Truck Tires - Looking To Replace

[Thermobrett]

Hi All
Looking for some recommendations on truck tires. We have a 2022 GMC Yukon XL 2WD and its time to replace some tires. We currently have the factory Bridgestone Alenza (275/50/22) tires that came from the factory when we ordered the truck new back in late 2021. I see some really good reviews on the Michelin LTX M/S but interested to see if anyone has any other options. This question may be like "what's the best oil to use" and everyone has their own opinion. The current tires are coming upon 48,000 miles, no towing anymore and in central Florida so quiet ride and rain are the most important factors. The Alenza tires is good, but seeing if anyone has other options. Any real time reviews / feedback is greatly appreciated on what you use!

 

[2kwik4u]

I really like the Continental Terrain Contact ATs I put on my Sierra. Likely a bit too aggressive for your use, but they are highly rated for wet traction.

I've also used Extreme Contact DWS06 from Continental on my Audi. They also had exceptional wet traction and lasted quite a while each time I had them. They're also a much more street oriented tire. Highly recommend those.

 

[Bottom Bracket]

Those Michelins are great tires. Before I installed a suspension system on my tow pig the Michelins are all I ever ran.
I still run those on my beater truck.
The tow pig is now running Falken Wildpeaks 37's. This is the best big tire I have run on the road, comparing to Interco iroks, general red labels and Goodyears mtr.

 

[kgower]

My 21 GMC AT4 came with 275 12.50 22's Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Currently 52K miles and will probably get to 60K before changing in the spring. My driving is about 75% highway, and the noise isn't too bad. I hear good things about the new Nitto Terra.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Michelin LTX M/S 2 tires are great, just put them on, they replaced my worn out Michelin LTX M/S tires that 50,000 miles on them and could have gone another 10,000 as they were not onto the wear bars yet. I’ve run these tires since 1991 on all my full size trucks. Quiet, smooth, great in the rain, great handling and long life. Speed rating of 106 mph a continuous at full load.

 

[Thermobrett]

This is an odd tire size, unless I go with an off brand, I have narrowed down to the following.

Michelin Defender LTX MS2
Cooper Pro Control
General Tire Grabber HTS60

All the tire shops around want over $1000, but I can find them significantly cheaper on eBay, shipped to the house for free and then take them to have them mounted and balanced at a local shop. Should save me about $200 bucks.

 

[zpaul]

This is an odd tire size, unless I go with an off brand, I have narrowed down to the following.

Michelin Defender LTX MS2
Cooper Pro Control
General Tire Grabber HTS60

All the tire shops around want over $1000, but I can find them significantly cheaper on eBay, shipped to the house for free and then take them to have them mounted and balanced at a local shop. Should save me about $200 bucks.

So what happens if one eBay tire is bad and the shop can’t balance it?
I usually look for tires at dealerships. They run buy 3 get one free specials all the time and include 2 year road hazard warranty for free.
Just got my wife new tires and Toyota dealer was $150 cheaper than Discount tire where road hazard was not even included.
Also was surprised that dealer offered tons of different choices, ended up with same Bridgestone tires since we managed 70k on those and they still looked like we could put another 10k.

 

[2kwik4u]

So what happens if one eBay tire is bad and the shop can’t balance it?
I usually look for tires at dealerships. They run buy 3 get one free specials all the time and include 2 year road hazard warranty for free.
Just got my wife new tires and Toyota dealer was $150 cheaper than Discount tire where road hazard was not even included.
Also was surprised that dealer offered tons of different choices, ended up with same Bridgestone tires since we managed 70k on those and they still looked like we could put another 10k.

Not sure about eBay, but I've done this same dance with TireRack for years. Local tire guys got to know me and flat out told me once "I can't compete on price, I'm not going to try". He followed that up with "I'll make my money on you through service. Mounting, balancing, flat repairs, rotations. Those I'll charge you for. If you want to spend the cash up front and buy from me, you get that stuff free. I'm making the same regardless". We agreed that I preferred the control of shopping/ordering online, but liked his service and rates. It worked out really really well as a mutually agreed setup. I'm going to miss those guys now that I'm in NY instead of So IN.

To your question though, I had a Pirelli that simply WOULD NOT balance. Even on a road force machine. Tire Rack warrantied the tire and had a new one overnighted to me for next day installation. Was a pretty painless experience overall.

