hey while were talking about tires. Whats the tallest narrowest tire I can fit on my stock wheels with my 2" lift. And where can I get them? I've been looking since the begining of summer and the best I can find is 33 or 34" blah!
oh I want aggression, quiet, good onroad/off road and rain handleing and umm filled with gold bars.
Thanks
Chris

 

[quote author=1sttruck link=board=49;threadid=22533;start=0#msg211179 date=1069207151]
Anyone know the BFG A/T does on ice ?
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My wife and I endured a 15 hour drive in an ice storm from TN to Little Rock one Christmas. From the Arkansas border to Little Rock, no salt or sand just plain old ice as God intended. The BFG ATs did great. After that, my wife said that I shouldn't have any other tire.

 

I also have the E-rated Michelins.

I noticed that the posted max pressure is 80 psi. They came with 40psi.

I am not towing anything. What should I run them at?

I bumped them up to 60 psi in hopes of gaining a little mpg. Not much of a change so far.

 

Wow, glad you posted. I went and checked mine and they are all at 45 psi. I believe I read somewhere that the general safe range for these is 50-60 psi. According to the door sticker it should be 60 front and 70 rear-- that may be the max, I'm not sure.

I'm only at about 1000 miles, but on the hwy I seem to average about 19+ mpg. Pretty good I think. I'm impressed with this beast...

 

[quote author=Beavermike link=board=49;threadid=22533;start=15#msg212462 date=1069444289]
Wow, glad you posted. I went and checked mine and they are all at 45 psi. I believe I read somewhere that the general safe range for these is 50-60 psi. According to the door sticker it should be 60 front and 70 rear-- that may be the max, I'm not sure.

I'm only at about 1000 miles, but on the hwy I seem to average about 19+ mpg. Pretty good I think. I'm impressed with this beast...
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The 60 front and 70 rear on the door sticker is for when the truck is fully loaded. You should have received an seperate tire inflation guide. Anyways, in my BFGs, I run about 50psi up front and 60psi in the rear. That way I get the best of both worlds. After 11K miles, they show no signs of abnormal wear.

 

I'm running 55 front and 45 rear.

MikeyB

 

Don't you need to add something like 10 psi if traveling 65 mph and over ? I think that it's best to be a bit overinflated than underinflated, as tire stress is cumulative.

 

I'm interested to find out that BFG started making the A/T in a 285/70/17, 'cause when I was (exhaustively) looking for snows about a month ago I'm pretty sure they weren't around. FWIW, the only other D rated tire I found in a M&S setup was the Toyo Open Country A/T. Nice looking tire, has a real good rep for snow, but bad for tread wear, not surprising if it's a winter compound. But I think now I'm going with the BFG's, they've even updated the design.

Here's a question: Will my lovely dealer be able to reflash to accomodate the tire upsize, and will they tell me it voids my drivetrain warranty?

 

I have an 03,3500,SRW,with E-rated LT MIch. They have 90k miles .I haul horses so its all towing,they have about 10k left in them.I rotate every oil change 7500 mi.,have never balanced and they run smooth as silk.the fronts run 60lbs.,rears run 70 lbs.,because I'm always loaded.The HO. cummins with six spd. gets 15mpg towing,7000 lbs.and thats about 65-70. I've noticed that 2000rpm seems to be the best towing range for fuel mileage mileage.With 3.73's thats about 68mph.,fast enought with a load of horses and no speeding tickets,except maybe ct. or Oh.nothing but mich. tires for me.by the way truck has been trouble free,thank god I got a six speed,everyone I know with 48re has complaints. Brake pads are at 50% wear.Truck is stone stock,most of the after-market stuff is not needed,if you oerate in the designed limits of the truck spec's.Jake is probably most useful item ,especially for towing.Truck rides rough,and the shifter took some getting used to,thats about all I can say on the negative side. The air pressure I run probably contributes to rough ride. I'm a happy dodge owner,however if I was towing more than 10k 1000,000 mi. per year,I'd get a medium duty truck,I believe most of the folks who have breakdowns are trying to do more than the truck is designed to do. with any truck,if you operate full-time at upper end of rated capacity,durability and reliability diminish and fuel mileage goes south.

 

[quote author=hammajamma link=board=49;threadid=22533;start=15#msg212727 date=1069513299]
I'm a happy dodge owner,however if I was towing more than 10k 1000,000 mi. per year,I'd get a medium duty truck [/quote]

You already have a medium duty engine....

 

the mich mouse tires are great on the street ,but if you bought a 4x4 and plan on taking it off of the pavement , bfg's are the only way to go .That is of course till some of the other tire companys get off there but and give us some tire options :P

 

[quote author=deje link=board=49;threadid=22533;start=0#msg211276 date=1069217337]
The only two drawbacks to the bfg 's are they catch and through gravel like nobodys buisness leaving chips in the paint
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Even the stock Michelins do this. I live on a gravel road about a half mile off the pavement and the sound of rocks pinging off my new truck is driving me insane. What can be done to prevent this? I installed some some small flaps both front and rear but it doesn't help much. I hate the look of big ugly flaps. Will flares help stop this?

 

I have the Michelin LTX A/S too, and also found that they pick up and throw rocks. I guess any type of deep groove with fairly straight walls will tend to pick up rocks that fit snugly in the groove. There's probably four solutions; don't drive on roads with rocks, or if driving on roads with rocks drive slowly and then remove the rocks before driving faster, or install mud flaps of adequate size (what I did), or put on tires that don't pick up rocks. Besides slicks I'll guess that mud tires will pick up the fewest rocks, but even then with enough speed the large tread blocks can still kick them up.

 

I got 4x4 because of muddy barn yards and wet pastures,never go off road .I wish I could get by without it,makes the truck set-up to high for best towing,I crunched my tail-gate the first time I towed with it.lol