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I just bought a set of Good Year Wrangler Ultra Terrains. I haven't installed them yet, but they are supposed to be a very easy to live with, and quiet tire for an A/T tread this aggressive. They're also supposed to return decent teadwear. I hear people claiming to get 60K+ miles out of them. They're supposed to be a little heavy for a 275/55-20, but I don't find them to feel particularly heavy for a tire this size when I pick them up, but they're supposed to be 47 lbs. They're a LT tire. Good Year makes them for Discount Tire.
I have the Ultra Terrains on my Tacoma. I have close to 20,000 miles on them, and the tread still looks like new. They have a slight hum at highway speeds but are not excessively loud. And that is on a 17 year old Tacoma, they are probably quieter on a F150.
BUT...I've had some issues on wet pavement. I got sideways and off the road on wet pavement in November. Fortunately, it was a flat grassy spot and I could just drive back to pavement with no damage. Was doing about 25 on a narrow, curvy back road. I coasted through an S curve and when I gave the truck some gas coming out of the last curve the rear of the truck passed the front and I ran off the road pointed in the opposite direction.
I have Toyo's on my Ford. They have gotten very loud after about 40,000 miles, were great before that. They are supposed to be a 60,000 mile tire, but I won't keep them that long. Looking for something quieter as well. I've had a good experience with Cooper AT3's in the past. I will look closely at the newer version of that.
Put on another set of the Michelin LTX/AT2 that was OEM for the '14.
Tread pattern appears to be a rather low aggressiveness, but have no doubts on over 100K miles if age (10 years) hadn't pulled the trigger first, 91K at replacement and still plenty before the treadlife bars.
One of those compromises I was willing to make - not really great at anything, but really good all-around for what I was after - decent traction, treadlife, and highway noise (low).
Yes, they are quite spendy, but looked at installed cost (tires, mounting, balancing, disposal, etc.) by miles towards a lower cost per mile estimate.
I have the Ultra Terrains on my Tacoma. I have close to 20,000 miles on them, and the tread still looks like new. They have a slight hum at highway speeds but are not excessively loud. And that is on a 17 year old Tacoma, they are probably quieter on a F150.
BUT...I've had some issues on wet pavement. I got sideways and off the road on wet pavement in November. Fortunately, it was a flat grassy spot and I could just drive back to pavement with no damage. Was doing about 25 on a narrow, curvy back road. I coasted through an S curve and when I gave the truck some gas coming out of the last curve the rear of the truck passed the front and I ran off the road pointed in the opposite direction.
I have Toyo's on my Ford. They have gotten very loud after about 40,000 miles, were great before that. They are supposed to be a 60,000 mile tire, but I won't keep them that long. Looking for something quieter as well. I've had a good experience with Cooper AT3's in the past. I will look closely at the newer version of that.
Out of curiosity what type of PSI's do your Ultra Terrains operate best in? I know they're rated up to 51 PSI, and I've read were they don't work as well at 35 PSI as most 1/2 ton tires do, and many seem to like to run them at 40-44 PSI's? What is your opinion on this? How do they handle overall? Obviously our trucks aren't Z06's, but I don't like to do mods that make my truck handle worse than it does from the factory.
