Need truck tires

[RdHuggr68]

I have an Ford F-250 with a 30' gooseneck car hauler. I took my car out of state ( 1700 mile round trip) and when I got back the back tires were damn near worn out. I have Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armour tires on the truck. They aren't noisy or have an aggressive tread and are great in rain or snow. This is my second set but man I can't believe the wear from pulling a trailer. Anybody else have that problem or maybe can recommend a decent tire that won't kill my bank account? Any input would be appreciated.
Kevin

[Che70velle]

Kevin, is this truck a dually?

[RdHuggr68]

No,sorry i should have mentioned it is not a dually that just be more rubber to buy. I hope some people chime in on this. I know a lot of you trailer your car to events that are to far to drive your ride to.

[Che70velle]

Originally Posted by RdHuggr68

No,sorry i should have mentioned it is not a dually that just be more rubber to buy. I hope some people chime in on this. I know a lot of you trailer your car to events that are to far to drive your ride to.

Kevin I agree with you on double the rubber to buy, but with a dually, the tongue weight is distributed across four tires vs. two tires, so actually you'd be buying rubber far less.
The load in a gooseneck is somewhat adjustable depending on how you load the trailer. Move the car further back in the trailer to reduce tongue weight, and forward in the trailer to increase tongue weight. You don't have to move the car very far, to make a big difference in weighing the tongue.
How much does the trailer weigh, loaded? This is important.
How are your trailer tires wearing?
As said above, tire pressure is very important.
Rule of thumb is you want 10% to 15% tongue weight, of the load your pulling, for a gooseneck trailer. So if your trailer is, say, 10,000 lbs, you'd want the hitch weight to be 1000 to 1500 lbs.
Buy a tire designed to handle the load your pulling. Don't go cheap here. You DO NOT want a tire failure, while pulling that car in a trailer. Could get ugly quickly.
Stay safe!

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by Che70velle

Kevin I agree with you on double the rubber to buy, but with a dually, the tongue weight is distributed across four tires vs. two tires, so actually you'd be buying rubber far less.
The load in a gooseneck is somewhat adjustable depending on how you load the trailer. Move the car further back in the trailer to reduce tongue weight, and forward in the trailer to increase tongue weight. You don't have to move the car very far, to make a big difference in weighing the tongue.
How much does the trailer weigh, loaded? This is important.
How are your trailer tires wearing?
As said above, tire pressure is very important.
Rule of thumb is you want 10% to 15% tongue weight, of the load your pulling, for a gooseneck trailer. So if your trailer is, say, 10,000 lbs, you'd want the hitch weight to be 1000 to 1500 lbs.
Buy a tire designed to handle the load your pulling. Don't go cheap here. You DO NOT want a tire failure, while pulling that car in a trailer. Could get ugly quickly.
Stay safe!

Thanks Scott for the info.the trailer weighs 5960 empty and the tires are wearing well. I try to keep the cars weight centered over the trailer tires as much as the holddowns will let me.Duallys are great for hauling but a pain in the ass to drive anywhere. I guess I just never had one or want one.

[TheJDMan]

I have a 2500HD Silverado Duramax. I had those Goodyear tires at first and like you they pretty much only lasted about 20,000 miles. I now have a set of Michelin LTX M/S 285/70-17 load range E. They have about 50,000 on them now occasionally towing a 20' enclosed tag trailer and still have over half the tread remaning. I highly recommend them. To be honest all of these tires are pretty similar price wise.

[RdHuggr68]

Thanks Steve I had Michelin LTX on my last truck,I don't know if they were load E but mine sucked in the snow. it was like I was on a skating rink. I will check into the load E and look at the tread pattern. Thanks for the input.
Kevin

[B Schein]

I really like my Nitto terra grappler's Put over 60,000 On the first set just put on a set of the new terra grappler G2's both sets were E range they also make then in an LT version which is only 4 ply so you need to pay attention when you buy them the price difference should be the giveaway . I have also had the Michelin LTX/MS tire on my other truck and gotten over 90,000 out of set but they don't seem to make them in a bigger size than stock for my RAM 2500.

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by B Schein

I really like my Nitto terra grappler's Put over 60,000 On the first set just put on a set of the new terra grappler G2's both sets were E range they also make then in an LT version which is only 4 ply so you need to pay attention when you buy them the price difference should be the giveaway . I have also had the Michelin LTX/MS tire on my other truck and gotten over 90,000 out of set but they don't seem to make them in a bigger size than stock for my RAM 2500.

Do you pull a car hauler or any other gooseneck style trailer? With all the weight over the rear wheels it seems to raise hell with the tire wear pattern.
Kevin

[RdHuggr68]

Originally Posted by B Schein

I really like my Nitto terra grappler's Put over 60,000 On the first set just put on a set of the new terra grappler G2's both sets were E range they also make then in an LT version which is only 4 ply so you need to pay attention when you buy them the price difference should be the giveaway . I have also had the Michelin LTX/MS tire on my other truck and gotten over 90,000 out of set but they don't seem to make them in a bigger size than stock for my RAM 2500.

Is there anybody running Nitto tires on their trucks??
Kevin