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saber

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x2 on the General Grabber AT2's.

Put a set on my 2006 Durango 13000 miles ago and they still look like new. A slight increase in road noise but traction in the sand and deep snow is awesome.

Wife called me last winter while driving in a snow storm laughing about how she just passed the plow truck!

Got 'em at Tire Rack also.
 
harski

harski

Member
Does anyone use the Destination LE's? I'm leaning that way at the moment as I do more daily driving than than towing. However, I don't want to be disappointed with the traction in the winter too. I have the Wildnerness Le's (on a '04 Suburban) at the moment and they are junk in the snow! LE's or AT's?

Harski
 
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fredster

New member
I have run BFG AT's, Revo's, Dueler Alenza's and General Grabber HTS's. The Revo's were the best "all terrain" tire I have run, reasonably quiet, great winter traction and reasonably long treadlife. Compared to the BFG's they were a bit quieter and had longer treadlife.

The Alenza's are not the best winter tire, but they came stock on my Tahoe and I currently run a set in the spring/summer/fall on my Silverado. The Grabber HTS's were more agressive then the Alenza's but still biased more towards the street than a typical "AT" tire.

The one tire I thought would be mentioned by others is the Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10. When I researched tires a year ago this was the rising AT star amoung the 'economy' brands. Very good test reviews, good feedback from real people and reasonable price. I wound up going with Cooper Discoverer M+S as a dedicated winter tire instead but would take a serious look at the Hankook's if I was in the market for an A/T-style tire.

My .02
 
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cuzzinolaf

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harski said:
Does anyone use the Destination LE's? I'm leaning that way at the moment as I do more daily driving than than towing. However, I don't want to be disappointed with the traction in the winter too. I have the Wildnerness Le's (on a '04 Suburban) at the moment and they are junk in the snow! LE's or AT's?

Harski
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So far I love my Destination A/Ts. I haven't driven in the snow yet but they were rated pretty high on tirerack for snow traction. Ride quality is good for an E-rated tire.
 
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j57snow

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tire pressures

cuzzinolaf said:
My Firestone Destinations improved the ride noticeably from what was on the truck. I bought the e-rated tires and am now wondering what is the best PSI to run them at. They can handle up to 80psi which is nuts. I'm thinking 40-50psi for everyday driving and the best fuel economy.

Here are the pics from before and after. Not too much bigger but looks good IMO.

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I've always had a question about recomended tire pressures my wifes 02 explorer limted v8 has goodyear 245/70/16 fortera's which call for max of 44 psi but if you go by the sticker in door it shows 32 psi. i generally run them at 38-40 psi seem's to ride & drive good this way. anybody have recommendations i've heard go by vehicle spec's from some & go by tire makers spec's from others ?
 
yamadooed

yamadooed

Active member
Maximum is just that, max inflation. The recommended is the pressure recommend with the krappy oem tires... A real tire shop will give you the correct tire and inflation pressures based on vehicle and the tires they mounted and balanced on yer vehicle. I fine tune from there based on loads to carry and trailer loads...

The Destination LE have been a really good all around street tire for me...
 
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Stack

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cuzzinolaf said:
My Firestone Destinations improved the ride noticeably from what was on the truck. I bought the e-rated tires and am now wondering what is the best PSI to run them at. They can handle up to 80psi which is nuts. I'm thinking 40-50psi for everyday driving and the best fuel economy.

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Sweet Truck Keith!

John
 
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cuzzinolaf

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Sweet Truck Keith!

John
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Thanks, John. Love it so far (even with the 4.10 gears). My last trip to the UP empty I got 19.5mpg hand calculated... and then 14.5mpg towing my enclosed trailer hand calculated. The mpg thing in the truck is about 2.5mpg too much.
 
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tilltheend

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I kinda missed this thread but cool new truck! I was runnin 305/70-17 on my diesel last winter when you saw it, i think that comes out to 34" and thats the speedo adjust setting im running on my programmer. They dont rub but just a fuz at full crank, FYI for the next set. I'm right there on MPG with mine also, I can get over 20 hand calculated on the way to the UP running with just the bikes in the back but thats a light pedal and keeping it under 2000 rpm. Sled deck must be on the way next?
 
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bpsledder

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I've had 2 sets of Nitto Terra Grapplers on 2006 Chevy Duramax 60,000 miles each (could have gotten more miles, but do a lot of highway driving). Great tire snow and rain. Soft tread, but trick is to run about 55 psi all around and rotate every oil change (8500 miles). Also had a set on my 2001 Chevy 1500 for 40,000 miles and were in great shape when I traded the truck.
 
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m8man

Moderator
I have tried a bunch of tires, in my former days as a rural route mailman I could even buy the non-street legal tires for xtra gripping. Now I've found that I am lazy and run winter tires all the time. I buy a one set a yr. Truck one year, suburban the next. I really like the cooper M+S series for the yoop.

so that is my vote, just put 265/70/17 on the suburban and it wa $540 out the door.

m8man
 
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tyeeman

New member
I've only seen it mentioned once here, , Michilin LTX M/S. I will be going on my 6th set (over a few vehicles) and couldn't be happier! Snow traction is awesome, ride quality is super, nice and quiet. They're great for towing, now on my 3/4 ton I have 10 ply and air em up to 80 psi when loaded.
On my half tons I could easily get 80,000 out of a set, my 3/4 ton GMC won't quite get that do to heavy towing but it will be close.
The local Discount Tire shot me a price of right around $900 mounted/balaced/lifetime rotation and balance.
 
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