View Poll Results: best at tire
toyo
37
40.22%
nitto terra
16
17.39%
bfg at
27
29.35%
dueler
12
13.04%
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09-23-2009, 09:58 PM
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Nope...Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo 265/70/17 load range E have been fantastic tires! I put them on at about 56k and i'm currently sitting at 141k on the truck. 85,000 miles and that's all within two years! Obviously I drive alot and its a mixed bag of towing horses over highway/city/offroad, to daily driver. They grip extremely well and even with as little tread thats left on the rears Its hard to break the tires loose in a rain storm. Driven through WI in the middle of a blizzard with about 12-14" of snow on the road all the way from Elk Mound, WI down to Joliet IL pulling a horse trailer and never once felt the truck slide or have issues with getting moving. With doing field trials some of the back roads that I get into pulling a trailer are pretty nasty. Only once have the tires put me in a situation that put the truck in the ditch. But that was on a B class road in Iowa after about 5-6" of hard rain that day going round a 90 degree corner with a broken wrist. 
Tires have always balanced well, low road noise and look good. My only complaint about these tires is I wish they made them in a 285/75/17 load range E as the 265's look way to small on the truck!
Tires have always balanced well, low road noise and look good. My only complaint about these tires is I wish they made them in a 285/75/17 load range E as the 265's look way to small on the truck!
I had a set of 285/70/r16 Dueller Revo AT's on my 96 2500 4x4 v-10 great all around tire....they were awesome on the highway, rain and snow, mud, gravel, towing 12,000# trailer didn't feel squishy. Tread life was better than expected, especially as hard as i was on them...they got pretty tore up from pulling a few idiots out of the ditch on the gravel road.
I'm getting close to needing tires on my 06 3500 DRW and am seriously leaning towards the Duellers again.....I really wish I could afford to step up to 19.5 rims and get some tires that have some real life to them.
09-24-2009, 09:18 AM
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yup I was rather surprised when i went and looked up when I had them put on and what I have on them now. 85k out of the tire doing normal 5k mile rotations.
I'll probably go with the Nitto Dura Grappler 285/75/17 this next time around.
I'll probably go with the Nitto Dura Grappler 285/75/17 this next time around.
09-27-2009, 12:16 AM
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I know there are posts of people who haven't been happy with the mileage on the Nitto Terra Grapplers, but i've had the set of 325/70R17 tires that are on my truck for over 60K miles now and they still look to have another 10-15K of life left in them. Probably 50% towing and, when I tow, it is typically over 10K lbs. Even though they are a "D" rated tire, they have a 3305lbs. load rating which is higher than the stock Michelins and have never given me any kind of queer feeling when loaded down. I run 52psi cold in the fronts, 50psi cold in the rear all the time. They grip superbly in wet and dry weather, do well on beach sand (for being under an 8K lbs. truck, that is), are quiet on the highway (though not as quiet as a highway tread, naturally), ride smooth, and have exceeded all my expectations.
Here are the 325/70R17 Nitto's on my '08:
And while this picture isn't aimed at the tires, it's the most recent picture (taken within 100 miles of current) and shows the tread life left in the rear tires. I rotate and rebalance every 5K miles (free through Discount Tire):
This all being said, i've been thinking awfully hard about going to a 37" tire my next time around and the 37x12.50R17 Nitto Terra Grappler is spec'd at being almost 13.5" wide, so I am leaning towards giving the Yokohama Geolander A/T-S a shot in 37x12.50R17 for my next set. I can't ever make up my mind, though, so we will see what mood I'm in when it's time to whip out the checkbook.
Here are the 325/70R17 Nitto's on my '08:
And while this picture isn't aimed at the tires, it's the most recent picture (taken within 100 miles of current) and shows the tread life left in the rear tires. I rotate and rebalance every 5K miles (free through Discount Tire):
This all being said, i've been thinking awfully hard about going to a 37" tire my next time around and the 37x12.50R17 Nitto Terra Grappler is spec'd at being almost 13.5" wide, so I am leaning towards giving the Yokohama Geolander A/T-S a shot in 37x12.50R17 for my next set. I can't ever make up my mind, though, so we will see what mood I'm in when it's time to whip out the checkbook.
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