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So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
I have ran BF Goodrich AT almost exclusively on my two Duramax's and all of my other 4X4 pickups. I will need to replace my current set this summer. They have 36286 miles right now rotating every 5K miles and 60 PSI on Front and 70 PSI on rear. They are expensive. $380.00 per LT285/55R20, All-Terrain T/A KOI try to get them siped if the dealer has the machine. They are quiet and I like how they handle the snow and ice. They grip. I do have a question. The truck came with fender flares but the wheels are set inside the original fender. So I took them off because I thought they looked dumb with the tire inset so much. I would like to buy some new rims when I buy the new tires and move the wheels out about 2" so they line up with the flare. Anyone know what offset that would require? I seem to get conflicting info from the tire shops. I wouldn't mind dropping wheel size as well to get a little cheaper tire price. The 20" rims seem to drive up the price. Thanks
Well I did pull the trigger on some new wheels and tires. I went to an 18" rim with Toyo Open Country M/T 33X12.50R18. I buy everything via the internet...truck, clothes, tools, etc... so why not wheels and tires. I ordered through rimzoneonline.com and they had no sales tax and free shipping. The price for the package was better than I could find locally even before taxes. It took about ten days for them to get to MN from NC and when they shipped they didn't have my phone number included so I called the local carrier and picked them up at dock. I then dropped them off new at a local Royal Tire and had them siped. We will see if that was a good move or not but in the past I have siped my BFG AT's and they ran very nice. They also mounted them once done. So far so good. I can't find any evidence of a lift on front and there is a 1 1/2" block under the leaf in the back so not sure if that is stock. Anyhow they rub when I turned. Not bad but just annoying. So I modified the wheel wells and plastic inner liner and now they are fine unless I am turning and hit a big hole where the front drops heavy. Sooo the reason for the post. I know have 2600 miles on them. They seem fine so far. They are much more wobbly side to side than my BFG's were but I'm not sure whether that is due to siping or just the tread design. New they come with 16.7mm of tread depth. After the 2600 miles the fronts now have 15mm and the rears have 13mm. I know new tires will wear faster than older ones but that seems like a lot. I'll keep track but I was hoping to get at least 40K miles out of these. I rotate every 5K miles. I'll let you know how they wear. It is all daily driver stuff on asphalt. I'm old so I'm not very heavy on the right foot (don't want to waste the money) so I don't think that is it.
Quote from: cruizng on August 21, 2015, 09:03:09 AMWell I did pull the trigger on some new wheels and tires. I went to an 18" rim with Toyo Open Country M/T 33X12.50R18. I buy everything via the internet...truck, clothes, tools, etc... so why not wheels and tires. I ordered through rimzoneonline.com and they had no sales tax and free shipping. The price for the package was better than I could find locally even before taxes. It took about ten days for them to get to MN from NC and when they shipped they didn't have my phone number included so I called the local carrier and picked them up at dock. I then dropped them off new at a local Royal Tire and had them siped. We will see if that was a good move or not but in the past I have siped my BFG AT's and they ran very nice. They also mounted them once done. So far so good. I can't find any evidence of a lift on front and there is a 1 1/2" block under the leaf in the back so not sure if that is stock. Anyhow they rub when I turned. Not bad but just annoying. So I modified the wheel wells and plastic inner liner and now they are fine unless I am turning and hit a big hole where the front drops heavy. Sooo the reason for the post. I know have 2600 miles on them. They seem fine so far. They are much more wobbly side to side than my BFG's were but I'm not sure whether that is due to siping or just the tread design. New they come with 16.7mm of tread depth. After the 2600 miles the fronts now have 15mm and the rears have 13mm. I know new tires will wear faster than older ones but that seems like a lot. I'll keep track but I was hoping to get at least 40K miles out of these. I rotate every 5K miles. I'll let you know how they wear. It is all daily driver stuff on asphalt. I'm old so I'm not very heavy on the right foot (don't want to waste the money) so I don't think that is it.Update on these tires. I really liked them in the winter. On the black ice and snow they stuck to the road very well. They could even stop the heavy truck and cornered good. They feel a little looser than the BFG's on the asphalt but so far thumbs up. As far as wear. They now have 11904 miles on them. Front and rear both show 11mm of tread left. They have used up 5.7mm of rubber. I don't think I am going to get 40K out of these... :'( We will see.
I personally jack the truck up before cranking on the bolts....less stress on them. Oh, and mark them so you can count the turns and keep them even.
I think you might end up needing to trim that bottom of the bumper just a tad. The suspension will still move up and rub Raising boys into RealMen!!