1) Mostly highway but some offroad such as driving on the beach/sand and the occasional mud hole when hunting.

2) I'm running the 17's and very happy with them.

 

Yep, pretty much need to know where you go/what you do.

And oldjeep, Florida can be pretty diverse. Many people never venture off pavement, but those who do can go pretty much from the swamps and deep mud to the beaches or intercoastal where it's not unlike driving in the desert of say Arizona. Obviously a tire suited for one wouldn't be the best choice for the other.

I remember about two and a half years ago I went to the beach with this chick and watched a big a$$, lifted Ford F350 Diesel with some serious mud tires that looked to be about 37 or 38" get about 10' off the concrete ramp down to the beach and bury the front down to the bumper. The more he tried to turn them mudders, either forward or reverse, the deeper he buried that thing. Girls in little Kia front wheel drive cars with 13" street only tires were going around him on their way down to the beach. LOL.
I couldn't do sh*t for him cause I was there in this chick's Celica. You KNOW that summbiotch was embarrassed...

 

Then if you want a pretty nice AT at a decent price I would recommend that you look at the Firestone Destination A/T. It has very good reviews, I run them on the back of my truck (17's also).

They are $142 each in the 265/70R17 size
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....&autoModel=Ram 1500 SLT 2wd&autoModClar=Crew Cab

 

True enough, my parents live in South Florida. One of the things you need to be carefull of there is that you pick a tire that can handle the heat at highway speeds.

 

Thanks for the input, guys. Obviously pretty much anything will be better than the Goodyear Wrangler's I have on there and if those horrible excuse for a tire don't give me a problem in sand, snow, or light mud then any one of these tires should be a huge increase in traction.

 

I kinda like the Nitto Terra Grapps myself. I have found it to be awesome on my Grand Cherokee in every environment except deep mud. They are probably the best tire I've ever owned for traction on pavement when we get those torrential rains in Florida and south Georgia. I paid $127.50 each for mine in 265/65/70 flavor locally. Nothing wrong with the Firestone Destination A/T or General Grabber AT2 either...

Mines:

 

Got the general HTS on 99 Durango slt and very good for streets & freeway, tracks and handles like a large sports car, also excellent in the rain. I would say that these tires would not do well offroading of any kind, too much of a street tire.

 

I figured instead of creating a new thread I'd just bring this one back from the dead..
I decided on some tires. I went with the Bridgestone Dueler A/T's in 285/70/17. I've read some reviews on them and they seem like a very reliable tire. I got them for $160 per tire from a friend and mechanic. He sold them to me at the price he's getting them at and I am going with him on Thursday to pick them up and he's going to mount and balance them for free. Below is a link to them on Tire Rack.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes