Tires - BFG vs. Michelin
 

Wife's 2500 CTD crew cab 4X4 needs new tires. Mostly city and weekend camping, towing 5,000lbs...new trailer soon might be closer to 8,000lbs. Desert trips, some slow off road driving in rocks and sand. Been looking at BFG's Rugged Trail TA and also Michelin LTX A/T2. Both get great reviews all over the web but BFG's are much less expensive....by the toon of about $180 for the truck to be done. Size is LT275/70R16. Can someone tell me if the Michelin's are really worth more money? I've heard both tires are made by Michelin in the same plant.

I do not think they are worth the extra cash, the BFG's are alright but I know for towing and have used them in the past a set of Pro Comps are a very nice tire.
If you are set on just the two types the BFG would be my choice.

i've been eyeing up the new nitto terra grappler AT tires. had BFG stuff before liked it. never had the michelin man tho.

I had the bfg rugged trail tires stock on my 07. I got 26,000 miles out of them towing 8,000 pounds on average 3 days a week. I'm going to try the nitto terra graplers in the next week or two.

my dad has the michelin ltx tires on his 2000 and got 68,000 out of them. Went got the same tires after he replaced the first set. Sounds like my dad and u do about the same stuff with your trucks. He rotated them every 3000miles and didn't abuse them. I have heard that the BFG's will last also if you rotae them every 3000miles also. I have a set of Michelin's on my 02 and love em. hopes this helps

even though not mentioned here and more expensive... Pro Com Xtreme AT's... 85k miles on them, still plenty of tread left (may make 100k lol) as they are not down to the wear bars yet.

Also TOYO MT's would be a great choice Grumpy John 4X4 Im running PRO-Comp Extemes 315-75-16 Going back to TOYO"s 1994 12 valve Full boat Carli suspension 3" shocks snow meth-h20 injection ATS Manifold AFE Cleaner Full Billet Suncoast trans & convertor& flex plate 3000 gov spring kit port and polished head custom plate, Mopar Horton fan Mag HY tech covers

tires have a big effect on MPG due to their rolling resistance

very soon all the tire makers will have to stamp the side of the tire with a rolling resistance rating because of a new US Federal Law passed a few months ago, but they are not stamped yet

when you get your choice down to 2 or 3 tires
considering calling the 800 telephone number of the tire company and ask to speak to an engineer who could tell you the rolling resistance of the tire you are interested in. In the past they would not give out this information, but now they probably will since the new law

with ULSD probably staying in the $3.50 to $4.50 range per gallon during the lifetime of a set of tires, the MPG effect of the tire will be as much money as the purchase price of the new tires. Keep this in mind with your decision, but if you are like me you always put wet and dry pavement stopping distance at the front of your list of priorities.

I had the BFG's on my last truck and got 74K miles out of them. I had the Mich's on this truck and got 60K out of them. I liked both tires.

Load Range
 

What ever you do make sure to get load range "E" tires. I really loved my 35" BFGs until they come apart at 25000 miles. That's when I noticed I had bought the wrong load range. I had gotten Ds instead of Es. My mistake. I now have ProComps from the advice of good people here on this site. Espeacialy the moderators. Good luck!