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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Just went 71K on factory Michelins

At 71K these factory Michelins were by far the longest lasting tire I've ever had on any truck. I am confident they would have gone 90k if I would have pushed them. There was still good tread but they did not grip as well on wet roads.

I replaced them with 10 ply 285 Toyo ATs as I needed a good all terrain. Great tires also.
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Old Jan 23, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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I had 75k on my factory Goodyears and could have pushed them well past 80k but the law-dogs at the weigh stations are always looking for a reason to pull a truck in and give an inspection...I used to haul commercially with my truck. Rather than risk a fine for worn tires I opted to replace them. I've also had very good luck with the Firestone Transforce AT's and now am running the Hankook ATM's with no trouble at all so far. I tell ya....rotating my tires every weekend for 2 yrs got old but with the miles I got out of my tires it was well worth it.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 05:20 AM
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I once got 20K out of a set of tires

........not sure exactly what the problem is, but that was my best record.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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I had 90K on a pair that still had plenty of meat on the 99 when I sold it.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 09:27 AM
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Backwoods, I bet all that lead foot on the go pedal might be a contributing factor!

The factory Michelins were replaced on mine about 18k and I have 71k on it now and plenty of tread left.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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Backwoods, I bet all that lead foot on the go pedal might be a contributing factor!
I sure hope not!! That's a change that would be hard to make I'm gonna blame it on something else.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 07:40 PM
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That's pretty good. I've got 63.5k on my factory Ameritracs and can easily go til' 70k, probably more though.
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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I get tired of things too quick. 70 k out of a set of tires would drive me to boredom. I have 40k on my BFG's and I am looking for a good excuse to get rid of them. It doesn' help that I made the mistake of trying out "D" rated tires. What a mistake, don't do that. I have to admit I havent been nice to these BFG's and they just keep going. Thankfully no D.W. just a lot of sway and bounce due to the soft sidewalls. Going to end up getting rid of them with 25% tread left most likely. Don't mean to Hijack but anyone running those New General Grabber AT's?
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Old Jan 24, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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120k on factory Michelins. At present wear rate could make it to 250k on the second set of tires. Brakes similar. Not all highway by any means, but it is 2WD waaay down south.

Only on a CTD.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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I got 105k out of my stock Michelins.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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Got 75k out of my factory BFG rugged trails. Could have easily gone another 15k but I got a great deal from my buddy at Discount so I jumped on it
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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I tow through the mountains and up the coast to ever get that many miles on a set. 47k out of the factory Michelins is about it for me.
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rockcrawler304
Got 75k out of my factory BFG rugged trails. Could have easily gone another 15k but I got a great deal from my buddy at Discount so I jumped on it
Very similar to me. I had 91,000 miles on my Rugged trails with tread plenty of tread left when I got a good deal and put BFG AT/KO's on my truck.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rockcrawler304
Got 75k out of my factory BFG rugged trails. Could have easily gone another 15k but I got a great deal from my buddy at Discount so I jumped on it
Rugged trails are very hard compound tires. Nothing short of smoky bournouts will kill these tires. They're also almost on the top of the list for terrible traction in the winter, imo.
Great highway tires if you live down south.
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 09:26 AM
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I got only 25,000 miles out of mine and I did not tow much and I rotated every 10,000 miles . Then I changed them out for Toyos not too long ago about 3000 miles ago and I am switching them out wheels and tires when my " 11 " gets here i a couple of weeks . I told the dealer in order to make this deal happen "WE" will be switching out tires and wheels when the new gets here . I told him the Michelins that are coming on the new truck are JUNK and I don`t want them !! I will never ever own a set of Michelins again !! The only I can say good about them " ON DRY PAVEMENT ONLY " they stick like glue other than that they are JUNK!!!!!
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