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I am buying a new tires for my truck.
I've done some research to see what the best tires would be.
I've seen varying reviews and opinions.
I thought I'd ask the folks here.
My truck:
1997 F350
4x4
Crew cab
Diesel
I use it mostly to pull a gooseneck horse trailer.
I do drive it though without trailer at times.
I live where there is 4 seasons.
At times I will be on dirt roads and such pulling trailer.
Anyone have any recommendations for a good all season tire?
Thanks!
Live in Michigan. Trailer a boat and ATV's in the summer, and and enclosed snowmobile trailer in the winter.
For years I swore by BF Goodrich All Terrains. Had them on every truck and Jeep I owned. They worked great especially after having them sipped. Then I switched from 1/2 ton trucks to a 3/4 ton diesel. It seemed like the longevity of the BFG's where half of what they were on the lighter vehicles. Also if you don't keep up on the rotations they will get wear will get choppy and noisy , regardless of the vehicle.
Since then I've switched to the Bridgestone Dueler REVO's and haven't looked back. Longer life, and quieter.
I had BFG's on a Jeep way back when and they were great tires. I have BFG's on my sports car and those too are great. When I had to get tires for my F150 Supercrew I wanted to get BFG LT's for that since I liked how they looked and how they have worn on my other vehicles. I went to Town Faire tire which is a big chain store around here and the BFG's for my truck were like $1200 ! I didn't have that kind of dough so I went with the TOYO tire for $800 all in and they have been just OK.
I had one set of BF Goodrich traction tires (squiggly tread style) that loaded up and were worthless in mud. If you are towing off road you need mudders. They will be noisy and won't last as long, but if I read your name correctly you will be driving over Georgia red clay.
I've had great performance out of Yokohamas on my half tons. The worst tire I ever owned was the Revo. Rough ride, almost zero handling, and braking was long. Michelin and Goodyear around here are a crap tire. They can't take the heat and they get hard as rocks in about a year. Obviously, ride, handling and braking are effected. So you'll see some folks like them on their particular brand and model truck and they might work great in that application. Whereas the Yokos I had such great performance from might be crap on your truck. You need to skip the forum BS and look to folks reviews at Tire Rack and Discount Tire and find reviews from folks that have similar trucks. While you might think all 3/4 ton trucks are the same, I can assure you they all have different designed front ends- it makes a huge difference in how a tire reacts.
Noby has mentioned the Nitto. I put the Nitto CrossTek, or something like that on my 08. I had right at 5000 on them and you couldn't even tell they had that on them. The guy who owns the truck now has close to 60000 on those tires and still plenty to go before he needs new ones. He doesn't tow a lot, like maybe 800 miles a year, but they have held up great.
I have Cooper AT/3's on my Tacoma and they seem to be excellent all-around tires. I just bought a Jeep and had the dealership replace the Goodyear Stranglers with a set of Firestone Destination AT's. The Firestones seem to be OK, but I've read they are bad about loading up in mud. Firestone had a bad rap for a batch of defective tires, but their quality control is now said to be the best on the market.
I do not run BF Goodrich or Firestone (personal preference after yrs in the tire business warrantying failed LT tires)
I have in general had bad luck with Firestones on cars, but the Firestone Transforce (one of the few decent load range E tires still available in 9/50 - 16.5 size) has been a damn good tire in my experience. Used on a truck to haul firewood, they have held up well, gripped well, no complaints. But I have had only good experiences with Yokohama tires.
OP, you forgot to say if you have dual rear wheels or single. Maybe your year F-350 only came one way?
Final thought - even if you are buying 6 tires for dual rears - don't cheap out, buy a good tire and it will work right and last. Buy cheap, you will regret it!
I've used
BFGoodrich (at one time I used to think they were the snizit but truthfully they aren't as great as they once were. Imo you're paying a lot for the name where there are tires just as good or better)
These days I had GREAT luck with
Rocky Mountain AT aka Falken AT
Hankook ATS (F250)
My current truck has Hankook ST type tires. Made for towing 235/85/16 E load and 70,000 mile tread warranty on a F350 dual wheel. Got them from Americas tire. If you're strictly on road driving these are good quiet tires.
If you need some off road terrain type I suggest FALKEN AT or Hankooks ATS. My buddy had Nittos on his truck but I don't know much about them.
On my next truck im gonna go with the Hankook ATS simply because they are great all around
I've been satisfied with a replacement truck tire by Dunlop. That brand is made and sold by Goodyear and after close to fifty thousand miles they have done everything I wanted a truck tire to do. They're quiet, don't ride too harshly and show little sign of wear.
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