Stay with Major Brand, you should be OK.
Best tire for truck at that Price, look at BF-Goodrich Long trail. They are a lot cheaper than other major brands like Michelin, Goodyear, etc... but those tire has great traction and will last just as long.

I just bought some Bridgestone Dueler APT IVs for my wife's Yukon. It cost me 740 installed and that comes with LIFETIME rotate and balance. 60K tread warranty PLUS, if you buy them before the end of april, Bridgestone has a 50 dollar rebate for that tire when you buy 4.

The tire size was 265/70/17. So your tires might be slightly cheaper. They are a nice looking tire:



VERY good reviews. The same as the Bridgestone Dueler AT Revos. But they will cost you about 800 at sears. But the revos come with less tread depth and only a 50K warranty. So we went with the APT IV.

BTW, I have bridgestone dueler ATs on my truck. They have about 20K on them and look almost brand new. Very good and even treadwear. The bad thing is that the Dueler ATs do not come with a treadwear warranty.

WAIT, i ust really read your post. You can get these for a good price:

Nitto Dura Grappler:
Should cost about 150 or less Mounted and balanced for your size
50K treadwear warranty
VERY good highway light truck tire. Good mileage and good for wet roads or any time you have to veer off the road for some reason.

I have goodyear wrangler authority AT great tire, am using most offroad and has very good traction even in my 2wd. when researching for tires found that the best for highway is a general grabber hp or something like that rated for highway

ive got the goodyear duratracs and i love them. for 33's they were about 155 per tire at discount tires. ive put about 10,000 on em and dont look like they've worn at all. the only thing i dont like about them is the sidewall, they're a bit squishier than normal when aired down but you said you dont go offroad too much so not a problem for you.

and they look great

I've been running a set of Toyo open country AT's for a year now, I like them alot.
I use my truck on the highway.
I've also been running Toyos on my cars for over 15 years with good results.

This is what I have on my truck, I don't know anyone who has these but I like em, Kumho Road Venture APT. Only 130 per tire too