live up north I might want a more aggressive tire. I have 110K on my truck and expect these will be the last new tires it sees.
 
RI Chevy Silveradoman said:
I have the General Grabber HTS in 265-75-16 on stock rims. The tire looks great, is great on the highway, but does give a floaty feeling due to the width of the stock rim. Overall, the truck rides much better than with the stock 245's, but I am not sure that I like the floaty feel. I may have to upgrade the rims to a wider width.
The tire is great in snow and rain and a great tire in general. My only real complaint is they were very hard to balance, and stay balanced. I even used the balance beads, which helped, but did not take out all of the vibrations. Overall, a good tire, but I give it a 9 out of 10 due to the balance issues which I understand is common with these tires. The floaty feel is my problem because they state a minimum rim width to mount the tires on and the stock rims are narrower than what they suggested.
I will go back to the stock 245-75-16's for my next purchase due to mileage loss with the larger tires.
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You really lost enough mileage to even consider going back to the doughnut tires? :D
 
Well, according to my DIC and hand calculating the mileage, I am down more than I would like. With that being said, I am not totally sure that the odometer is giving me an accurate reading, thus giving me a false MPG reading lower than what I was getting prior to the tire change to the larger size. I know I recalculated the speedometer with the tire size using my tuner which seems to be accurate. I don't think it adjusts for mileage though.
 
We lost a bit of mileage too going to 265's. 2 mpg or so. Not sure what's going on next time. Hopefully that'll be a few years yet.
 
RI Chevy Silveradoman said:
Well, according to my DIC and hand calculating the mileage, I am down more than I would like. With that being said, I am not totally sure that the odometer is giving me an accurate reading, thus giving me a false MPG reading lower than what I was getting prior to the tire change to the larger size. I know I recalculated the speedometer with the tire size using my tuner which seems to be accurate. I don't think it adjusts for mileage though.
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What tuner? I know when I was running a Bullydog, the tires sizes you selected from was off from the actual size you was running.

I had to choose maybe 305's (?) for my 285's at the time.
 
8100 Power said:
What tuner? I know when I was running a Bullydog, the tires sizes you selected from was off from the actual size you was running.

I had to choose maybe 305's (?) for my 285's at the time.
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I use a Hypertech Power Programmer III. I am using 31.5" for the 265's. I think it just adjusts for the speed, not the mileage.
 
btfarm said:
Or, like me, you can use a tire calculator (we have one as a sticky http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/showthread.php?t=1080) and do that or use a gps to confirm actual. I have calculated every tank of fuel ever in this and the 2 prior trucks with 285s using a 1.07 multiplier on miles. When new it's actually 7.8% but I just use 7. As the tires wear, my mileage improves.
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I will try this Mike! Thanks.
 
TreadWright Warden AT Review

This will be my thread of the long term review of the TreadWright Warden AT tires.
First, I am in no way associated with TreadWright other than being a consumer of the Warden AT retread tires that they sell.
I have been contemplating ordering these tires for the last 6-8 months and after searching constantly throughout that time, I was not able to find any negative information or reviews that has changed my mind from placing my order. I will be honest, I placed these tires in the shopping cart on the TreadWright website at least a dozen times before I actually decided to place the order.
I will not be held responsible for incorrect information and this thread may contain personal comments or concerns as time goes on.

This is also my first real review. So please bear with me...

Specs:
LT 265/75R16
Load Range E 123/120R
Max Load 3415 lbs at 80PSI Max Pressure
Warden AT w/ KedgeGrip
Matching Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo Carcasses

Info provided from TreadWright website:
Warden (formerly ATB): The Warden is a very aggressive, all terrain pattern designed to provide excellent traction and handling both on and off-road. Excellent wear capabilities combine with great go anywhere traction. The Warden is an aggressive, high-void, all-terrain pattern with interlocking tread blocks and abundant siping to provide traction and handling without generating excessive noise. Upper sidewall traction bars maximize performance by providing the clawing action necessary to develop traction and steering control in deep dirt and sand.

Tread Depth:
17/32”

Meas. Rim Width:
7.5”
Tread Width:
8.25”

RimWidthRange:
7-8”
Max Load:
3,415 lbs

Outer Diameter:
32”
Max PSI:
80 psi

Section Width:
10.5”
 
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TreadWright Warden AT

I placed the order on Feb 10, 2010 via phone.
Tires were shipped Feb 11, 2010 via FedEx
Tires were delivered Feb 17, 2010 via FedEx.

Customer Service while placing the order was excellent. Answered all my questions and took the time to verify all information. They even went to the warehouse to verify the specific tire I needed was in stock and able to ship in time to meet my deadline of Feb 18th, 2010. Good Job TreadWright.

Upon receiving the tires, I took several pictures as they arrived. My next post and set of pictures will be after they are installed on my OEM GMC 16" PYO Aluminum Wheels.
Link to Set 1
 
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