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I just bought a RAM diesel pick-up. It needs new tires badly for our winter roads. Any suggestions on a tire that will be good in snow and ice and mud, but withstand the weight of the diesel?
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I have liked Nitto Exo Grapplers
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Any E rated tires will handle your pickup. Chances are that the stock tires are 265-70-17. I suggest 245-75-17. They're the same height and weight capacity. They handle better and leave a little more room for front chains. Last month I put a set of Cooper AT3's on mine. We haven't had any weather to test them yet, though.
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I run Michelin Defender LTX M/S2 on my diesels.
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Take a look at the Hankook Dynapro AT/M. They wear great, have good traction, and were considerably quieter than the Cooper AT3s I have on now.
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Another Vote for the Nitto's. Have them on my Duramax. Work great. Also recommend Toyo Open Country M/T. Very similar tire.
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I agree. Im on my 2nd set of STT's on my tahoe. They wear great and do awesome off road. My next set will be the STT Pro since they discontinued the STT. My brother just put a set of the Pro's on his dodge 3500 and they do good on it even tho its weight is maxed out the GVWR.
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Take a look at the Hankook Dynapro AT/M. They wear great, have good traction, and were considerably quieter than the Cooper AT3s I have on now. Had these on my previous Ram diesel 4x4. They were great and the wear was really good. I had BFG AT/KO's on it before, and while that tire lasted very well on every other vehicle I had them on, they only lasted 30k on my diesel. The Firestone transforce that came on my new Ram are wearing very poorly and are close to the tread wear indicators on the rear tires with on 18k on them. Will either replace with the Dynapro's or the Nitto's.
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Our local dealer sells a fricken ton of the Hankook Dynapro AT/M's.
We have them on two F350's and on my mom's F150.
They are a pretty good tire for sure.
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Thanks Guys. The tire size that came on it are 275/70-18s. They are Firestone TransForce.
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I run Michelin Defender LTX M/S2 on my diesels. Plus +1 for me too!
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How are the Michelin Defenders on snow and mud? I have Defenders on my Suburban for summer driving. I dried them in shallow mud. They were not very good.
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Don't know if you bought new tires or not yet. However, I have a '15 Ram 2500 with 275/70-18's and went with Goodyear Dura Trac's. I'm not really a huge Goodyear fan per se. However this is the second plow truck I've put them on and really like them. They're great in the snow and are really good off road while hunting too.
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Our local dealer sells a fricken ton of the Hankook Dynapro AT/M's.
We have them on two F350's and on my mom's F150.
They are a pretty good tire for sure. Had the same tires on my 03 Cummins, replaced them at 65,000. Bought the same again. Good tire.
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Our local dealer sells a fricken ton of the Hankook Dynapro AT/M's.
We have them on two F350's and on my mom's F150.
They are a pretty good tire for sure. Stepson has these on a 92 f250 diesel 2wd. They are shot under 50K and he drives like a little old lady. Never hauls anything.
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I decided to put Goodyear Dura Trac's on. I had them studded too so will have to remove them 1 June. I kept the TransForce HT's and will put them back on then and probably look for some of the other suggestions when they are worn out.
Thanks for all you help.
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Take a look at the Hankook Dynapro AT/M. They wear great, have good traction, and were considerably quieter than the Cooper AT3s I have on now. I run Hankooks, but I run that tire in the other 3 seasons... Still prefer a winter tire, I do there Winter Pike RF 11s... they are hydrophilic rubber compound.. and can be gotten studded... have to deal with alot of rain here in SW Oregon... but then head, east or south and one has to deal with snow, ice etc...at altitude... my sets on them are starting their 4th season this year... next season will probably need to replace... but they've been great, so will just renew with the same tire.. get mine thru Discount Tire Direct on line/ business accounts...pretty cheap to the door step.. get them mounted and balanced at Walmart or over at the college automotive program.. doing that myself, they just let me borrow the use of their equipment...since I know the instructors...
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I wish we had a Discount Tire here. They won't even ship here.
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I wish we had a Discount Tire here. They won't even ship here. Discount Tire direct will ship to anywhere UPS goes in the lower 48... don't know about Alaska or Hawaii... but certainly wouldn't hurt to call and ask.. 800-589-6789..
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I may have to try again in the future.
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I run Toyo m-55s on my duramax. Last set I got over 60k out of with a lot of heavy hauling. Just put a new set on.
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How did you like them on snow and packed snow and ice?
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