custm2500

Yea never hear anything bad about BFg KO for sure! I have seen them run 90,000 miles! Only once on a jeep but they did.

MossyOakMan

I'm running 275/70R18 Goodyear Duratracs on my '06 Lariat. I love 'em. Super quiet on the highway and great traction in the dirt/mud. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with BFGs what-so-ever, I just went with the Goodyears this time. Plus, the Duratracs where quite a bit cheaper for me as well.

ford4wd08

for me the price difference was about 3 or for dollars a tire between the KM2's adnd the duratrac in the same size, so i went with the KM2's and love them!!

greengoose

I wanted to bump this article to the top as it was the exact argument I was looking for. A bit old but seems to hold much value. :-)

Bamadude

I have the BGF A/T's, loved them! I have 285/65/18's on mine w/out the kevlar since im not towing alot..makes the price a lil cheaper if you go that route! I think I spent $1000..good luck

sgtpatiolantern

My boss has the Goodyears on his truck and they are a great tire. But they are loud. They also tend to wander on the highway uder load. In extreme cold they are as hard as hockey pucks. Great all around tire.

I have the BFGs, winter rated on my truck. I think a better all around tire. Better price, and better highway handling. Not too noisy, but there is some noise over the stock tires.

I suppose it would depend on the driving you do. Our company runs both and we have had maybe two failures in the past five years. Neither were the tire's fault.

MHC-F150

First off, let me say sorry for bringing this thread back from the grave. But figured it'd be best to continue my original thread than begin a new one.

Also, I've been doing plenty of searching this site, as well as others the past 2 weeks or so, but have not yet received clear confirmation. My question is below a little bit, but also my experience.

The 275/70R18 BFG TA KO's I bought back in 2010 have 26K on them, and have maybe 5K left, but want to get new tires prior to winter hitting. Overall, the roughly 30K I should get out of these BFG's I guess is okay, but was hoping for a little more with the 3K tire rotations and meticulous tire pressure monitoring. Also, at least one of the tires is out of round, but wasn't noticed/noticeable until well after purchase. So hope I can get a little credit on them since when purchased they had a 50K warranty. As for the tire itself, it was decent, but nothing special IMO. Good in dry and wet weather, alright in light snow, not that good in heavy snow or icy conditions. Ride is firm, but was expected. Road noise never that bad, but has increased as the tread has worn down.

I am now looking in replacing these BFG's with the DuraTracs this time around. I'm leaning towards the 295/65R18 size and need help knowing whether or not they will fit on my stock suspension 2006 F150 4x4 with stock 18" rims? I do not want to lift/level the truck, want to keep on the stock rims and do not want to trim, but also do not want any rubbing either. Will there be any seating issues with the rim, since the 295 DuraTracs are rated for an 8.0-10.0 rim? As well, will there be any abnormal wear since the rim is smaller than approved for the 295's?

Anyone with this particular setup (stock suspension/rim F150 4x4 running 295's on 18" rims)? Anyone have any pics they can share? I see plenty of people running 295's on aftermarket and stock rims, but everyone has a 2"+ level and/or lift. The local shop believes they will fit without issue, and we will do a dry run at purchase time. But want others experience first, so I know whether or not to even give it a try when the time comes.

The 295's are just slightly shorter than the 275's, but are still rated as a 33" tire. The difference I'm looking at is the almost 1" increase in width. The 275/70R18's provide the desired 33" height wanted, but disliked the skinny look of the 275/70 tire in comparison to the height. This always bugged me and seemed exaggerated from certain angles. So want to get it right this time. I don't perform any heavy duty off-road, typically just a trail or very light off-roading from time to time.

Any thoughts, suggestions or assistance would be greatly appreciated!

OldMansTruck

I would not run a 295 on a stock height truck. I ran the 275/70R18's on my truck stock and leveled and was a good fit overall. Once leveled i switched to the 295/70R18's and i couldn't picture this tire on the front of a non leveled F150. Also if you want better mileage look at the Terra Grappler G2 and the Open Country AT2. I consistenly got 30-40k miles out of my Terra Grapplers and i drive my truck like a Corvette.

Attached is a picture of my truck with the old 295/70R18 Terra Grapplers, the 295/70R18 ST Maxx beside the 275/70R18 Terra Grapplers and my truck now with the 295/70R18 ST Maxx's installed.

MHC-F150

Thanks partner! Truck looks very nice and clean. Like the look of the ST Maxx tires, I've looked at them and been intrigued. What's your experience with them? How are they in snowy/icy conditions? I've heard various conflicting results.

The 275/70R18's are on my stock F150 currently, and the height it just about perfect IMO, and why I want to stick with the 33" tire. My only thought about your post, is you state you're running 295/70, which is a 34.3" tire, where I'm looking at the 295/65, which is a 33.1" tire. So my tire would be roughly 1" shorter overall than what you are running currently. The 275/70 I'm running currently is a 33.2" tire, so I'd actually be reducing ever so slightly in tire height. The major factor is simply the width, going from a 10.83" tire to the 11.61" wide tire.

Do you truly think that almost 1" increase in width would require a level? Would the rubbing occur on the valance, control arm, or the mud flap body panel in normal driving conditions? Or do you think such rubbing would occur in more aggressive off-road/pot hole type situations?

OldMansTruck

I am in Georgia so all i will see is heavy ice conditions. Judging by looks alone it will do just fine in any situations i can find. The 295 is just a good bit wider than a 275 especially when left on the stock narrow wheels which will cause the side walls to bulge just a bit. My personal opinion though would be simply to run a 275/70 without a level or go to a 295/70 with a level. If you wanted 295/65 i would go with a wider wheel to really set off the look of the wider tire.