Actually a Michelin even in a 10 ply has the most flexible sidewall of any tire on the market, thats why they wear better than any tire on the market. The only exception would be an allsteel casing tire such as a GY G133, or G159 or a Bridgestone R260 or A M773 I think is an allsteel. Michelin also makes allsteel case tires but I can't tell you off the top what models without seeing them. Most radial tires Have a steel belt layer in the tread area and possibly 1 layer in the sidewall, however an allsteel all cords in the tire are steel. If you're ever at a Goodyear Dealer ask to see a 10 ply G133, also ask to see a wrangler 10 ply in the same size. Pick each of them up and also grab the bead and flex the sidewall of each and you'll see there's a big difference.

 

i found the stock generals that came on my 2006 ram were great for wear and milage.
2 out of 6 got 200,000 km or 124,000 miles for you guys. now those 2 were running on the rear and then were transfered to the front.
i had a set of coopers on the rear and found them to have better grip and a nicer ride but they wore out quick. so quick in fact that i didnt have time to plan to pay for them. I got a used set of 4 matching generals which were still wearing great when i got rid of the truck.
keep in mind this truck was towing a 40 ft gooseneck from day one and had a hired driver or 3 in it after i expanded.

 

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on tires here... here's the situation:

I'm looking to go to a 285/70/17. Not a ton bigger, as my trailer won't be too happy if I do that, and I don't want to re-buy the load leveling hitch setup (expensive sucker that thing was)... I can drop it one more hole, which will be about perfect with a 285/70 size tire.

I'm looking around, and everything I keep finding is E rated. The trailer is about 3500 without the car, and I figure with the car and golf cart in it, along with tools and whatnot is probably 7800 (car's about 2700, golf cart is probably 500, tools and whatnot the rest)

Do I really need to go to a E rated tire, or can I get away with a D rated one? I don't want to have problems, but on the other hand I'm having a bitch of a time finding an E rated tire... I like the cooper stt tire, I also like the firestone destination M/t but that thing is on national backorder, and I'd like to get this done in the next week or 2 while I have some time....

It's either that, or I'll have to just bite it and order the E rated BF goodrich tires which was one I originally liked...

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Well, I went to my local tire dealer yesterday, told them what I was looking for in a tire, and ended up buying these:

Ratings, reviews and specifications for Hankook DynaPro ATM RF10 tires

It ended up costing a little more then buying them online, but now I'm not dealing with finding someone to mount them, check the alignment on the truck, etc.

I'll post back as to how they wear and whatnot. Price wise they weren't bad, they're E rated, load rating seemed adequate, so we'll see how they do.

 

i can get you a bfg tread in a 285/70/17 in a 8ply for 116.85 a tire,there is only a 300lb load diff between an 8ply and a 10ply per tire i run those on both my trucks,and i haul horses,hay,and a camper never an issue.if interested pm me i can send you some info,im a distributor for a tire co.

 

If i hadn't already bought the ones above, I'd give ya a ring right now LOL.

I'll hang onto this, if these don't end up working out (free 30 day trial) I'll hit ya up.

Main reason I stuck with the 10 ply, is because I can run them at the 70 psi that seemingly needs to be in the tires to keep the damn tire pressure monitor's happy.

I've tried airing the tires down over the last couple years to 65 just to get the ride a little better, and every time, the tire pressure light starts coming on.... really annoying. I SO wish there was a way to turn that crap off.

 

Buy the E rated 10 ply tires you will be much happier. Look at it this way if the Dodge though our trucks only needed D rated tires they would not of required E rated to be on our trucks from the factory and saved them selves a lot of money putting on D tires. Look at the door plate it states the minimum tire to be used on your truck, mine is 265/70/17 E rated tires and IIRC yours too so use what the factory calls to be used, they built it an should know what tires should be used. I still don't know how people get D tires installed on there trucks as every tire shop I've asked has told me they can't sell and install a D tire for a truck that requires E rated tires.

 

The hankkok's that are getting put on today are E rated.... I didn't really want to do the whole D tire thing, as it's sort of going backwards IMO as well.

I'll have them on today, if I get a chance I'll take a picture and put it up Hopefully the truck won't look like the wheel well's are empty amymore.

 

What would be a minimum load rating for a diesel truck? 3200 pounds a tire enough? I'm looking at getting some km2s for my truck.

 

They require E rated tires based on maximum payload, if you're not hauling maximum payload you don't NEED E rated tires. As long as you don't exceed the max weight rating on the sidewall of any tire you won't have a problem

 

I switched to Pro Comp A/T's after my BFG A/T's wore down. I will run Pro Comp now forever, best tire i have ever bought. BFG's i never liked to slippery in the wet,snow,and on wet leaves driving thru the woods doing fire wood. Each set i got 60K out of them rotating them every 6000 miles.