17" dodge ram sport wheels and the tires are 34x11.5x17

 

I see that tire wear pattern quite often up here. It's is caused buy over driving the vehicle into corners, most times its a young person that is new to driving in the mountain twisteys.

What kind of area do you drive in/on.

Edit: How many times in the last year have you rotated your tires? and why bias ply they wear much faster than a radial tire.

 

Michigan, mostly level ground. I picked them up, because I take the truck to the dunes during the summer, and this was a good pattern for me.

Plus, I picked them up real cheap. It was $300 for the set, mounted and balanced on the rims. They were new old stock and kept in doors in phenomenal shape, so it was hard to say no.

I probably do corner a bit fast in them. If that's what's causing it, I can adjust my driving style. I haven't rotated them yet. I'm doing it this weekend. There's still a ton of tread left, and when they go on the back tires, it'll wear back even, but i just want to make sure something else isnt going on.

They do tend to pull quite a bit on uneven roads. It makes driving interesting. I'm still trying to figure out if its tire related or something in the steering / suspension - which is why I'm asking about the wear pattern.

 

Could you put up actual pictures of the tires showing the wear? That would be more helpful.

These have to be load range C right? Due to the max 30 psi on the sidewall. Even if you were to use at max, I think 30 psi is pushing it on the low end for these trucks as a DD. Bias ply makes them more supple even, iirc. Used on the dune and some aired down, yeah, great tire. But for DD, seems pushing it.

Aside from that brainstorm, its good to think if suspension/steering related. Hence, the request for actual picture of the front end and tires to get some other eyes on it.

 

I would be rotating those tires at every 3000-5000 miles. By the time the worn tires are back to norm the front ones will look the same as the worn one's do now, you will just be chasing your own tail, the worn tire's will never match up to the other two again. Bias ply tires will pull you around on the road more than a radial tire will; it's that type of tire. Did the allignment shop give you a print out, if so compare it to the settings from this link.

http://dodgeram.org/tech/specs/00_steer_specs.html

 

Ive never seen a tire wear back even. Once they get a wear pattern to them, thats it, they'll wear like that for the rest of their life

 

Run them overinflated for a while. Even load range C tires should have a max PSI of 35..... Are the bias ply tires different?

 

I went to Mickey T tire site and it seems that the other two Bias Ply tires they make are Max psi of 30. The tire the op has is NLA and mickeys site no longer shows the tire specs.

What the recommend tire psi listed on your trucks door? I would try 32psi first.

Back in the late 70's when I used to drive with Bias ply tires you could put 85psi(truck tire) in them and they would last forever, then radials came into play.

 

the tire had a warning that at 40PSI they could explode, so I didnt push it.

if the fronts go to the back, they will wear even. the wear patten isnt off on one side or anything - its uniform.

I'm just hitting 5000 miles on them, hence I am rotating them this weekend.

I tried taking actual photos, but they came out terrible.

 

the tread is wearing at each side like this: at this part of the tread if you look at my original pic.