I have Michelin 235/75/15 ATX on my truck. As far as I can tell they
improved tremendously over the 215 Goodyear that came on the truck.
They don't seem to wear much, have great road handling, and I am
waiting to test them in the snow. Only bad thing is that they rub on
the frame. The Goodyears didn't make it past 25k though.. :) Happy
tire hunting!
Dan
===
94 Dakota Sport V6 3.21 (currently stock :( )
---Rob Robinson <u4d6r6mh@coastalnet.com> wrote:
>
> >I've got the same tires on my 97 and I've been rotating every 6K.
I've
> >got about 14K on the truck now and the tires that were on the front
on the
> >last rotation are starting to look pretty worn. I'm going to be
putting
> >snows on over the winter. After I put these back on I'm hoping to
at
> >least make it until next winter, but at the rate they're wearing I
don't
> >know if it will happen.
> >
> >Brett
> >
> ><<< Carl Thompson 10/ 8 6:00p >>>
> >My 97 came with Goodyear Eagle LS tires and at 17000 miles I will
be lucky
> >to get 22000 miles out of them I been rotating every 7500 miles.
Anyone
> >have the Eagle tires and how are the wearing for you? (Most 97's I
see have
> >wrangler tires) Can anyone recommend a high mileage tire to be used
for
> >highway miles with no load but an occasional trip to Home Depot on
the
> >weekend.
> >
> >Carl Thompson
> >carl@phoenixat.com
> >http://www.bv.net/~carltom
>
>
> We could get in a great discussion on tire types and brands, but
really the
> best thing to do is look at those little numbers on the side of the
tire.
> The higher the tread wear number, the better. Also get a tire with
A's in
> all the three ratings you can Treadwear, Temperature, Traction.
>
> Supposingly the Cadillac of tires is the Michigan. The ones I have
seen
> have had very high numbers. However, they are expensive.
>
> I went with something in the middle. I went with a Cavalier SRX
raised
> white letter (made by Bridgestone). It has a block type tread with
higher
> tread ratings than the Firestone Firehawk. Looks great and should
last a
> while. I have bought Bridgestone tires for years and have had
nothing but
> good comments about them.
>
> Make sure to rotate your tires at least every 5,000 miles. These
heavy
> nosed trucks (more power) tend to wear front tires quickly on the
edge and
> the back right in the middle (imagine that!)
>
> I also went with a 225/70/15 instead of the 215/75/15 and like the
feel and
> looks much better. From what I can tell the speedo wasn't affected
that
> bad.
>
> Good luck in Tire Shopping!
>
> Rob Robinson
> 96 Sport SB SC
> 318 3.55
> Air by Meldrum
>
>
>
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