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How about General Grabbers? These are for a 2003 F150 with 146,000 miles. Good for mud and snow?
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I have had great luck with hankook dynapro ATM tires.Mine got great tread life and get around good in the mud and snow..
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Definitely the Coopers SST Max
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I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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What's the longevity like on Coopers these days. I started out with them in the early 90s, but could only get a couple years on them before they needed replaced. 1 vehicle only so drove it a lot. Great in snow though. When I went to a 50,0000 mile Cooper they were terrible in the snow. Many new styles since then though.
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Good snow tires and longevity don't go together very often.
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I just put a set of Goodyear Duratracs (285/60R20) on my 2018 F150 and they have bee great so far. Awesome this past hunting season on the Ivey roads here. A good friend that works the lil patch only puts them on his f350’s and gets good mileage out of them. I did go with an E rated tire on my truck.
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The Dura Tracs are a good tire IF youdon't load them. They have softer side walls and will roll on curves when the truck is loaded up.The Coopers have more of a commercial side wall. A lot stiffer. Around here the Coopers are about $300 cheaper for a set of four ( E load range) vs th Goodyears
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Or my wife loves the Nitto Ridge Grapplers on her Jeep. Have also been great on snow and ice....
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The Dura Tracs are a good tire IF youdon't load them. They have softer side walls and will roll on curves when the truck is loaded up.The Coopers have more of a commercial side wall. A lot stiffer. Around here the Coopers are about $300 cheaper for a set of four ( E load range) vs th Goodyears Correct they have a 2 ply side wall vs the 3 the cooper has but it depends on his loads. For a half ton I don’t think it’s a big deal. I have no issues with my tab in the back. The Nittos are also very stiff with 3 ply side wall.
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Another vote for Duratracs. They are great in mud and snow, and have worn reasonably well on my Tundra. I've had no issues with loading up the bed and/or towing a 6000 lb travel trailer, but IMO they do need to be run at 42 psi or so to avoid white knuckle situations up and down the mountains and squishy handling.
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How about General Grabbers? These are for a 2003 F150 with 146,000 miles. Good for mud and snow? whelennut, I know ZILCH about the Grabbers but get excellent service on my cars/PUs with the KIRKLAND (the store brand) Mud & Snow tires from COSCO. = I got over 88,000 miles out of my last set for the M-B 300SDL. yours, tex
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Another vote for Duratracs. They are great in mud and snow, and have worn reasonably well on my Tundra. I've had no issues with loading up the bed and/or towing a 6000 lb travel trailer, but IMO they do need to be run at 42 psi or so to avoid white knuckle situations up and down the mountains and squishy handling. Do you really mean 42 PSI ? Are the C or D rated? I had E rated on my truck run at 75PSI. I was at about 16,000 #'s with truck, camper and 3 horse slant loaded.Made for some tight pucker a times. Like posted for a 1/2 ton,probably no problem.
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Another vote for Duratracs. They are great in mud and snow, and have worn reasonably well on my Tundra. I've had no issues with loading up the bed and/or towing a 6000 lb travel trailer, but IMO they do need to be run at 42 psi or so to avoid white knuckle situations up and down the mountains and squishy handling. Do you really mean 42 PSI ? Are the C or D rated? I had E rated on my truck run at 75PSI. I was at about 16,000 #'s with truck, camper and 3 horse slant loaded.Made for some tight pucker a times. Like posted for a 1/2 ton,probably no problem. Yes, that's what I run them at on the Tundra, which is of course a 1/2 ton. I think they are C rated, but don't have the truck close by at the moment to check. The OP was looking for a tire for an F150. Haven't ever used the Grabbers. Even though I kept to the OEM size, I lost a mile or two of MPG's over the lighter, P rated OEM Michelins. I've been pretty happy with the D/T's. Nice ride, no balancing issues, not too loud, etc.
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I have had great luck with hankook dynapro ATM tires.Mine got great tread life and get around good in the mud and snow.. My experience with a set for two trucks mirrors coobie's. This set is getting near replacement, and it's hard to go away from what works for you. 80,000+ miles is pretty good life considering how often I'm towing something.
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I live out on the gravel roads........... 80,000 miles seems like a dream. I am lucky to get 22,000 on anything I put on my 1/2 ton. The best have been Toyo tires. The worst have been Coopers.
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I’ve had really good results with the Falken WILDPEAK A/T3W towing 8k on dirt and snow.
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Get yourself to the public library and check out one of the last April Auto issues of Consumer Reports. They rate tires every year for that issue including light truck tires.
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