kingofdodge7131

Question concering is tire wear. The Familys 99 short bed sport diesel runs through rear tires like no other. Its stock. My scientific ( pull outa my butt) Idea is that justoo much front heavy torque and the rear tires just slide too much. So thats leading to probably by a long box

Got to thinkin about duallies. How does the tire wear go on the duallies compared to the srw? More? Less? tires are a lil expensive haha. From my research a identical dually and Swr 2001 will run me about 200 less in insurance every 6 so that could probably help in the cost of tires. But mileage will aslo drop. FIgure out id save a woppin 89 bucks a year haha. Going with the dually that is.

But any advice on the tire wear will be most appreciated

sherod

My dually goes thru steer tires about twice as fast as the rears. I had the alinement checked and it was in by DC standards and all front end parts with the exception of the steering stabilizer were good. The tech tried a little creativity and reset the whole alinement. Lots better. I'll look around and see if I can find the printout on the new settings. They seem to be working for me.

Ed

geer

That seems funny when it is stock. I have that problem also, but it is my fault.

pappyman

I just replaced my rears had Dayton Timberline A/S got 82000 miles outta them and they where at 2/32 when I pulled them

My front tires wear much faster get about 35-40000 outta fronts because of uneven wear....but they get moved to my trailer to be run out

The Dayton's really surprised me to get that many miles on cheap tires....but I will admit on snow or ice the Dayton's are poor for traction

wannadiesel

Duallys will chew up the rear tires if you don't rotate them frequently. If you don't need the weight capacity don't bother, it will cost you more overall.

TPilaske

I'll be getting new tires this week for my dually. I'm replacing the stock tires. They lasted a little over 38k and most are worn down pretty good. I started rotating them every other oil change (that lasted twice) and I didn't rotate them until a few thousand miles ago. The two on the inside seem to have the most tread left and they are up in front now. Hopefully I won't be super lazy and I'll rotate the new ones in a more timely fashion! We'll see how long they last!


Tony

twhite

I got 115177 miles out of the stock tires on my 2002. I then purchased a set of tires from Goodyear and I am probably going to get about the same wear out of these tires.

I bought my new tires with the understanding that I would get a free rotation every 6000 miles. If you HAVE to replace tires, I would strongly recommend that you purchase from a shop that will give you free rotation.

Tim

Dieseldude4x4

I'm running the stock size Michelins 75000 to 80000 miles rotating them every 9000 miles or so. All six at that mileage are perfectly flat across and I keep them for my trailers at that point.

CoastalDav

I run Michelins on my rig. Fronts usually go 68-72,000 without
rotation if the original ballance is good. Getting someone to balance them right is the problem.

The rears will run out at 90-95,000 depending on the amount of towing I do.

Rears tend to wear in the middle faster than the outside. The tire
pressure required by the sticker is 50 in the rears. If your not towing, 40-45 would be better. The tire tends to ballon in the middle with no load on it at 50psi.

I now have 30,000 on this set of tires. I have a slight right lower ball joint problem that made it necessary to move the tire to the rear and rotate the rest.

The rears were as much as 5/32" inch worn more in the middle than the outside. Out of the 30,000 miles driven, 10,000 was in towing gear with 2100lbs on the hitch.

So, I still think 50 psi is even to much for the pin weight. Thats only 500lbs per tire. Less than 1/2 of the capacity.

I have had my share of problems with bad Michelins and broken belts. The only tire I ever ran that never gave me a problem with the XPS Rib on my 96 cummins.

Dave

dakar

Still got the stock Wrangler AP's at 85K, rotate all 6 every feew months or so. last time I measured the shallowest tire was running at about 5/32. Getting pretty close to the 'time to get new feet'. I think they'll hold till winter before I HAVE to change them. Driving around up here in the winter is bad enough, a lead foot and no weight in the back end sure doesn't help much, but it sure is fun

But seems the steering tires get the most wear, which seems odd thinking that the outside duals would wear faster as they are being drug through every turn. Figuring ~90K from a set of rubber with no failures, I'll definately stick with the AP's. Be the first time the tires on a new vehicle even came close to matching the engine warranty.

OverFueled

I just replaced mine @ 97,350 2001

I just put 255/70 R 22.5 with no lift. 27/32 tread. The tire is rated for H which is a 5510 # each.

These are also 400,000 mile tires after that I could have them regroved if I want and go another 500,000 miles.

The tires ride much better that the factory 16 and I get 2 more mpg with them.

I can now safely load my truck with 22,000 lbs

http://www.chromewheel.com/

OF

zulusafari

What kind of braking difference do you have with the tall 22.5 tires?? I want to go to 19.5's, but have not been able to find any reference to the effects the greater weight and diameter of these rollers will have on my brakes. I think I have 4-wheel disks, but not sure. I hate the way the small 16's look in my wheelwells!

OverFueled

So dont I, hated the looks. Stoping is OK Starting takes a little getting us to though