My '05 4x4 SLT needs new tires. It has 49,884 miles on them.
I have the original RT/S tires on them.
My first thought is to just buy 3 new ones and use the spare, to save some cash.
I can get them around my area for about $150 installed and balanced.
I know from reading the messages in here that they aren't the best tire.
I'm ok with that if I can save some money using the spare.

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I like the raised white letters and am not looking for a super-aggressive tire because they wouldn't look right on my truck.
I'm open to suggestions though.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

I recomend Hankook ATMs. I love mine they are quiet on the road and handle off road 1,000,000,000x better than the stock tires, what ever they were. The extra with of the 265s makes all the difference

 

Second the hankooks!

 

i have had the pep boys a/t tires, so far i love them great bang for your buck. check out the link for pics

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...eling-kit.html

 

I have the BFG - All terrain, 265/75/16, love them

 

hankook at/m are good tires. The rt/s aren't the good years that we all hate. Our hatred is specifically reserved for the OEM version of the Good Year SR/A tires that came on many of our trucks. If yours came with the RT/S, you are already a step above.

That being said, hankook AT/M or Michelin LTX are great all season/all terrain tires that will be quiet on road too.

 

I had the RT/S tires, and I can't say anything really bad about them. They didn't do too bad in the snow either.
But your spare is from 2005, that's 6 years old already. I wouldn't use an old tire with 3 new ones, just sayin...

 

If you use your spare tire you have no more spare tire. Kind of defeats the purpose. Whatever tire you decide to go with, get all 4.

 

Sounds like you are looking for some budget tires.....

Hankooks are good tires, but you are looking at 650+ for them...

A good all around tire try the Dayton Timberlines. a reasonable tire for the price....also typically getting tires reserved online saves you a few $$$ too

Or dare I say... like a Big-O- or something.

make sure to check CL there are always someone trying to get rid of tires for a price.

 

I should have mentioned that a couple of months ago, one of my tires was going bad, probably a broken belt I was told, so I took the spare off and replaced the bad tire with it.
The spare is the full original sized tire that matches the RT/S.
So right now, I have one basically new tire and 3 worn out ones. The spare is the bad one.
If I bought 3 RT/S's, I would put them on the truck, remove the bad spare and replace it with one of the other worn ones. That would work fine if I flatted some where.

Is there anything wrong with using the '05 spare tire, that's sat for 6 years?