Gary, need your advice, this time for my 4X4 rig

[Guest84]

I have a 1997 F250 Heavy Duty XLT with a 4.10 rear end, Heavy duty coils, and rear anti-sway bar, combined with after-market Rancho 9000x adjustable gas shocks, and Firestone Ride rite airbags. This rig carrys a 2500 lb. camper while towing a 20 ft. boat. I'm pushing about 800 lbs. over GVW and I'd like to match up a good set of tires, E rating, 10 ply at a minimum. Do you have a recommendation? The previous owner had Toyo A/T Open Country 235/85 16" E rated 10 ply. They're getting alittle long in the tooth and its time for a new pair of shoes...

Here is a pic prior to putting on the Rancho 9000x's and the Air bags.
http://home.comcast.net/~ripsnort60/Holiday.jpg

[Gary@Tirerack]

I have a 1997 F250 Heavy Duty XLT with a 4.10 rear end, Heavy duty coils, and rear anti-sway bar, combined with after-market Rancho 9000x adjustable gas shocks, and Firestone Ride rite airbags. This rig carrys a 2500 lb. camper while towing a 20 ft. boat. I'm pushing about 800 lbs. over GVW and I'd like to match up a good set of tires, E rating, 10 ply at a minimum. Do you have a recommendation? The previous owner had Toyo A/T Open Country 235/85 16" E rated 10 ply. They're getting alittle long in the tooth and its time for a new pair of shoes...

Here is a pic prior to putting on the Rancho 9000x's and the Air bags.
http://home.comcast.net/~ripsnort60/Holiday.jpg


Wow... to be honest this is not my area of expertise...! That being said we do carry many tires in the 235/85R16 sizing, and quite a few are E load range tires. I don't have a specific brand/model recommendation per se, but if its mostly highway driving check out the highway A/S catagory, otherwise the A/T catagory if you need a more aggressive tread pattern. In this case you may want to rely a bit more on the survey results and customer feedback since we do very little testing of these types of tires.

http://www.tirerack.com/a.jsp?a=AB2&url=/tires/index.jsp

[Guest84]

Thanks Gary. Looks like the Bridgestone Dueler A/T revo has good reviews.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ORAT

I think I may go with this one.

[Gary@Tirerack]

Thanks Gary. Looks like the Bridgestone Dueler A/T revo has good reviews.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ORAT

I think I may go with this one.

This is one of the few larger truck tires that we've driven on for some limited testing. Strong wet traction, quiet for an A/T tire... good choice overall.

[Desertnate]

This is one of the few larger truck tires that we've driven on for some limited testing. Strong wet traction, quiet for an A/T tire... good choice overall.

I was looking at the same tire for my Sequoia. Do you have any published tests on the website. I found only three or four SUV/Truck tire tests and the Revo wasn't included. Did I miss it somewhere?

[Gary@Tirerack]

I was looking at the same tire for my Sequoia. Do you have any published tests on the website. I found only three or four SUV/Truck tire tests and the Revo wasn't included. Did I miss it somewhere?

We haven't done a full test on these, but have driven on them in a less-official manner. Feedback has been extremely positive on these from some of our own employees who have purchased them as well.

[Guest84]

I was looking at the same tire for my Sequoia. Do you have any published tests on the website. I found only three or four SUV/Truck tire tests and the Revo wasn't included. Did I miss it somewhere?
One of the guys I speak with on an RV website has a combination very similiar to mine, and he loves his Bridgestones, sad he had 5,000 miles on them. Looks like it'll hold the load range that I want.

[Desertnate]

One of the guys I speak with on an RV website has a combination very similiar to mine, and he loves his Bridgestones, sad he had 5,000 miles on them. Looks like it'll hold the load range that I want.

I was wondering about the load usage for your purposes. For me it is no big deal. I will most likely never go over GRVW and even that that weight is no where near yours. I would have thought you needed a heavy load rated light truck tire.

[Guest84]

I was wondering about the load usage for your purposes. For me it is no big deal. I will most likely never go over GRVW and even that that weight is no where near yours. I would have thought you needed a heavy load rated light truck tire.
3024 each tire, X 2 gives me 6,048 combined. I'm at 5600 on rear axle (with camper on, wet), so I'm close to that 6,048. I didn't see the Bridgestone in a rating higher than an E unless I missed something.