I have a Quad Cab SLT 4x4 1500 which came with Soccer Mom Wranger HPs and I got 44k out of the first set one tire got choppy. My driving is mostly Highway and now again mostly highway. I balance them and I rotate them and I check the air pressure regularly. I think this second set won't last 40k miles by the looks of nice even wear/worn tires. The first set I might have, might have rotated once in 44k. Is it normal to get 40k out of a set?
Are there others Dueler or ??? that are better. I mean besides what I don't think is enough miles the Wrangler HP are AWFUL in wet weather I take highway enter/exit ramps in 4 wheel drive when it rains. I have to.

 

The Wrangle HPs are terrible tires for our trucks and everyone here usually ditches them as soon as they can. If I were you I would find a good all season or all terrain (if you do any kind of off roading) that has a 50 or 60k guarantee. My buddy just went with some Nitto Dura Grapplers because of the 60k guarantee

 

Cooper LTZ for me and I have over 60K on them with at leat another 10K on them.
Al.

 

Duelers will not last either. Tires lasting have alot to do with the conditions they are used under. IE towing, how ruff the road surface is. Off roading. Proper inflation.

 

I hated! absolutely HATED the Wrangler HPs that came with my truck! They were SCARY in wet weather... snow was even worse (even with 400# of sandbags in the bed)!

I got BF Goodrich Rugged A/Ts and I don't think I'll ever look back...

 

Ive got 10k on my set of General Grabbers...actually been a great tire in the wet and the dry, mind you not an A/T. Looks like I may get around 40-50k from them.

 

40-45k out of dueler a/t's for me...all sorts of surfaces to include towing the 5x10. Surface streets, lotsa highway, desert trail, and forest roads (snow covered usually).

On my second set now. Again, proper inflation/rotation makes a huge difference.

 

How long the tires last depends on how you take care of them, including alignment and suspension. Of course, that is relative to their expected life to begin with. I kept the original 20" HP's that came on my truck and got 55k out of them. I could have actually gotten a little more out of them but I had one that had been flat and repaired several times and when it found another roofing nail, I just ordered a new set. Most of my driving is on pavement and sometimes towing an RV and I was happy with how they rode, so I ordered another set of HP's and got another 50k or so out of them. However, I wish I had switched to 17" wheels and different tires, so that's what I did the last time. You can go with a harder tire, like a Michelin, and probably get more miles out of them, but they are more expensive and may not ride the same. I have Michelin LTX A/T 2's on my Chevy and they actually improved my ride, but they didn't come cheap.

 

I avoid Good Year, Bridgestone, and their sub-brands. They are all crappy tire brands living off of their brand name despite all of the exploders that they made.
Dunlop, Michelin and BF Goodrich are nice from my experience but Michelins seem to sun-rot too fast.
Steve

 

I agree with you Steve on the Goodyear, but I've also NEVER had good luck on BFG truck tires either.
I'm sold on Mickey Thompson/Dick Cepeks and have been for years. I had a set of Mickey MTXs on my 2nd Gen for 68k and they still had good tread when I traded the truck in. My current Cepek FCIIs have been on the truck since '05, have over 40k on them and easily have 80% original tread on 'em. And I'm traditionally very hard on tires...