 

[Thermobrett]

So what happens if one eBay tire is bad and the shop can’t balance it?
I usually look for tires at dealerships. They run buy 3 get one free specials all the time and include 2 year road hazard warranty for free.
Just got my wife new tires and Toyota dealer was $150 cheaper than Discount tire where road hazard was not even included.
Also was surprised that dealer offered tons of different choices, ended up with same Bridgestone tires since we managed 70k on those and they still looked like we could put another 10k.

I see all the shops that are selling tires on eBay have a 30 day return policy as long as they haven't been used on the road. But good call on the dealer. I have a bunch of GM points I may be able to use, might help a little. I wasn't even thinking the dealership for tires, I try to stray away unless I'm there for a recall.

 

[zpaul]

I see all the shops that are selling tires on eBay have a 30 day return policy as long as they haven't been used on the road. But good call on the dealer. I have a bunch of GM points I may be able to use, might help a little. I wasn't even thinking the dealership for tires, I try to stray away unless I'm there for a recall.

Yes, eBay will replace tire for free but you’ll pay local shop unmount, mount, balance the tire and your savings are gone. Small chance but can happen.
I bought wheels and tires from eBay. Seller said they had TPMS installed in them. Put on the truck TPMS not working, went to tire shop which found no sensors there. Ended up paying $200 more to put those in. What seller did - no partial refund just sent me used sensors. Like thanks dude I’ll just through those in the wheels myself for free.
Painful “let me save some cash” lessons.

 

[Bottom Bracket]

Buy your tires at a clean shop with an alignment rack.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I forgot to add about Discount Tire’s road hazard warranty which is $40 per tire these days. I have bought my tires exclusively through Discoutn tire or it’s affiliate since 1991.

Their road hazard warranty is NOT pro rated. If the tire has legal tread and is not older than 8 year and it gets a flat that is not repairable then you get a new tire, you will pay another $40 road hazard on the replaced tire IF you want that. Included in the tire purchase is life time balancing and rotation. I can’t recall right now for sure but I think flats are fixed without charge with the road hazard warranty.

There is no way I’m going to buy my tires from some eBay seller, there is wayyy too much riding on my tires.

Be sure in your comparison you compare all aspects of the tires, load and speed rating, mileage guarantee.. I can for sure say that “getting a good deal” is not always such a good deal.

One time I had a RV tire fail on my toy hauler and I was out of town. I called America’s tire, Discounts CA affiliate, and asked them for help in replacing the tire while I was on vacation. The guy at America’s tire aske to put me on hold, he came back about 5 mins later and told me where I could find a replacement tire, about 20 miles from my location, he told me go there and pay for the tire and save the receipt, and to bring the bad tire back the shop when I got back and they would reimburse me. I went and got the tire where he told me to go which was a very small shop in a very small town, and when I got home they stayed true to their word and reimbursed me for the tire. That right there earned my loyalty to that chain of tire stores. And their prices are competitive, and those guys crank out the tire changes, they are proffessional and use torque wrenches to tighten the lugs. Again, no way am I going cheap on my tires.

 

[zpaul]

I forgot to add about Discount Tire’s road hazard warranty which is $40 per tire these days. I have bought my tires exclusively through Discoutn tire or it’s affiliate since 1991.

Their road hazard warranty is NOT pro rated. If the tire has legal tread and is not older than 8 year and it gets a flat that is not repairable then you get a new tire, you will pay another $40 road hazard on the replaced tire IF you want that. Included in the tire purchase is life time balancing and rotation. I can’t recall right now for sure but I think flats are fixed without charge with the road hazard warranty.

There is no way I’m going to buy my tires from some eBay seller, there is wayyy too much riding on my tires.

Be sure in your comparison you compare all aspects of the tires, load and speed rating, mileage guarantee.. I can for sure say that “getting a good deal” is not always such a good deal.

One time I had a RV tire fail on my toy hauler and I was out of town. I called America’s tire, Discounts CA affiliate, and asked them for help in replacing the tire while I was on vacation. The guy at America’s tire aske to put me on hold, he came back about 5 mins later and told me where I could find a replacement tire, about 20 miles from my location, he told me go there and pay for the tire and save the receipt, and to bring the bad tire back the shop when I got back and they would reimburse me. I went and got the tire where he told me to go which was a very small shop in a very small town, and when I got home they stayed true to their word and reimbursed me for the tire. That right there earned my loyalty to that chain of tire stores. And their prices are competitive, and those guys crank out the tire changes, they are proffessional and use torque wrenches to tighten the lugs. Again, no way am I going cheap on my tires.

