I have a 2016 Ram 1500 with Hemi that is 4X4. I love the truck and thus far I've towed my older trailer with the stock Wranglers. My new TT is a Rockport Ultralite at around 6500 LBS. The truck tire size is P275/60R20. I've been looking at Coopers, General Grabbers and Hankook. So far so good on towing with the old Wranglers but I'm going to take a long trip and want a decent set. Do I need something special to tow or will any LT tire work? What do you like?
azrving wrote: Oem Firestone Transforce went 40k. Michelin Defender LTX went 67k
Tell me your secret. My OEM Transforce HTs were shot after 24K miles.
I towed a lot on those tires and the main thing i would say is that they were never in real hot temps, speeds 65 or less and not overloaded. I was going to try and drive them even farther but I noticed areas of separation with chunks of rubber coming off.
jimx200 wrote: Any tire except Goodyear. Can't believe the buck passing the CEO did with their support of BLM, but not LE or Trump. One of the largest freight companies in the US just announced that Goodyear is off their list.
From now on I'll be buying nothing but Goodyear tires.
TurnThePage wrote: I think people routinely overlook the fact that P rated tires are rated significantly higher than the GAWR. That's still true after derating them by 10%. I've been towing with overloaded half ton trucks for almost 20 years. Properly cared for and aired up P rated tires work fine. Nothing wrong with LT tires, just don't sell the P metric short.
^ Heres someone who’s done more things than he talks about! And he speaks the truth.
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5” turbo back, 6" lift on 37s 2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold. Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold
Any tire except Goodyear. Can't believe the buck passing the CEO did with their support of BLM, but not LE or Trump. One of the largest freight companies in the US just announced that Goodyear is off their list.
bnardini wrote: I like Michelin Defender LTX. I'm on my 4th set and haven't had so much as a slow leak. They are also load range E.
Iirc they are rated at 50k warranty. Im very happy to be able to catch 17,000 extra miles vs coming in under what they state. Ive had two other vehicles that had front end shakes One was an olds alero that i bought used with three different brand tires on it but it rode fine. I took it in and had coopers installed and it developed a shake I took it back right away and the shop owner and i went for a ride. Yep it shakes so he rebalanced and it still shook. He then dismounted and moved the tire position and rebalanced and it still shook. He then installed a new tire and it shook. He said that’s about as good as it gets and most people drive around town so they don’t notice. Thats not going to work for me, it didn’t shake with junk tires so what do i need to do. He said get continental, michelin or one other I cant remember. I got michelin and it was perfect Two sons with CTD and both have michelin
GordonThree wrote: I had wrangler silent armor with kevlar on my '13 Outdoorsman ... They felt great and towed well, but only 35000 miles and they were going bald. These were oem tires.
My OEM Wranglers (AT/S) went just short of 90,000. Got 70,000 out of Silent Armor (2 sets). Now have All-Terrain and I expect same unless they age out. These are all LT tires.
I think people routinely overlook the fact that P rated tires are rated significantly higher than the GAWR. That's still true after derating them by 10%. I've been towing with overloaded half ton trucks for almost 20 years. Properly cared for and aired up P rated tires work fine. Nothing wrong with LT tires, just don't sell the P metric short.
I had Coopers on my Dodge Diesel and had great luck with them. Have them on our cars now with good success. Don't buy Goodyear after what they did today!
TurnThePage wrote: The Wranglers didn't last that long, but they were a great towing tire when I had them on my Ram 1500. I just aired them to their max pressure and it handled very well. I replaced them with Cooper ATs which ended up being a downgrade as far as towing was concerned. That was before this newest generation of Cooper tires though. I'm currently running Nitto Ridge Grapplers in a P Metric size and they perform admirably. I definitely understand peoples urge to go to LT tires, but I don't think it's necessary at the weights you're talking about. JMHO
Better to have tires that are tougher than needed rather than have tires that are barely adequate being run at their limit.
I had wrangler silent armor with kevlar on my '13 Outdoorsman ... They felt great and towed well, but only 35000 miles and they were going bald. These were oem tires.
The Wranglers didn't last that long, but they were a great towing tire when I had them on my Ram 1500. I just aired them to their max pressure and it handled very well. I replaced them with Cooper ATs which ended up being a downgrade as far as towing was concerned. That was before this newest generation of Cooper tires though. I'm currently running Nitto Ridge Grapplers in a P Metric size and they perform admirably. I definitely understand peoples urge to go to LT tires, but I don't think it's necessary at the weights you're talking about. JMHO
