Posted by jon_schram on August 16, 2017 at 09:48:47 from (70.37.213.40):
In Reply to: Another tire post posted by 300jk on August 16, 2017 at 05:30:58:
When I lived in town and drove mainly highway I would usually get the rated miles or better out of good tires. I usually run my tire pressure quite a bit above what the door sticker calls for...that may or may not help. I always try to buy American, but I've found some of my Generals are made in Mexico.
Now I live off the highway on a small farm that is 8 miles from pavement one way and 6.5 miles the other way. So bare minimum I'm putting 13 miles of very rough gravel every day, probably closer to 30 miles/day average off pavement. My tire selection is much more aggressive than what I was using in town (General Grabber AT2's LT's on every truck we own), so that probably contributes to my lower mileage. I think I only got 30k on my F250, but alot of that was pulling a trailer.
Trailer tires are a different story. I think we have 5 trailers around the place: 20' stock trailer, 4x8 utility, 16' dump trailer, 18' bumper deckover, and 32' gooseneck deckover. We go through ALOT of trailer tires every year. I've tried LT's instead of ST's but I don't think they were a lick better for us.
My opinion is that trailers just murder tires. I probably got 20,000 miles out of the last set on the stock trailer, which was pretty good I thought. Dump Trailer usually seems to kill them in 10,000 miles, but alot of that is flats.
The tandem axle 18 foot deckover trailer wears ST205/75R15 tires. Even D-rated tires in that size are only good for like 2,100 lbs each. I probably only get 5,000-7,500 miles out of each tire with that trailer. Granted, 50% or more of those miles are on gravel and a good number of those miles are probably at max or over max load. That means I'm replacing tires like every 18 months or so. Best luck I have had is with Hercules brand trailer tires that the local guy carries.
I think next go around I am going to do an axle flip and run 16's. They are a heck of a lot more expensive than 15" trailer tires, but over the course of a couple years I should get my money back. Only thing that has kept me from doing it so far is that It will raise the trailer up 6" more or so.
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