What tires should I go with?
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What tires should I go with?
Some time in the next 4 or 5 months I'm going to need to put tires on my 92 pick up. The tires on it now are 31x10.5x15. I want to stick with that size. My question is. What would be the best tires for the money and where should I buy them. I want something that has a slightly aggressive tread. I do alot a highway driving so nothing over the top aggressive.
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if your looking for mt's i'd recommend the nexen roadian mt, im running a set of 31's on my truck right now and i drive about 80 miles a day and so far they are wearing pretty good i have about 4-5000 on them now, they are very quiet for mt's and ride pretty good, and they bite pretty good off road, went mudding this afternoon and they worked great!
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I have been buying tires off the same tire dealer for 20 plus years from Real Truck tires 80,000 pounds and up and farm tractor tires if it was a tire it got bought there..
It all comes down to the type of driving you do if as you stated you do a lot of 70 mph plus interstate driving maybe at least 100 miles or so a day
Do you want a tire that will last a long time or do you want a softer tire that gives better traction.
Do you need a light Truck tire because from time to time you need to load your truck on the heavy side? Can you get away with a SUV tire ?
I have been running Merit tires the last 10 years since I do very little driving in my personal vehicles spread across 4 vehicles I run the Merit All Country Mud and Snow on all the 4X4 vehicles.
I like these better than the Goodyear and B.F. Goodrich not only because they are cheaper by a good amount
It all comes down to the type of driving you do if as you stated you do a lot of 70 mph plus interstate driving maybe at least 100 miles or so a day
Do you want a tire that will last a long time or do you want a softer tire that gives better traction.
Do you need a light Truck tire because from time to time you need to load your truck on the heavy side? Can you get away with a SUV tire ?
I have been running Merit tires the last 10 years since I do very little driving in my personal vehicles spread across 4 vehicles I run the Merit All Country Mud and Snow on all the 4X4 vehicles.
I like these better than the Goodyear and B.F. Goodrich not only because they are cheaper by a good amount
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i had 31x10.5" procomp all terrains, a lot of people dont like them but i loved them. they lasted 65K miles and i wheeled the crap out of them until they were completely bald and they never let me down. they are on the small side of a 31, i think the overall size is 30.2" tall but i switched to the bfg AT and so far i like them, they suck in mud but thats it. if your ever going to do a little mud then id go for the procomps because they wouldn't cake as easily as the BFG's
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From others' experience, I'd go with the Goodyear Duratracs for highway use. Although, not the best if you're on a budget, $616 for a set plus $40 rebate on tire rack currently. I liked the BFG A/T KO's too, except in the rain.
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what is wrong with the bfgs in the rain??
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Another vote for Tread Wrights. I just (as in yesterday) took a set of 31/10.50/15 TW OTR's off my truck and stacked them in the garage so I can sell them. 40,000+ miles, never had a flat, aired them down several times and wheeled the crap out of them. Heck they've only got like 30% tread left and I wheeled them last weekend before my new ones got mounted. The still grip well.
For your driving needs I'd go with this one. Only 83.80$ each.
http://www.treadwright.com/p-9-31-10...arden-a-t.aspx
For your driving needs I'd go with this one. Only 83.80$ each.
http://www.treadwright.com/p-9-31-10...arden-a-t.aspx
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This is very true they get really slick in the rain for some reason. when i had my 33' AT's on my 89 I could lite them up from a dead stop with 4.10s behind my 22re with no real mods. They got slick in the rain. And wet braking was a little scary sometimes.


