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Old 01-21-2016, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Carbon Footprint
Michelin LTX MS2 forever. 2011 GMC 3500 DRW. They last forever, and do reasonably well in the snow considering it's a dually. I typically get 75-80K out of every set and that involves regular towing......at least 50% of the time there is some sort of trailer behind it. I know they don't look the coolest, but as much as I drive (45K+ per year) I'll take the tread wear as one of my biggest deciding factors.
Thank good I am not you I would have to get second job to pay for tires. You drive a lot.
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I don't really wear out tires. I usually move on to another vehicle or upgrade wheels and tires.

But these Coopers probably have 20-25K miles on them; and they are still like new. They are not noisy AT ALL.

These are E-rated and tow/haul fantastic.

My Ford Dually came with Michelin LTX when I bought it. They were great tires. Whatever you do, don't buy Goodyears.
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Originally Posted by Sydwayz
I don't really wear out tires. I usually move on to another vehicle or upgrade wheels and tires.

But these Coopers probably have 20-25K miles on them; and they are still like new. They are not noisy AT ALL.

These are E-rated and tow/haul fantastic.

My Ford Dually came with Michelin LTX when I bought it. They were great tires. Whatever you do, don't buy Goodyears.
Will probably put the Michelins on will be here tomorrow just not to happy on tread depth 13.5/32 but last tires where good.
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Originally Posted by 14 apache
Will probably put the Michelins on will be here tomorrow just not to happy on tread depth 13.5/32 but last tires where good.
Can't go wrong there. I believe my factory Dodge wheels (painted black) were 16x8 on my 2000 2500 beater. Your 17s should be 8" wide as well. These are the Coopers on the other two trucks.
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I have a set of defender ltx's 265/60/20's on my 2015 Chevy 2500. I couldn't stand the Goodyear SRA's that came with it. I love them the really improved the already great ride of the new 2500's. Good traction in the snow as well. I put them on at 12,000 miles and have 32000 miles now I do not see a lot of wear yet. However I also haven't really towed anything yet.
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Toyo Open Country AT 2. Best tire I've had and I have had quite a few. Once the stockers on the new truck are done (F250) AT 2s are going on.
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Cooper Discoverer A/T3's can't go wrong .
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Just replaced my BFG's with a new set of BFG's. The old set had 52k on them and would have been ok for another 5k if it wasn't winter.
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Just replaced my BFG's with a new set of BFG's. The old set had 52k on them and would have been ok for another 5k if it wasn't winter.
I've had and towed heavy with both the BFG All Terrain KO and the BFG Rugged Trail; both good tires. But BFG is REAL proud of their product. ($$$$!!)
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After a $100 rebate and mounting I was right at $1000 total from Discount Tire Direct for BFG All Terrain E load 275/65 18's.
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