TSR6

I am likely the biggest hater of Pirelli Scorpions on this forum. I've already had a set replaced, and had I not had the busy summer I had - I would have had the 2nd set replaced also. They ALL crack/weather chapp.

I'm telling you, I had my tires replaced under warranty - towards the tail end of it mind you. Sure as ****, the tires did the same thing right when the warranty expired.

I will never buy a Pirelli tires again after having TWO sets junk out on me.

BearDeXPS

Sorry to bump an old thread… but I’m at a cross road and would like yalls input.

I’m at 65k miles ’13 FX4 on the OE factory Pirelli Scorpion ATR 275/55-20’s… they’re LONG past due (I know, I know) so I’m in the market to get some replacements.

Over the last 3.5yrs of use IMO these tires have been enjoyable in the Texas weather… this past year I did spent in Michigan… although it was a very mild winter I thought they did a pretty solid job through all 4-seasons – other than the few days it was very icy and the stopping distance was straight through the intersection from rolling at 20mph – YIKES!

I don’t foresee myself spending anymore winters up north and will be consistently driving in S.Texas… so winter performance is really not a concern I have.

I was pretty dead set on another pair but decided to do some research here before making the purchase… WOW there’s a lot negative undetermined information in here lol. I’m confused as all get-out now.

I don’t have any of the poor experiences others seem to have:
- Been solid in wet conditions, never hydroplaned
- Wear patterns have been even
- Handling has felt relatively nimble in the corners (for a truck)
- Smooth ride… no major road noise

I’m pretty much down to two choices:
- Again, the OE Pirelli Scorpion ATR 275/55-20’s ($183.26)
- Or the Michelin LTX M/S2 275/55-20’s ($217.90)

There’s a lot of raving reviews out there on the Michelin’s… but the consistent caveat is the “All-Season” and that most folks love how these handled in the winter over the Pirelli’s… but once again, I’m not driving in a true “winter” down here in Texas.

So I guess my questions is, under my circumstance… are Michelin’s premium price (+/- $150) really warranted over the Pirelli’s? Is there another tire out there I should be considering?

My personal use:
- Mainly highway
- Some off road ranch
- Some off road construction jobsites (I’m a construction manager so my truck is far from being utilized as a jobsite work horse)
- Don’t haul much except for the occasional yard work duty
- In the future (few years from now) I hope to be towing boat a few weekends a year… but really don’t want this to be a part of the equation atm

PawPaw

Bridgestone Dueler is a nice tire. Thats what my OEM tires were on my Platinum. Took them off at 3K miles and put some all terrains on my truck. Gave the Bridgestones to my son in law for his '13 Lariat and he loves them better then the Pirelli's he took off at 45K.

RogueGT

I had the scorpions on my '12 FX4 and thought they were a decent tire. I had them through two Northeast winters with no issues. By the third winter the tread was getting to the point that I couldn't go another winter. I opted for the KO2's for winter and kept the Scorp's for summer. Once the Scorp's were done and since I had a solid winter tire I went with a summer (it says AT) tire. I wanted something that looked "performance" but would give me a good wet / dry application and have a good load capacity for towing my camper. I went with Toyo Proxes ST2's. I upgraded the size to 305/50 so the speedo would be nearly dead nuts and the extra rubber is a slight bit noisy. More than the KO2's even. But hey, they look very cool and they perform excellent. And at $168/tire that's a deal (including shipping). No one stocks them so I had to wait 30 days or so to have them made. It was worth the wait. The rubber compound is soft so even Toyo rates the life as 2/5 but I only have them on for 5K miles a year and I swap to my winter tires. I would buy them again...they are wide beasts.

Spiky

The Dueler Alenzas were great for highway, wet, and ok in mild snow. I have those on my original wheels. The Michelins are better for all of those situations.

Dave Z

I'm in the same boat as you, I opted to stay with the 20" Scorpions on my '13 King Ranch. No noise and smooth highway and off road on the Hill Country ranch.

Speedfreak400

scorpians are loud as he on my truck.

btexan

I swapped my scorpions for michelins at 24000 miles. Had ruined one tire from a road hazard, the other three had numerous sidewall cracks. Discount tire gave a $30 rebate on the remaining three. Put on a full set of the ltx m
/s2. To me their wet pavement performance was much better than the pirellis. Plus I have gotten incredible mileage from all of the michelins I've purchased over the last 26 yrs. had them on all of my company Explorers.

gonhlpredators

2013 FX4with Pirelli Scorpion ATR's. Glad to see others are having the same issue in wet and snow with these tires. They make the truck almost impossible to drive on wet roads, an accident waiting to happen. I'm 57 and driven lots of vehicles, many different tires, and have never encountered such a dangerous situation. If I am on the interstate, at any speed above 55 during rain, I either slip all over the place or have to creep along.