Tire recommendations for 2WD Ram 2500

[Rick in MS]

I have been running Michelin highway tires on my 2003 Ram 2500 quad-cab, long-bed Cummins-powered truck - currently over 45,000 miles on this set. Wear has been awesome - traction, not so much.

Just purchased 10 acres out in the country with a 1/4 mile grass/dirt driveway. Also looking to purchase a tractor in the near future.

Traction is a concern.

I'm already looking to replace my tires and am looking for recommendations on some high-mileage, mildly aggressive tires.

My current top choice is Nitto terra Grappler G2s. I wore out a set of these on my Jeep Wrangler (70k miles) and they handled and wore great until close to the end. Should have changed them at 65k - that's the tread wear warranty for metric sized tires.

Nitto offers this tire in a 10-ply load range E with a 50k mile tread wear warranty.

Unfortunately, a new to me 4x4 is not in the near future.

 

[TMGT]

I have the Terra Grappler (not the g2) on a '07 4wd 2500, I like them a lot, good traction, wear seems good so far but don't out a lot of miles on the truck. It had worn out terra grapplers on it when I bought the truck used, I kept driving on them and they didn't seem to wear either so I'm guessing they hold up well.
No e load range tire last great, especially towing but I'm happy with them.
Stability is balso good when towing.

The G2 is supposed to have a better/quieter ride over the earlier ones and more sipping I believe, the load rating is slightly reduced on the g2 (due to lower rated tire pressure) but still plenty for a 2500.

I really like the Nitto tires and have them on 2 of my vehicles.

 

[square1]

These are working well on the F-250 with regard to traction, Cooper Discoverer A/T3 All Terrain 10 Ply E Load. Just put them on before winter this year so can't speak to tread wear. It had comparable M+S Michelins on it, great ride and long lasting, but would get stuck on a shadow.

 

[coobie]

I have been running Michelin highway tires on my 2003 Ram 2500 quad-cab, long-bed Cummins-powered truck - currently over 45,000 miles on this set. Wear has been awesome - traction, not so much.

Just purchased 10 acres out in the country with a 1/4 mile grass/dirt driveway. Also looking to purchase a tractor in the near future.

Traction is a concern.

I'm already looking to replace my tires and am looking for recommendations on some high-mileage, mildly aggressive tires.

My current top choice is Nitto terra Grappler G2s. I wore out a set of these on my Jeep Wrangler (70k miles) and they handled and wore great until close to the end. Should have changed them at 65k - that's the tread wear warranty for metric sized tires.

Nitto offers this tire in a 10-ply load range E with a 50k mile tread wear warranty.

Unfortunately, a new to me 4x4 is not in the near future.

Go to tire rack.com and type in the year and make of your truck.There are hundreds of truck tire reviews some good some bad.

 

[brown40]

Go to tire rack.com and type in the year and make of your truck.There are hundreds of reviews some good some bad on truck tires.

Took the words right out of my... keyboard. You can rank all available tires by performance: If dry pavement traction, ice traction, resistance to wear, resistance to hydroplaning, etc. plus number of miles driven on the model. I got a good gripping top rated hydroplaning tire for the summer, and studded snow tires for winter so there's none of the compromise an "all-season" offers. You can get them mounted, balanced and delivered on rims too. Fantastic site--bought from them six times--always good experience and best value when shipping was factored in.

 

[TMGT]

I've found tire reviews, at least for e load range truck tires, to be pretty useless when I've been looking. Always seemed to be a lot of opinion and people's results were always vary different, maybe due to how they are used with loads/ towing and different front axle configurations.

I usually find Discounttiredirect.com to usually have the best pricing however since I use to work in the industry I can usually get tires ordered from friends shops at a couple dollars over wholesale so I haven't bought from them in a while.

 

[oliver1555]

2003 Ram 2500 quad-cab, long-bed Cummins-powered truck

A lot of your traction problem is because the Cummins is a heavy engine. Without putting weight in the back of you pickup, you probably won't find any tire that gives the traction you would like.

 

[kenmac]

just put a set of these Tire Details - Discount Tire Direct on my 2007 toyota tundra 2 wd last thursday. Haven't had a chance to check out the traction I'll get
I have a tire machine at home ,so mounting them was easy for me. Great price on a 10 ply tire !

 

[JimRB]

I agree with Oliver1555. I have a 2004 2500 Cummins long bed 2wd. I curse the lack of traction, unless I have a half ton or more in the bed. I have been amazed at how well the truck works going up hills with weight in the back. Unloaded it goes up hills like it is going no-where. Firestone Transforce AT tires with look knobby enough but do nothing without ballast.

 

[Raspy]

Rick,

I have run a couple of sets of Toyo AT2s on my '04 Ram. Plus a set of highway tread Toyos. With 2WD, you might consider a set of AT on the rear and HT on the front. I hope you have a limited slip diff.

Toyos are excellent tires that last a long time, have good traction and stay balanced. I got 68,000 miles on a set of Toyos. Cooper Discoverer is another very highly rated tire. On my new '14 Ram I had Transforce tires that only lasted 19,000 miles. Careful.

None of the new E rated tires are actually "10 ply", or "10 ply E rated". That is an advertising scam. They are actually 10 ply "rated". This means either 2 or 3 ply sidewall with 5 plies under the tread and have an E rating. Read the specifications imprinted right on the sidewall. Just call them E rated.