Factory Truck tires are JUNK

[sirkdev]

Interesting on the cooper st maxx, I recommended these to a coworker 4-5 years ago and he cursed me until he sold the truck, balled up in the slightest mud and he said they were brutal in the winter. Just my 2c I have never owned them. Although he is kind of hard to please...

 

[LBZ]

If you never leave the pavement or run them in the mountains I guess the factory tires or similar tread are borderline ok. Anything outside of this and they suck.

I liked my old Cooper STT’s I had and my Dick Cepek MT’s were really good. My buddy hated the STT on his 1 ton but he ran a lot more sharp rock roads than I.

I’m still running the stock Goodyear pensioner tires on my ‘16 dmax and they’re $hit in the snow and ice or anything resembling mud or wet grass, and unreliable on gravel. Got plugs in 3 out of 4 tires now and about 55000km on them.

I run Duratrac’s studded in the winter, and might go back to a Cooper STT with a new set of wheels if these don’t make the summer.

 

[rknight111]

Have to look into these cooper tires for my 1 ton Chev. The truck came with Goodyear Duratrack and I'm lucky to get 35000 k out of them, there terrible, (And yes these were a factory tire on the Midnight Edition trucks, see the GM Truck Flyer, not a dealer dressed up unit.)

 

[LBZ]

Have to look into these cooper tires for my 1 ton Chev. The truck came with Goodyear Duratrack and I'm lucky to get 35000 k out of them, there terrible, (And yes these were a factory tire on the Midnight Edition trucks, see the GM Truck Flyer, not a dealer dressed up unit.)

Odd. I used to get 60 000 plus on my old dmax out of dtracks. 2 winters and a summer after the second winter.

 

[pfi572]

Odd. I used to get 60 000 plus on my old dmax out of dtracks. 2 winters and a summer after the second winter.

Same for kms . 60 plus on one ton Duramax .
Not pulling trailer or heavy loads all the time .

 

[Halon60]

It’s the diesel. I have not seen a diesel get good mileage out of any tires. Down side to having a diesel.

 

[ducati]

I run the ST Maxx on my dually now, only about 15k in but I like them so far, was able to upsize a bit as well without doing a spacer. Will see how they are in the winter but the little bit I ran them in spring snow they worked fine.

I ran the XT4 before these. Great tire when new in the winter but they only lasted about 45-50k and they were done. Just too soft for the dually and pulling trailers in the summer in my opinion. Could be a great winter only tire but I try to run a year round set with the duals.

 

[Cyle]

Wow either some of the tires really are bad, or some of you drive like maniacs. I got over 90k on my stock tires on my ram 3500, and I tow/haul heavy a decent amount. That was only rotating once, two were done, two still had some tread. With good rotating I could have been over 100km. Over 20k on my coopers and still look brand new.

 

[Cdnfireman]

Wow either some of the tires really are bad, or some of you drive like maniacs. I got over 90k on my stock tires on my ram 3500, and I tow/haul heavy a decent amount. That was only rotating once, two were done, two still had some tread. With good rotating I could have been over 100km. Over 20k on my coopers and still look brand new.

It must have the Cummins in it.... everything lasts twice as long with a Cummins....

 

[Halon60]

It must have the Cummins in it.... everything lasts twice as long with a Cummins....

Except tires

 

[JMCX]

It's pretty rare I don't get 100k out of tires on my diesel pickups (rotate ever 20k). I drive 70k a year in the company truck. Unlike some of the above I also got 100k out of the XT4's. I liked them a lot. I only have 30k on the new F350 and the factory Goodyears are wearing fast. This is fine by me as they were horrible last winter.

 

[ducati]

Wow either some of the tires really are bad, or some of you drive like maniacs. I got over 90k on my stock tires on my ram 3500, and I tow/haul heavy a decent amount. That was only rotating once, two were done, two still had some tread. With good rotating I could have been over 100km. Over 20k on my coopers and still look brand new.

My XT4's worked really well through the winter and didn't show much wear but as soon as summer hit and i threw in some heavy towing it seemed like the heat and extra load caused quick wear.

 

[Beels]

These are the Coopers you want.

Excellent tire

If you drive any amount of gravel, don't buy those. They won't last.

 

[Beels]

My XT4's worked really well through the winter and didn't show much wear but as soon as summer hit and i threw in some heavy towing it seemed like the heat and extra load caused quick wear.

The reason I ran those is I figured they could do everything not bad and save having to buy a set of winter tires. Found out they were alright in winter when new, weren't great in mud. Gravel and towing my travel trailer in summer killed them. Tire shop I deal with sold a few sets and no one seemed to be able to get any mileage out of them. Went with a set of BFG K02 and I was pleasantly surprised with them last winter. I rotate religiously and they seem to be holding up. The only thing I don't like is they throw rocks really bad an will tear up the inside of the fenders.

 

[LBZ]

If you drive any amount of gravel, don't buy those. They won't last.

That’s what a buddy of mine that works up around swan hills told me too. The gravel roads up there eat coopers apparently. I never had a problem with the STT being any worse than any other tire I ran but that’s just me.

 

[JMCX]

News flash. Gravel is hard on tires. The only ones that do better are blocky & hard as a rock and awful on ice.

 

[Caper11]

Cant have your cake and eat it too. No such thing as a superior all condition/season tire.
Best reliable oilfield tire ive had, was a toyo m55, they lasted a very long time, and were very tough, But sucked ballz in the winter, and they were loud on a dually.
I thought they did really well in the mine mud tho.
I ran studded Duratracs in the winter only, they are too soft for the heat and gravel, maybe the non studded is a different durometer, but gravel just chewed the crap out of the duratracs.

On my 3500 diesel I run the factory BF goodrich in the summer and studded duratracs in the winter. Im actually very pleased with both sets of tires. The factory tires were actually very good in the winter, up until 30k than they turned into hockey pucks.

 

[LBZ]

Best all around I ever had were the BFG MT’s that were around about the 10 - 15 years ago. They were just the right composition to hold up good to the gravel and still soft enough to be decent in the winter. Was sad when they changed them up.
I ran a set of Dick Cepek MT’s after this and they were great for 3 seasons but not the best in the winter.

 

[Beels]

News flash. Gravel is hard on tires. The only ones that do better are blocky & hard as a rock and awful on ice.

The XT4 weren't great on ice, either. IMO, they weren't good enough at 1 thing to swing me into buying another set.