Hey,

I wanted to get your opinions on what tires are decent ---> best for a 2000 F150 4x4
are Goodyear wrangler's the way to go ?
I want something affordable but decent for towing, lots of dry roads, gravel.

 

Michelin Defenders.

 

are they good for both dry/wet roads ?

 

im running the goodyear wrangler duratrac 8ply at 55psi. As long as you rotate them every 3k they last quite awhile. Got 10k on em and they look like new

 

8 ply ?
Yeah, I saw them, they are the most expensive as all terrain tire

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/tires...p.0062436.html

 

they good tires though. No problems in mud, gravel, dirt, any of that. Only been stuck once when i tride turning around in deep tire ruts and almost high centered it. Wouldnt come out of it for the mud and my truck bogging down and not having any power. Done put a post trying to figure that one out, and they may be 10 ply not sure, got the info off the side of the tire while i was out there and its dark. Was county plys on sidewall with phone flashlight lol

 

In my experience, Duratrac develops noise around 50% wear. At that point, and rapidly into the wear beyond, the wet weather is horrible. Duratrac are notorious for amazing characteristics when new but as they were beyond 50% they are progressively worse in rain. The road noise is unpleasant by 60% wear. I don't think you'll safely get 50,000 miles (depending on load range, etc). I had them installed on a smaller truck -265/75-16's. That same tire on an F150 would be wrong -it would have to be a more durable version. I probably had load range C for the smaller truck.
Mine had gotten fairly warn, probably should have changed them at that point or sooner....however when the front end started to drift on an on ramp is when I knew it was time. visually they were not 'shot', but driving them was unsafe.

I don't think the Duratrac is what you asked for when you said you want a good dry tire for gravel roads and tow-worthy.

It sounds like you need a mild A/T tire or a good all-season type tire.
Can't answer the part when you ask for 'best' because it's hard to find a 'best' in all categories. You'll have to narrow it down.
If you are buying locally, your local tire shop is where you should be at asking that question. They know what your local area conditions are like.

 

BFG KO2, Goodyear Duratrac, and Nitto Ridge grapplers are always my vote, in that order too.

 

Here you're getting the totally subjective opinions of a dozen or so people who have not tested anything.

Sites like Tire Rack, Discount Tire, and others give you the subjective opinions of hundreds or thousands. Michelin's site also rates them.

Consumer Reports gives you actual testing results. Your library may offer free access to Consumer Reports online, or have paper issues their. Or search for the posts I have out up over the years.

https://www.f150forum.com/f2/tire-ra...0/#post3732330

 

There's no such thing as an all-terrain tire. It's only a series of compromises.

Most tires, get louder as they wear. And lose road traction Some sooner than others. All of your siping may be gone by the time you get to 30000 miles or even 20000 on many tires. Leading to significantly reduced wet road performance. Some siping is only cut 1/16 of an inch to 1/8 inch deep in the tread block. when you get past that it's going to get noisier and you're going to lose performance.

If truck spends 98% of time on road......Well that's obviously the most important thing to buy tires for.

Tire technology, for all practical purposes, hasn't changed noticeably in 40 years. Don't be misled by marketing claims. Much of what you're paying for is brand name recognition, nothing else. Like designer clothes. Overpriced.

Today's low profile car tires are absolute joke.... You hit a pothole and it destroys the tire, causing delamination and putting a bulge in the sidewall. $200 tire that can stand up to a pothole. But then neither can the rim it's so light it cracks........... Your pockets get fleeced in the name of saving gas.....you pay way more than the gas you ever saved. Another miserable failure of federal government intentions. And that money goes to foreign companies by and large today.