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Old 12-28-2012, 01:19 PM
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My 2008 Silverado HD is ready for tires and shocks. The current tires are Firestone Destination A/T's and I only got 32k miles out of them.

I currently tow a Fastech 292 that weighs in on the trailer with gear at around 10k lbs.

Looking for some recommendations on tires and new shocks.

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Old 12-28-2012, 01:31 PM
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Bilstein 5100 series for shocks. What size tires?
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Bridgestone dueler at revo 2 for tires, I have had three different kinds on my duramax and they are by far the best I.m.o. As for shocks I'd agree on the bilsteins I had a set of rancho rs 5000 and they didn't impress me I also have Firestone ride rite airbags which I would highly recommend
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I'll third the Bilsteins--love them on my F250 and dad loves them on his F450. We are both using Toyo tires and very happy with them.
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bilstiens best all around
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Michelin LTX M/S 2's as well!
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Cooper Zeon LTZ will usually get you around 50k miles and are an aggressive looking AT tire and are very quiet on the road.
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Double post? Lol

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Originally Posted by Hilgy88
Bridgestone dueler at revo 2 for tires, I have had three different kinds on my duramax and they are by far the best I.m.o. As for shocks I'd agree on the bilsteins I had a set of rancho rs 5000 and they didn't impress me I also have Firestone ride rite airbags which I would highly recommend
Can't go with you on the at revo they are a soft tire,great in the snow and rain but i thought after a run to georga from wisconsin about the first third of the drive tires were gone? I got about 10,000 out of a set towing a 18,000# horse trailer.
The best tire I have ran for towing is the Firestone transforce ht.(second set) it's not a offroad tire but has low road noise, better fuel mileage, less wander and good wear. I have 145,000 on my 02 2500hd Duramax and all I use it for is a tow rig. It's a short box crew cab with a minor efi live tune,cold air intake and small exhaust.
I have Gabriel max control shocks on my truck now. (On the second set lifetime warranty) they have been better than the stockers and rancharos that I tried.
I also have Firestone air bags great investment!
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