Good points!
Toyota gives 2 year hazard warranty, first year tire replaced with new one, second year they prorate. Any Toyota dealer will cover it if you travel, or if you use some other shop than you need to apply to get reimbursed.
And you do not get free balancing and tire rotation, I believe they charge $10 per tire for rotation. I do my own. So if you do 15k a year and rotate every 5k that's another $120 a year at Toyota.
Also when I change tires I do alignment as well!

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

On my current 2020 F-350 CC, I have never done an alignment and I think I only rotated this last set of Michelins twice, and the tires wore uniformly. I used to rotate my tires myself at each oil change, so roughly every 8,000 miles. Now I just keep a close eye on them and rotate them on a condition based agenda.

Like I said, the Discount tire road hazard warranty is unparalleled… and most of their techs do a fantastic job of balancing he tires with as little weights as necessary, I bought one set in Alamogordo NM when I was on my way home from hunting, one tire had gotten the side wall slash open by a hidden volcanic rock, and the young man who mounted my tires took his time and re positioned the tires a couple of times on the rim and all the tires were perfectly balanced with no weights on the rims, I didn’t think that was possible, but I saw it with my own eyes.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Today was the first test of the new Michelin tires on snow and ice, they work very well! Better than the last version so progress in traction.

 

[BlkGS]

Sam's club or Costco first of all. Road hazed included (but prorated). Best prices and install is pretty cheap.

Secondly, why are you looking at M/S and similar tires for a 2WD? For the look, or because that's what you saw, or trying to get the most off-road grip you can for 2WD? A regular all season tire is going to be much easier to live with if the truck is just a highway cruiser...

 

[Thermobrett]

Its an odd tires size, and did some 2024 tire reviews, picked a few that had really good reviews and started drilling down on them. Oddly enough, Costco was $50-100 more expensive compared to tire shops around that offered flat repair and free balance and rotation for the life of the tires, I was surprised. For looks, I wanted something more than a standard low profile tire, the gap between the top of the tire and wheel well is pretty large, so I was hoping a beefier tread would make that look not so noticeable, but still keep a quiet ride and good in the rain. Most off-road driving I do is a gravel driveway, or when my wife parks on the sprinkler heads on the tree lawn.

 

[AZMark]

I forgot to add about Discount Tire’s road hazard warranty which is $40 per tire these days. I have bought my tires exclusively through Discoutn tire or it’s affiliate since 1991.

Their road hazard warranty is NOT pro rated. If the tire has legal tread and is not older than 8 year and it gets a flat that is not repairable then you get a new tire, you will pay another $40 road hazard on the replaced tire IF you want that. Included in the tire purchase is life time balancing and rotation. I can’t recall right now for sure but I think flats are fixed without charge with the road hazard warranty.

There is no way I’m going to buy my tires from some eBay seller, there is wayyy too much riding on my tires.

Be sure in your comparison you compare all aspects of the tires, load and speed rating, mileage guarantee.. I can for sure say that “getting a good deal” is not always such a good deal.

One time I had a RV tire fail on my toy hauler and I was out of town. I called America’s tire, Discounts CA affiliate, and asked them for help in replacing the tire while I was on vacation. The guy at America’s tire aske to put me on hold, he came back about 5 mins later and told me where I could find a replacement tire, about 20 miles from my location, he told me go there and pay for the tire and save the receipt, and to bring the bad tire back the shop when I got back and they would reimburse me. I went and got the tire where he told me to go which was a very small shop in a very small town, and when I got home they stayed true to their word and reimbursed me for the tire. That right there earned my loyalty to that chain of tire stores. And their prices are competitive, and those guys crank out the tire changes, they are proffessional and use torque wrenches to tighten the lugs. Again, no way am I going cheap on my tires.

I’ve had the same experience with Discount. I cut 2 tires in Moab and they spoke with the local shop about the damage so that I didn’t have to haul 2 big ass tires all the way back to Phoenix. They also reimbursed me for a used tire that I needed to get home.

@Thermobrett if you want to fill that gap get a taller tire. You have some wiggle room to resize from stock, particularly on a truck.

 

[Shack]

I personally love discount tire. My last 3 sets I’ve asked if they would do half price on the road hazards and they happily said yes. Buy 2 get 2!