i had the same problem with my stock goodyears getting flats really easily and the best i found was a 275/60/20 NITTOTerra Grapplerwhich is the stock tire size and if i remember the price was about the same as stock replacements and i say i do love these tires much more tread and better traction. they also seem to be a little harder and dont wear so fast

 

i know there for off roading but why put them on a 4x4? i too have since changed mine, but i didn't like the fact the stock 20's everyone had and was so expensive to put better rubber on. so i went to a 17x9 rim with a 315/75/17 bfg a/t they are nice and give the truck a good look but maybe this winter i'll go with the m/t's i do alot of snowmobiling in remote places and those a/t's are ok but have seen better traction out of the m/t's from a freinds set. i paid 1300.00 dollars for wheels and tires were if i had donejust tires on the 20's it would have been another 200 on top of that.

 

I vote for the Cooper Zeon LTZs from Discount Tire Direct. I've got 'em in 305/50/20 on the stock wheels and they look like they'll handle anything I'll ever drive through.

 

its definately not just the 20's i have the stock good year 17's and hate them. I will never pay for another set of good year tires. This is the second set i've had and absolutely hated both.

 

The stock michellens they put on the 2500's are great highway tires. I have 50,000 miles on mine currently and they still look good. When I need replacing I am going to get 20' incubus rims. They have them with goodyear wranglers but I think I may replace them with some pro comps a/t.

 

Come on guys, what's the first thing you should do during or after the purchase of any new truck? REPLACE the stock cheap, garbage OE tires with good A/T or M/T tires from a respectable tire manufacturer, like BFG's, Toyo, Hankook andCepek,just to name a few.

That's the first thing I did when I purchased my '05 Ram 1500 4x4. Oh yah, it's a HEMI

Thetruck makers install cheap tires (depends on trim model) so us consumers can spend more money on aftermarket tires. That's what makes the world go round. You'd figure that since your buying a truck, it should haveexcellent quality tires on it?

Happy trails from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

 

it's closer to the fact that they use the cheapest tire they can get because thats less money that will leave a company to pay suppliers so they can pocket more money...

 

LT rated tires are much heavier than a passenger series tire and will make your gas mileage worse. And not to mention they cost more. Thats why manufacturers dont use them on all trucks. Unless your going to do some serious off roading or hauling some heavy weight they are not necessary. A misconception is that LT tires are less prone to flats and ruptures. They are made of the same materials as a passenger rated tire. Just because it says it's an LT tire doesnt make it superior to a passenger tire for everyday driving. LT tires just have a stiffer side wall, extra belting, and if your lucky a re-enforced bead to minimize sidewall flex and roll under heavy loads. Lets not forget that LT tires typically have lower speed ratings compared to its passenger series counterpart. I would guess due to simple physics. A heavier rotating mass causes greater stress on the tire.

if you have a 1500 pick-up LT tires are useless. Our 20 inch wrangler tires are rated at somewhere around 2600 lbs a piece. thats's a 10,400 lb load rating for the factory tires. my single cab is a 4700lb truck. If you exceed that then you better be driving a heavy duty cummins and even then thats pushing it over the safe operating range. to surpass that mark in a 1500 youd have to be severly over max tongue rating on your hitch, have a payload that is way to heavy, or both.

 

True but have you priced the oe tires that come stock on our trucks? The last time I looked at them they were $210 a pop and that was the cheapest I could find them. My Nittos which are a much higher quality and handle far better were only $140 with the extended warranty.

 

Good luck finding a stock tire replacement. I had a flat and they said there were only 12 avalible in the country.