Truck/tow vehicle tires

Hey guys, what are you guyd running for tires?, I have a 2003 Ram Cummins 2500 2wd, has 265/70-17 highway tires, just got the truck a few months ago, one popped on way to work this morning, so replacing all, ( I planned to next month anyway).
Mostly a daily driver, occasion tow vehicle.

When I had my Poserstroke I ran 10 ply Firestones on it, never had any problems.

Don't buy the cheapest ones out there

I called 2 local tire shops, one quoted Hancook highway tires, roughly $750, the other quoted Falken for $700, I would prefer American made, don't know much about the Hancooks.

How about Michelens made here in the U.S.A. bought from Costco
I think Costco has a truck tire sell on the rest of this month
I'm going to buy a set for my 2006 Ram 3500 during this sale

It has Michelins now, I don't have a Costco card, but will look into that as a option.

I have Fierce Attitude M/T tires on my '01 2500 4x4. I've had them for roughly 6 years and have about 60k miles on them. They still have a lot of life left in them too. I believe they are a Goodyear tire.
They are 315-75-16 and load range E. The vast majority of driving I do w/ my truck is pulling a trailer.
I realize this tire isn't gonna work on your 2wd truck, but if you came across a size in this particular tire/brand that would work, they are a good tire.

My 2010 2500 HD now has NITTO TERRA GRAPLERS on it 12 ply ride good and air pressure fit my TPMS range perfect.
http://www.nittotire.com/light-truck-tires/terra-grappler-all-terrain-light-truck-tire/

http://www.nittotire.com/Find-A-Tire/

I run the Hankooks on my '09 4x4 Cummins. Great tire that wears really well with minimal road noise. Very pleased.

I got 90,000 miles out of the factory Michelens on my 03 2500,have 65,000 on second set of Michelens.

Hankook is a Korean Company.
Falken is a division of Sumitomo, a Japanese company.

It seems that all tire companies have manufacturing all around the world. If you really want to know where the particular tire was manufactured, you have to know the codes.
There are several websites that have lists of codes, but recently the USDOT changed the plant identifier from two characters to three. The lists may not be up to date. the Law that governs this is here: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SI...74&rgn=div5

If you find a plant code on a tire you can check it here:
https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/mid/
For Example, you find a tire with the plant code "A1" So you check the box for Equipment Plants and from the dropdown menu select "Tires" Hit the Search button on left lower part of page. You should get a response that the old DOT code was "A1" and the new DOT code is "1A1" The tire manufacturer is Michelin and the country of manufacture is France.

So once again don't expect anything from the government to be easy to use or understand.

Good luck in your tire selection process. I have found Tire Rack to be very informative and they have ratings both pro and consumer for nearly every tire they sell.

R.

I had Cooper discoverer at3 on my 04 2500. They were a 10 ply- load range e & 50,000 mile tire. Seemed like a good tire while I had the truck. 4 years but only 20,000 miles & still had well over 50% tread when I sold it.

My 04 dodge 3500 dually came with Good Year SR A's, they last about 100,000 miles on my truck,basic road tire. Getting close for the 3rd set at 300,000 miles shortly.

My '04 dually is the same. When I got 100,000 out of the factory tires why would I buy anything else? I wanted to change to a different Goodyear tire for my truck at one time thinking that I only use it for mostly highway towing. Goodyear only makes ONE tire for our trucks and that is why I haven't changed. The old lady's Exploder has some Hancooks and they have been good.

I just put some Michelin tires on the front of my 2008 D3500.

The best deal I found was at Discount Tire.

I like them so far. I have had great luck with Michelin tires on other vehicles over the years.

I got my Nitto Terra grapplers from Tirecrazy.com. Tires were at my door in 3 days and at a HUGE savings not even Amazon could touch.

When I bought my 93 ram 3500 in '03, it had Toyo open country tires. They went over 70,000 more mile, heavily loaded the whole time. Then I put on some Goodyears. In 6 months, one of them had ply separation. This reminded me of all the trouble I have had with Goodyear tires in the past. So I sold the other 5 on craigslist, and bought 6 new Toyos. I don't like the name, it sounds to japanese for me. But they are excellent tires made in Georgia, at a reasonable price, so thats what I have, and what I reccommend.

I recently put BFG commercial ta tires on my truck. They have a heavy tread and side wall. I only have about 5000 miles on now but I am very happy with them so far.

Thanks everybody, I went with the Michelin Defender tires.

Now running Yokohamas