I just bought a set of Grabber at2's 305/70/16 with m/t classic II's. Good looking tires with lots of tread. Nice driving tire. Replaced shocks with KYB Monomax's $200. Drives like a new truck with 124000 miles. Only a few miles on them so far. They really look great with the wheels. I will try to post pics later in the wheel and tire forum. I'm not sure what the break down in cost was. I just told the guy what I wanted. $1450 for everything. Another tire dealer quoted $190 each for tire.
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1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9L
50 Series SUV Flowmaster Single In Dual Out
3 Inch Body Lift
305/70/16 General Grabber AT2's
Mickey Thompson Classic II's
The Tire I like best is the BFG 275/70/16 AT KOs. But they are pricey, however IMO you have to live with what ever you buy for several years or 30,000 to 50,000 miles anyway, so an extra couple hundred bucks to get what I want is worth it to me.
I will say the tires, that tire mfgs make for the auto mfgs are not the same as the ones they typically offer as replacements, there are much better tires that the tire mfgs offer as replacements. I have several 06-07'1/2 ton GM trucks in my business fleet that came with generals from the factory and not one set has lasted more than 30k, and all my employees have been complaining about flats with them. The old Goodyear SRA's that GM use to usewere a little bitbetter, we could typically squeez close to 40k out of those SRA's. That said I have had pretty good luck with Goodyear silent armorsandBFG long trails on my fleet trucks.WhatI am saying is not allGoodyears are like theOEMs.I sure the same would go for Genneral as well. I thinkin part we as consummers can expect worse tires to come on our trucks in the future do to thefed fuel economy standards. I am sure that is in part why so many mfgs have gone to such cheapultra light weight tires, in effort to improve there fuel economy ratings by reducing the rotating mass via theultra lighttires.
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2005 RAM REG CAB LONG BED 4X4 LARAMIE WHITE
2008 DAKOTA CREW CAB 4X4 LARAMIE V8 WHITE
2007 CHEVY SUBURBAN Z71 4X4 5.3L WHITE
Best tires I have bought other than coopers. I love the AT2 design, ride is a little rough for the first 2,000 miles. They grip everything!!!! I have 10,000 miles on the tires now and have worn off less than 1/16.
The Tire I like best is the BFG 275/70/16 AT KOs. But they are pricey, however IMO you have to live with what ever you buy for several years or 30,000 to 50,000 miles anyway, so an extra couple hundred bucks to get what I want is worth it to me.
My dad has had the BFG TA/KO's on his Ram, very good traction but we've been a little disappointed with the tread life, they seem to be wearing down pretty fast (and no he doesn't lay down strips of rubber at every stoplight )
RE: General Grabber AT2
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