moss2904

Just a rant about my tires.
The original tires Goodyear rs/a's, started to seperate, about a year and a half ago. I had 26,000 miles on them. Guess what the ones Goodyear warrantied them with, gs/a's are doing the same thing now, 54,000 miles on the truck.
So either I need to go to a school to learn how to drive a Dodge with tires on it or something is wrong with the Goodyears's I have had.
Yes, I am a serious about checking air pressure and I rotate them.
Anybody else had this type of problem?

Buckshotmckee

I've heard about lots of problems with Goodyear truck tires, out of round issues, seperating, short life span. Personally I would never buy a pair of Goodyears. I'm a Bridgetsone person. Never had any problems with'em. Just my .02

gsbrockman

I was, too, until I bought my '03. You're lucky with an '02.....Bridgestone has you covered. Them JAPS ain't started making any 8 or 10 ply tires in 17" for us 3rd GEN owners yet....I now have some LT33x12.50R17 Mastercraft Courser C/T's on mine as we speak.....sorry about your luck, Bridgestone; get your head out of the sand (or rice) and crank us out some Dueler A/T REVO's already....the 3rd GEN 2500's and 3500's have only been produced for 2.5 years now ! **** JAPs......
Greg

Dieseldude4x4

I just put my third set of Michelins on my truck. Got 75000 out of the first set and 80000 out of the second set. All twelve are still as flat across the tread as new. Kept the first set for spares for the GN.

A friend of mine at work had two different sets of GY's come apart on him, both at interstate speeds. He said never again.

coobie

Thats good news Dieseldude.I have the Michelins on my 2004.There are not real good in the Snow,but hey I can live with that if they last 75,000 miles.coobie

moss2904

When I had to replace the first set there was no other tire available on planet earth to fit my truck but more Goodyears. That lack of choice really had me grumbling.
This time around there seems to be choices.
I have always heard third times a charm, maybe that does not apply to Goodyear tires.
The truck is still running like a champ but it sure has been a barren road when it comes to some aftermarket stuff for it. I am still patiently waiting for Bilstein to make front shocks for it, two years later.

Dieseldude4x4

I agree about the snow thing, I had 1200 pounds of John Deere wheel weights in the bed of mine with those M&S's or whatever they are and Civics and Neons were passing me up during the last snow we had. I got the cure for that, leave the six wheeler sit in the car port and take the Neon or better yet, my wifes all wheel drive Subaru when the white stuff is on the ground. They are good on the highway though, I have never got that kind of mileage out of a tire before.

jnck

Just got new Cooper Discoverer ATR. Love them so far. Had the rugged trail t/a
before and would always spin when pavement wet from stop. Now it will take off like a truck should. Quiet too.

Dieseldude4x4

I think we just put six of them on my sons truck and he loves them.

Scotty

All of my experience with Goodyear has been bad.

The ones on the truck now are badly worn, cupped and poor traction.

I have a new set of the latest Highway Tread Toyo's being shipped to me right now!

I like the looks of them, similar to the Michelin LTX but more sipes and what appears to be a thicker ribbed tread in each edge.

I put a picture of them in my gallery.

They are supposed to have a very high tread rating too. E rated 10 ply and factory replacement size for my dually.

Michelin LTX have been the best for me so far. Maybe the TOYO will do better.

Scotty

MikeyB

The new Toyo HT is a good looking tire. I hope they come out with one in LT285/70/17.

MikeyB

FiverBob

Interesting - - I was just looking at my GY's this morning. 23,000 on them with most of that towing a 16,000 pound fiver. They hardly look like they have been on the road.

FingersCrossedBob

1Thom

I go with fiverbob,, just crossed 31,000 with my GSA's and they are lookin good for another 30,000

moss2904

Wish mine would have held up,that would have saved me time and money. I am sure they all don't fall apart but the two set's I have had on my truck did.
I guess the only good thing to come out of it is I caught them before I wound up with an unfixable problem.
It was just a head's up to anyone interested, to look for it. If everyone who did not have a problem with their tires posted here, they would probably need a bigger server for the website.

moss2904

here is what set two looked like gs/a's,