time for tires and wheels for the eff-2-fiddy

Falken gets my vote. Ran the rt's and the at's on my Cummins. Both exceeded their mileage warranty (only tire that's ever done that on any of my diesel) good traction in wet, dry, off-road, and even in the snow. Quiet and ride well. I'm not very good about rotating and these things just last. I commute 150 miles a day and tow heavy (26k pounds) often. I leave the rears at max psi, (80ish), and they still don't burn the tread out of the middle.

I honestly don't understand how these tires hold up so well. Ran toyos and Michelin before and neither made it to their warranty's. Soon as the factory Firestones we're done (less than 30k miles) on my current ram I switched to falkens. Now at 255k miles I just put my third set of ats on and I'm not planning on buying another set until 310k ish. Running 35*12.5r18's on factory wheels that are probably 1/2" or so too narrow. Doesn't seem to matter. I get the new tire squirm for the first 2-3k miles but then they're good.

I always order from discount tire direct and have a local shop install and once had the dealer install them. Each time I ask for an alignment and no shop has ever said it needs an alignment. Also can't explain that, must be the magical Cummins juice or something - same stuff that makes fuel towing up hill I guess šŸ¤”
 
My 2018 Ram 2500 came with a new set of the Firestone transforce HT2. On the highway the a quiet and preform well in the wet. So far they have sucked on wet pea gravel to the point I had to use 4wd to back out of a drive way. I have also spun on wet grass. Last night turning on to my buddies snow covered road in Banner Elk they the spun immediately on the slight up hill. I had to back down to the plowed road and put the truck in 4wd to make it up to his house. They have also spun on wet grass. Once these tires wear down more I'll be putting a set of of all terrains on it.
 
Keith1138 said:
My 2018 Ram 2500 came with a new set of the Firestone transforce HT2. On the highway the a quiet and preform well in the wet. So far they have sucked on wet pea gravel to the point I had to use 4wd to back out of a drive way. I have also spun on wet grass. Last night turning on to my buddies snow covered road in Banner Elk they the spun immediately on the slight up hill. I had to back down to the plowed road and put the truck in 4wd to make it up to his house. They have also spun on wet grass. Once these tires wear down more I'll be putting a set of of all terrains on it.
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I have not heard one good thing about the Firestones, especially from the Ram owners.

I have Falken Wildpeak RTs on now, and they're doing good but I only have about 10k on them. No issues hauling the trailers, quiet enough for an AT type tire, haven't been stuck anywhere yet. Before these I ran Nitto Ridge Grapplers and they were excellent as well. I got over 50k from them and would've went further if I rotated them more.

Duane
 
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CLRracer said:
I have not heard one good thing about the Firestones, especially from the Ram owners.
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The Firestone Transforce AT's that are currently on my Ram have the best wet AND dry traction of any truck tire I have ever owned, and they are smooth and quiet. With that said, I have no idea how good they are in the treadwear department, as I've only had them about 1500-2000 miles.
 
Finally pulled the trigger.

17ā€ Methods with 35/12.50/17 BFGs.

I wish Falken had white letter tires. For some reason Iā€™ve been seeing all these retro trucks with white letter tires, so thatā€™s why I went with the BFGs.

Some before and after pics.

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Kickdeez said:
As far as tires, I have a set of 10-ply Michelin LTX A/T2's on my F150. I know it's not a complete apples to apples comparison with a 1/2 ton vs. 3/4 or 1 ton truck. I bought them because that's what my local dealer was putting on the superdutys at the time, and I wanted something a little heavier duty for towing with my 150. I currently have 75k miles on these tires and lots of tread life left. Barring any catastrophes, I fully expect to get 100k out of these tires. I have never had a truck tire get me past 40k or 50k.
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Back when I worked at my old job I would average 50k miles a year in an E350 or Excursion. We would only run Michelin LTX tires and averaged 80K out of a set in a heavy truck that towed several times a week. Not cheap tires but were the only ones we could get to last.
 
NCJeeplover said:
Back when I worked at my old job I would average 50k miles a year in an E350 or Excursion. We would only run Michelin LTX tires and averaged 80K out of a set in a heavy truck that towed several times a week. Not cheap tires but were the only ones we could get to last.
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As much as I hate those grandpa tires, they really did last longer than anything else.
 
NCJeeplover said:
Back when I worked at my old job I would average 50k miles a year in an E350 or Excursion. We would only run Michelin LTX tires and averaged 80K out of a set in a heavy truck that towed several times a week. Not cheap tires but were the only ones we could get to last.
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They are very proud of their tires.... If it says Michelin it's 2x's more expensive in my experience.
 
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