Ricktwuhk

You might find these two links of help:

http://www.edmunds.com/how-to/how-to...your-tire.html

How many miles your tires have on them is not relevant. How much tread is left is relevant. Here in the US, any tire store will stick a gauge on each tire and record the tread depth. Hopefully you have rotated the tires every 7,500 miles or so to keep treadwear as even as possible. I would guess that with close to 40,000 miles on them you're down to the last season or so.

Here's a post I put up at the beginning of the month that makes for some interesting reading, based on facts... https://www.f150forum.com/f2/tire-ra...eports-274900/

Top all-season tires are by Michelin, and Goodyear, but NOT the SR-A (I have it also).

I think (my opinion, not based on fact) that many that complain about tires handling in bad weather a) haven't compared tires in similar conditions and b) perhaps don't know how to best drive in the snow (yes, many do but many don't). I grew up in New England, drove bad winters most years, and I could get any car home without much trouble. I remember driving my lousy-handling rear-wheel drive Datsun 280-Z backwards up a hill in my version of front-wheel drive.

As far as driving all winter in 4x4, I assume you meant to say "drive all winter when the roads are bad in 4x4, as you probably know not to drive in 4x4 on dry pavement.

powerranger262

Ok dude. I sleep just fine at night, don't worry about me. I'm just in the general discussion section of a truck forum, posting my experience with something. I never said not to buy them, and come to think of it, I said go for it, buy all the goodyears you want. Bye.

me1234

Another vote for either Michelins or BFG all terrains. We have a Toyota pickup that had 10 year old tires on it. It was horrible in snow, we put some BFGs on it and now it's what I'd expect a compact pickup to be like in 4x4. Michelins are awesome too, just don't expect the aggressive look that other tires have.

terraformer

Yup, Michelin LTX M/S2s here. Have them on all our vehicles, and they are very good in rain and snow.

Like someone wrote above, they don't look great, but as far as I'm concerned, when me and my family are in the vehicle and the conditions are bad, function trumps form every day of the week.

McFlab

Thank you all for your replies, very helpful.

I've decided to keep the Goodyear Wrangler SR-A for summer and invest in safe winter tires. Consequently, I did my homework but the 18'' wheels size is not helping.
Before going into more details: Can I put 17'' wheel/tire on my truck or do I need to stay with 18''?

Now here is my choice in P275/65/R18 winter tires:
1- I cannot get the Goodyear Duratrac/Duratech but I can get the GY Ultragrip Ice. Nobody mentioned it before but it seems like a good one (not cheap though)
2 - I have access to a Bridgestone Blizzak DMVI as well. Anyone tested it?
3 - Finally with Michelin: there website does not give me any results in that size but you guys spoke of the winter Michelin LTX. Does it come in P275/65/R18? The guy at Costco spoke of the Michelin latitude Xice2 as well but again according to my search on the web it does not seem to come in P275/65/R18.

(Note: LTX sound a lot like LaTitude Xice to me, so maybe it's the same one?)

Which of those 3 would you recommend, assuming Michelin actually make one that fit P275/65/R18.

As always, thank for sharing your experience !

Manuellabour247

Yes you can put 17" rims on your truck. It's the smallest sized rim you can put on there. Just make sure they are stock 17's or close to the same backspacing/offset as a stock rim. Should open up your options a bit.

AK49FordTruck

I have Blizzaks on almost every truck in my driveway during the winter months. except Cooper M+S studded on my Excursion. I have DM V1's on my expedition, my dads explorer, grandfathers sport trac, grandmothers chrysler 300C.

on my F-150 i run 265/75 17 Blizzak e-rated on 17" stock wheels...not the best lookin thing but it sticks to the road like glue.

McFlab

Thanks all for your replies.
So I am going for 17'' rims with a Michelin Xice2. I went to Costco and they do have the tires but I need to buy the rim to an associate shop. This shop told me the rims would be the 47756 and it should be similar to ford rims.
Does anyone heard of this type of rims? Is it okay (strong enough) for truck?
#Manuellabour: I do not know the spec of stock 17'' rim with ford :/

According to my search on the web it seems about right but I can always use forum's opinion. (+ could be useful for other reader).

https://jensentrailers.com/shop/truc...5-6x135-42p-87

http://actiontrucks.com/files/Flyers...ce_2014-15.pdf

Manuellabour247

Have you thought about looking at junk yards for the 17" rims? Might be a little cheaper and you know it'll fit your truck if it came off of a Ford. I have the 18" rim. I'm not sure on the load specs for the 17" Ford rim.

Sammy77

How long are your DMV1's lasting? Also, how are they when you're on dry roads? Have you ever towed with them?