Another tire thread

[Houndoc]

Sorry, I know these are frequent, but thought I would toss out a quick tire question.

Buying in a few minutes a 2004 Silverado 2500 Duramax. Needs new rubber.

Occasional light off-road duty (mostly deer hunt), towing upwards of 10,000 periodically (including mild dirt roads while towing), mostly around town use.

Tossing around options:

BFG All-Terrian K/Os. Love them on my Montero, have heard mixed reports on trucks and towing.

Goodyear Silent Armour

Goodyear Duratrac.

All three of those can find within dollars of each other, so comes down to the best tire.

Any others I should think about? Liked Hankook Dynapro AT that I had on the Ram 2500 I just sold and have been happy so far with Yokahama Geolander ATs I have on my 1500 Chevy.

Anyone using General Grabber At2 on a tow rig?

 

[Tonkaman]

Check out duramaxforum.com for the new truck it has endless info without too many crazies. They have several tire reviews you may find useful

 

[Maverick]

Super happy with Toyo AT on my work truck, both snow and pavement and mud with a 300ton hauler chasing me down.

Super happy with 35" Nitto Trail Grappler on 7.3 eXcursion, pavement and packed snow, SUCKishSUCKYSUCK in any snow deeper than 6" on packed snow.

Super happy with 33" & 35" BFG AT KO on 7.3 eXcursion other than wear. Pavement great all the time, awesome in any snow when new, at half life about the same as the Toyo's and moderately better than the Nitto's above, based on how often I have to chain up.

Looking at Duratracs, but they will be like the BFG's, super good when new, so-so later on when the super cool rubber wears down to the harder stuff.

Lots of good tires if you don't need crazy deep snow traction, including the ones you mentioned (though I don't have direct experience with them, I have read the reviews) Based on what you said, I'd get the Toyo's.

I may buy dedicated winter tires next fall, and keep the Nitto's for the non-snow months.

Edit: any reason you don't go with the Hankook Dynapro AT again?

 

[Tacoma]

FWIW

if your'e planning on towing or heavy loads, it's worht noting that there are tons of trucks loaded to the hilt up here in the oilfield of Vernal w/Duratracs.

 

[Maverick]

Lotsa folks at the mines have them too.

At $400 each, I'm a little concerned about wear on the Duratracs, especially if the uber-cool traction only lasts half the life of the tire.

 

[LT.]

The oil fields here in New Mexico we see tons and tons pf Toyos. Quite a few BFG KM 2 and a few BFG KOs. All trucks are heavy duty 3/4 ton or 1 ton turbo diesel trucks. Toyo also has a new re design os their AT called the AT2. They claim even longer tread life than their previous design which wore extremely well to begin with. On the AT2 they claim 60,000 miles on select sizes.

Me personally i swear by Toyo's. I didnt see them in your list but, check them out. I have heard a lot of good things about the Hankook dynapros as well. Goodyear wrangler duratracs are a great tire as well. We had a set on our wrecker but, sold the truck so i cannot comment on the gread life. I think you have it narrowed down to some great choices and you maybe happy with any of them.

LT.

 

[Maverick]

LT, do they run the Toyo AT's or MT's?

 

[Houndoc]

Edit: any reason you don't go with the Hankook Dynapro AT again?

Certainly would consider them- they have been a good tire overall, although not as happy with how they did in deeper snow (not that this truck will be used for that very often). But that day I was out pretty much everyone was getting stuck, with the exception of one who was running KOs. Not a fair day to use to judge a tire, I guess.

Will will do occasion heavy towing- I know someone asked that- but a small percent of total miles.

I will reprice Toyos. I have not gone with them in the past on any vehicles simply because I have not been able to convince myself they are worth the extra cost compared to the others.

Previously have thought same thing with the Goodyears, but priced on-line via Discount tire came out less than expected so they are higher on my list this time.

Unless Toyo price as come down closer to the others, top contenders right now with be KOs and possible Silent Armour or back to Dynapros.

 

[TJDukit]

I loved my Toyo AT's on my last two Chevy trucks one was a 1500 the other a 2500 Duramax. Ride quality was fantastic and snow traction at least when new was amazing compared to most tires I'd driven on. I never had a chance to wear out either set but will likely buy a set for the wife's Tahoe when the time comes for new tires. Even going with Load range E with a 1500 the highway ride was awesome, quiet and smooth.

 

[TJDukit]

My thing with Toyo's at least if bought from Les Schwab is customer service. I grew up with Les Schwab and I've never really found a place that can give me the peace of mind I get with their warranty and customer service. I know you pay a little more through them per tire but their quoted price is what you pay. Most other place want you to pay more for the warranty and all that but LS will fix flats and all that other stuff for free and you don't have to pay extra for it.

 

[LT.]

LT, do they run the Toyo AT's or MT's?

MT's for the most part but, i am starting to see some AT2's. The orginal AT's were not very popular here.
LT.

 

[LT.]

Also, the best price i have found for toyos has been at tire crawler.com. check them out.

LT.

 

[SLC97SR5]

I recently installed some Toyo HT's with TUFF DUTY on the F350.

I am impressed more and more by these tires. They have an amazing load rating of 3,750 lbs. I was worried that they wouldn't be aggressive enough but they are quite beefy for a highway tread. They have 17/32nds of tread, 60k warranty and run smooth and quiet. They have been phenomenal in the snow, ice and slush.

I have the exact setup in the dieselpowermag.com review.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/wheels/129_0805_toyo_open_country_ht_tire_test/

http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/1004dp_toyo_open_country_h_t_tires/

 

[SLC97SR5]

Also, I should add that Les Schwab's service played a part in my purchase. They have been fantastic and beat everyone else's quotes, Costco and Tire Rack included. They are friendly guys and have helped me out before. Their warranty is also very good, though I've never had to use it...knock on wood.