This 06 is my first truck with 20s, it has almost new 4 ply wranglers on it, but I feel like their time is limited. I think my state has completely lost its road budgets because the potholes are bigger than my 275/70/20s, and I've destroyed 4 ply tires on my 05.
I was thinking about ditching these on craigslist and getting something 6-8 ply to be safe for a few hundred difference. But all I can find is 4 plys to replace it with... :facepalm:
Also, since last winter consisted of driving in a foot of snow several times. I'm looking for something ATR... some real gravel throwers because I dont have mudflaps yet.
I've had some bad experiences with Cooper E range tires losing balance after a few miles at 500 hp on my Duramax. Happened to two sets.... very aggravating when a set of tires was 1300 dollars and vibrating like nuts on the interstate.
If I could find a D range BFG stocker size I might pull the trigger. I've never found a tire that wears as well as a BFG while maintaining both aggression and low road noise. Fantastic snow tire too.
Coopers had a lot of road noise from their ST Maxx tire too. Although I'm not surprised. I could never take a tire that was louder than my truck, and I HEAR it a lot now everyone seems to run M/Ts.
honestly i dont like cooper, i had a set of stock 20 size zeon ltz (at tire) wear bald in 12k miles evenly arcoss. they get praised up here so i thought id mention em...i had a set of hercules (cooper) terra tracs on my old ram and they were great. i think im going for a ta/ko next time around but depends if i can get the size i want...i want an at...the m/t is not needed, cant keep em balenced, wearing pretty quick, really loud and vibrate alot.
If your not planning on smoking them off, I'd buy the Michelin LTX MS2. I put them on all of our work truck, and have had close to 100,000 miles before having to replace them. They cost a little more but definitely cheaper then buying two sets in the long run. I've personally never seen a better tire for wet conditions. Excellent traction. Just my .02.
I found a similar size tire to my Hankooks, Michelin LTX MS2 275/65/R20 $312.00 each. My Hankooks size 275/55R20 run $166.00 each. These are Amazon.com prices. :thumb:
Now granted those particular tires are the closest tire to compare with the Michelin. The particular tire you are running Harrold doesn't have an honest/enough of a review because they a newer tires. However the warranty on the tires you do have is 5yr/50,000 miles, vs the Michelin 6yr/70,000 miles. The Hankooks I compared was 5 yr/65,000 miles, that why I used them in the comparison.
I'm not saying what you have Harrold isn't good. If you like them by all means continue using them. I'm just giving my personal opinion of Michelin Tires. I don't run them on my truck because I tend to spin my tires to often. I buy tires once a year.
I can not do an honest evaluation on my tires as they were on the truck when I purchased it last December. So far they have performed well even on snow and salted ice. I will never know how many miles these tires will go since I don't know the mileage when they were installed. The truck has 60K on it now. I will research my next set of tires when the time comes to replace my current set. Thanks for the info on these tires as I didn't know they are not manufactured in the USA. I try to buy American if at all possible.
Those 60k-70k mileage warranties are nuts to me. Typical tire life on my past trucks has been 8,000-20,000 miles.
If I make the purchase I definitely want something a bit more aggressive in the snow. All these straight tread tires look like incoming collision bills to me.
I can't stand tires that make the ride turn to crap, regardless of size. The TA KO's that I put on my former truck (Dakota) made it ride like a go-kart. Traded for the Ram not long after. I'm sure they wouldn't affect the ride as much in a Ram, but I am still leery of stiff sidewalls. The Wrangler A/T's I have now (20") are actually pretty nice at 30 P.S.I. Anything more than that, and I feel like I'm bouncing all over the road. Currently running Cooper Discoverer ATRs on my 17" wheels, and they are decent too.
I had Hankook Ventus in the stock 20" size. I loved them. Compared to the Goodyears that came on the truck. They handled great in wet weather too. So when I switched to 22" I went with Hankook again. I don't think I'll ever buy a dif tire. We run the Michelin's that DakotaJ mentioned. They are good tires too.
I ran Coopers on my last truck, and they were ok until the tread wore down about half way. I had problems with them in wet weather with a loss of traction. One time I was exiting off an interstate doing about 35 MPH when the truck started sliding. I managed to spin my truck in a complete circle.:sad: Fortunately I didn't leave the ramp and I was still going in the right direction.
I will not be running them on my current truck.
I bought my 2004 QC Ram last October. She's only 2wd and with winter setting in I needed to replace the tires as they were all pretty bad. I didn't want super cheap ones nor is there any need for AT as all I drive are paved roads. I do haul 700-1000 lb pool tables very often so I needed tires with at least the same load capacity as the stock Goodyears. Snow packed roads was another concern I was looking at while reading tons of reviews. I finally settled on Firestone Destination LE2 tires. I could only afford two at the time but they were great all winter long on snow packed roads without any added weight in the back. It's been 6-7 months (approx 7k miles) since those two tires were put on the back and they are doing great. For a highway tire I highly recommend them.
The first is I tried to make a u turn at a stop light and ended up making a donut (thanks to the goodyears and wet roads)
The second was I stopped at a tire shop. Apparently in the 275/60/20 they only sell 4 plys, but they have 4 plys with 'XL' rating that fall somewhere between a four and a ten ply tire in load rating. One set was the Cooper Zeon LTZ for about 1000 mounted and balanced. I forget what the other brand was but they were 770 a set. I may try to trust an XL rated 4 ply, but the roads around here are terrible. :facepalm:
Well that's why they make so many different brands. What it all comes down to is the kind of driving you do, weather conditions where you live and what you can afford. No one likes Goodyear Wranglers but I ran them for years with no issues...other than the factory installed tires...second class to everything. My preference is Pirelli Scorpions, but they aren't cheap.
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