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Tires?
pulsarnc
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Ready for new tires on my truck . 2018 F 150 xlt lariat supercab . 265/60r18 tires . Currently on Hankooks at 70k . Go back with the same or switch to something else ? I am in eastern North Carolina .Maybe one snowstorm per winter . Usually just rain .98% of my driving is highway with only occasion dirt roads and some trailer/boat pulling . Have had Michelin LT tires in the past and liked them . Would like to stay in the $1000 to 1300.00 range . Give me your recommendations.
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I've had good luck with Falkens on my 2016 F-150…
On my 2008 4Runner.......…I'm on the second set of Michelins. They are the LTX M/S Defender series..…..and so far, so good.
At about 140k miles........it seems I'm in the market for a pair of front wheel hub bearing assemblies 2wd. The tough part.......is avoiding all the chinese parts that are flooding the car/truck parts market. Bottom line........Koyo or NSK bearings(and make supplier prove it)......or don't buy.
I would stick with the Hankooks! Michelins might be a tad better, but they cost a LOT more. I have had very good luck with the Hankook dynapros AT. They arent very aggressive and they last a long time!
Dont fix it if it aint broke! 70k is pretty good.
Just sayin'
Look into Kumhos , I get over 50 thousand miles on a set ,, about half the price of Michelins
Might as well stay with the Hankooks. If they don't go 'out of round' within the first 20K, will run a long time. YMMV
When I replaced the tires on my Tundra the price of Michelins were up 50 percent from the last set I bought.My tire dealer suggested Toyos so that is what I bought.
I have run Michelins on the diesel 2003 chev for 200,000 miles. No problems.
Margaret Thatcher
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Mark Twain
Tough to go wrong with Toyo's.
I've been very happy with Cooper Discoverer AT/3s. Supposed to be good for 50k, and at around 30k on them now, I'd say they're maybe down half. Great in the snow and rain.
If you are getting 70k I'd stick with them. I always buy Cooper but seems like I've only been getting about 30-40k out of them.
I would go with what Gunnut recommends. Cooper has always been good for me.
Everyones mileage varies, but i have had bad luck with coopers and kuhmos. The coopers are good, decent ride but dont last but maybe 45k to 50k. Kuhmos ride great, fairly cheap, but are VERY soft and I got around 35k to 40k.
Michelins are the best I had, good ride, good traction, last around 75k to 80k BUT they are very expensive. I bought them on sale and would recommend them if you can get a deal.
Hankooks have been the best of both worlds for me. Good ride, great traction, and lasts 70k to 75k. They are a LOT cheaper than Michelins and almost as good.
The michelins and hankooks were both LT tires. So that prob made a difference too.
Walfart shows Michelins at about 1,040 and hankooks(all terrain)at about 880. Both LT tires, both plus tax and install. Id still go with the hankooks. The hankook(highway terrain) was a little cheaper, about 800.
All those prices were for a set of four.
Just sayin'
I have narrowed it down to the hankook dynapro ht the Michelin xlt as . Now to find the best price .
Being my ranch is located down 6.5 miles of horrible rocky road, I go through a LOT of tires. They get "chunked out" pretty quickly, no matter which ones I buy. I normally buy Michelins, as they seem to be good compromise between ride and wear.
I did just spend $2k on 6 new tires for the F450. $1986 out the door, with taxes and everything, I think it was.
These are load range "E" tires, so they are stupid expensive, no matter what brand you buy. When you are hauling 25k lbs, who cares what they cost. :) Just give me something that won't blow out and make me wreck!
It sucks to spend that much on tires, but what can you do?
Merc
ditto, I’ve got 12 load range E that I will need to buy before September, my brides F350 will get road tires and my F450 will get more aggressive ones.
My plan didn’t work out to buy sets for each in subsequent years, my tire bill won’t be pretty come fall. I hate flats, but hate flats on the Brides truck worse.
I’ve also went to putting load range G on all my trailers, haven’t regretted this choice.
Mule
With somewhere between 140 and 160 tires on the ground plus another 40 +/- spares, I try NOT to think about tire prices. Combine tires run upwards of $3K EACH. El-cheapo implement tires are $150+. Even a 25% tread used pickup tire to repurpose for farm use is $50-60.
I was very satisfied with Cooper AT/3 on my work pickup. 55% hwy, 40% gravel, and 5% dirt/field-they held up well, didn't cup too bad, and provided decent traction on variable surfaces.
Learned something new today . On the Michelin tires.If the model designation starts with"x" as in "xlt as" the tire is made by michelin exclusively for sams club/ walmart. It is not a regular tire dealer inventory So going with Michelin LTX ms2