Moderator: volvite
I ran Firestone Destination A/Ts on my OEM wheels and loved 'em.aadadams wrote:I had a blowout about two weeks ago. The Duelers have to go... While they were fine overall they were very squishy in corners. I drive like a bat out of hell, and mostly on interstates and hwys. I will rarely (if ever) get the truck in mud or off road. I see snow often as my wife is from WI and we live in NoVA. While I like the aggressive look of many of the tires that many of you favor, those recommendations tend to be geared towards the off road user.
As I exit Hades, I often corner quickly and need a tire that does a good job of this, which tire will hold best under these conditions while remaining quiet on the hwy with traction in the snow? Lasting 60000 miles couldn't hurt either... Thanks for your opinions!
BTW: Please reply as I need to buy tires immediately and every opinion counts!
I second the Fortera Triple Tread, but with a caveat. I bought them around 56k and they absolutely rocked for the first winter. I rarely even put the truck in auto mode, much less 4-High. For the next winter around 20k later, they were still much better than the stock General Grabber AW(?) that came on my LE, but not as good in the snow as they were the first year. With nearly 30k on the tires now, they are still great in dry or wet. Time will tell if the third winter is worse than the second.volvite wrote:Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armors or the Goodyear fortera triple treads. The silent Armors are a more aggressive but not as aggressive as the duratracs. I had them on my 99 Jeep and loved them. They come with a 50k mile treadlife warranty as well.
I'd also look into th 100 dollar air bags for the rear springs. I'm installing those when I get back state side, but I've heard they do wonders for the weak rear end. They help stiffen things up and give you some handling back.