Tire Choices

HHR · Oct 5, 2013

Quickster2 said:
Goodyear Pro Grade Silent Armor have served me well for a few years now on my Quad Cab 2500 4 X 4 V10 I use for towing. Quiet on the road and good on the farm.

I really liked my Silent Armor tires, but I had ply separation in tread area on a couple of them.

Zscoop33 · Oct 5, 2013

Have had seven different sets of nitto's and each got about 45000-60000 miles a set. Great traction and no road noise. Ran them on two 2500hd diesel and one 3500hd Dually. All 285/70 load E

TomSeller · Oct 5, 2013

I have the Toyo ATs, been happy so far. Good traction. Sidewalls seem fine with the proper pressure. There is a second series out now different from the originals.

http://toyotires.com/tire/pattern/open-country-at-ii-on-off-road-all-terrain-tires

timswi · Oct 8, 2013

Cooper Disco AT3's worked very well for me on my last truck...They wore like iron, handled well and had great traction.

coobie · Oct 8, 2013

If you plan on holding on to your truck for sometime it,s hard to beat a Michelin tire.

The Bog Man · Oct 9, 2013

Zscoop33 said:
Have had seven different sets of nitto's and each got about 45000-60000 miles a set. Great traction and no road noise. Ran them on two 2500hd diesel and one 3500hd Dually. All 285/70 load E

I have a 2008 2500 Duramax with 150,000 miles on it and just took off a set of the Nitto's and was not impressed. Not even 30,000 miles on them and they are wore out. When new they were fine- had good traction, low noise, etc. But they need to last a lot longer to be considered a good tire by me.

I now have the Cooper Discovery AT3's. I think the sidewall's are a little soft, as the truck tends to "roll" a little bit more when towing, but they have great traction, nice tread, ride great and are quiet. They are also one of the few LT tires with a warranty- 55,000 miles. We will see how long they last.

Other tires I've had on this truck: BFG AT's- great tire wear, but poor winter traction, ride & noise.
Bridgestone Duelers- ok tire wear, ok traction, ok noise. Probably the best all around tire I've tried, but still only got around 40,000 miles on them.