Re: Good tires
Posted by Cat-Scan on March 18, 2004 at 10:43:49:
In Reply to: Good tires posted by Rick on March 18, 2004 at 09:38:46:
You are getting good advice on tire brands, so I will only comment on load ranges.
I have had three Suburban 2500’s, which have been mostly pavement vehicles. However, on occasions, I have used them in off road conditions, including a heavily loaded vehicle/tire-damaging trip to Death Valley. That trip included Saline Valley, Hunter Mountain, Ulida Flats, Oriental Wash/Gold Mountain, Butte Valley and Panamint Valley, so lots of rocks and abuse.
If you believe you will from time to time use your 2500 to near full capacity, or perhaps in rough conditions, I would seriously consider
Load Range E tires on that full size truck. Since moving to this load range, I no longer experience tread separation or sidewall bruises/bubbles. Perhaps I have been lucky, but I believe moving up a load range has helped on the dependability factor.