jetmech737

Was wondering what tires the hot shot guys are running on their duallies with the stock 17" rims? I have the BFG ATs on mine now and they are wearing quick! I am pulling our trailer much more that I anticipated when I put these tires on there and need to find something that is going to last.

I know the 19.5s are the way to go but those are not in the budget right now. Hope to find something thats going to last longer than the 35k that I am going to get out of these. Thanks fellas!

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2006 Black 3500 DRW 4X4 SLT Longhorn, Auto, Rhino Liner, B&W Turnover Ball, muffler and cat MIA, Southwest Fabricators Front and Rear Replacements, 3 Isspro Pillar Gauges, DR Performance Module

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2007 Platinum Coach
3 Horse slant load with custom living quarters and all the bells and whistles.
2003 Honda Rancher 4x4

rich

i have gotten about 60k out of michelins. thats the only brand that i have had that runs the miles

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SIX IN A ROW BUILT TO TOW,CUZ WELL WE ALL KNOW , HAVING A V-8 AIN'T THAT GREAT Dodge trucks that havent made life expectancy
96 3500,-175k 98.5 3500 -164k ,98.5 3500-275k, 01 3500-140k, 03 3500 -155k, 07 3500-68k waiting for possible P-Pump conversion and now I'm killing the 06,3500-116k as of 10-01-09 and counting and yes i make my trucks earn a living buy towing professionally

03 ant a hemi

Toyo M55's They don't look pretty, but they get the job done. Use them for the winter if your doing lots of back road driving.
If you are doing lots of highway driving then the Toyo all terrains are decent.

I don't personally Run Hotshot, (trying to get into the business but runnig into road blocks), but I do run oilfield trucks and pay attentition to what the other guys are running.

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2005 6speed QC 3500SRW 4x4. Silver in color. Bought used but runs awesome.

Valv

When I was hotshotting I had excellent longevity with General Ameritrac tires. Not the greatest traction on ice and snow, good on wet and average noise but I put 70,000 miles on them before a change was needed

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2006 MegaCab 2500, 4x4, auto, SRW, Inferno Red, 3:73, Edge EZ, 117k

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haulin-rv

I got about 90k out of a set of Firestone HT's.

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2007 Dodge Mega Cab Dually SLT, 5.9 Cummins, G56 6 Speed Manual, Recon LED's, RAM Mount holding a Dell Latitude E6400, Verizon Mobile Internet, CB, 76 Gallon Aux Tank, 24k Husky 5th Wheel, Geno's Muffler Delete, Clutch Upgraded to Single Mass Flywheel, Amsoil, and the overpriced Infiniti sound system. 223,720 miles as 0f 1-24-10!

GSP

What is a Hot Shotter? Is that pulling RV trailers to dealers?

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'99 4x4 2500 long. bed, 3.54 gears, Auto, SMR shift kit, Isspro Fuel,pyro,trans temp, No banjos, Reese 16k 5er, 2 german short hairs in the back seat, 25' Aljo 5th wheel.

rich

no thats an rv transporter. hot shotters haul freight on their own trailers or bobtail. it originated out of the oilfield for when they needed something on the jobsite in a hurry

tonyd01

i run the factoy generals with good results.

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2001 ram3500 4x4 6sp vanaken box,bd90hp inj,banks hiram intake and turbine housing,ats ex mani,southbend con ofe,4"bd turbo back banks egt and boost gauges. 2006 ram 3500 6speed manual 4x4 smarty cr.

TJAR66

Don't do the Toyo AT's I will be lucky to get 30k out of mine. Balanced and rotated every 5k. On the plus side they do work well in the snow and ice.

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2006 Ram Quad Cab 3500-Automatic-Mineral Grey-
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Pull-Rite Superglide 18K
Firestone Ride Rite Airbags
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CODODGE2500MAN

I've got 50k on my wrangler silent armors (pro grade) E tires.... work great. Still look new. Plenty of tread left. I'd look at them.

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tool

Best Mileage I ver got out of set of tires on a 3/4 truck was the factory BFG's that came with it.

Ran them to 70,000 miles.

I went to Pirelli Scorpions after that and they were shot at 30,000 miles so I switched back to the BFG's.

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'06 2500 Mega Cab, New Feb '07, 4x4 SLT loaded, 6 speed, Sun Roof, all the goodies, B&W Gooseneck hitch, Prodigy Controller,Stock so far. 120,000 Miles
Towing 2009 Sooner Ranch SR724 Stock trailer
Sold: '99 2500 Quad Cab 4x4 5spd. 24V CTD Short-box, Sport, Loaded, 30,000 # Draw-Tite Gooseneck hitch, stainless flares and grill insert, silencer ring gone, straight pipe with 6" tip. BHAF, Van Aaken Smartbox.
250,000 miles

DTR Mega Cab Club member #9

1-5-3-6-2-4

I know you said 19.5s aren't in the budget. but you should take a hard look at them for cost effectiveness over the long run.


all our service trucks at work are F450s with 19.5s. I'll put a vote in for goodyear G622 in the 225 or 245/70r19.5 G14 load. they are very good all around traction tire. winter grip, off road grip.

our oldest truck has them on with 110,000kms on the rears and theres lots of life left.

I see your in GP.....we run detroit field service to the patch through out alberta so thats what kind of service our trucks see.

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'97 Chevy V3500 CC DRW 6BT 22" Alcoas
'98.5 24v 2500 QC 5spd 4wd Demon hot-rod *sold*
'90 VW Jetta 1.6L oilbrnr 5spd coupe wolfsburg
'73 RS/Z-28 Survivor.

RickG

I got over 98,000 out of the original Goodyears on my '04 3500 . Rotated them every 6,000 miles . That included running in a lot of snow including the big storm in '05 that shut down I-64 in Indiana .

Brian Lent

I have cooper ATR's stock size, they wer about 190 each. They came with a 45k mile warranty. My first set only got 13k and the warranty covered them except for 42 per tire. And the warranty starts back over. I got all 4 back one's replaced and put on for 200. Not that the mileage is anything like what you guys have seen but I thought that was a good price. I tend to have a heavy foot and tow about 23-24k GCW. Most of my towing isn't highway but mountains from pa to and thru wv.

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04.5 Crew Dually- AFE intake, AFE bladerunner intake horn, Southbend DD 3600, Smarty TNT-R, 100 hp Industrial injectors, Silver Bullet 66-74-14, ATS Exhaust Manifold, Silverline 4", Fass 150, Pacbrake, EEP's Coolant pressur relief kit, Hamilton 110# springs, ARP studs --- 10-30-09 mustang dyno 613 hp / 1230 tq

saggonwaggon91

I ran Firestone Transforce A/Ts and never had a problem, ran 130,000 miles coast to coast and loved them.

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91 w250 CTD
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star wheel all the way down
paint peeling
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