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I’ve looked through recent posts but didn’t quite find what I’m looking for.
Truck:
2023, 3.5 Ecoboost, Max tow package
I use the truck as a daily driver while towing horses on the weekends. Im at the point of needing new tires, and the stock Wranglers just don’t cut it with the rain here in the Mid -Atlantic. I’ve already slid off the Highway once, and any moisture on the road makes the truck feel slick..a huge contrast from my 2004 F250 that was rock solid in the rain, but it had much narrower tires and higher pressure.
So I’m looking at replacement tires that are good in the rain and also handle weekend towing duties. With towing horses, stability is my primary concern. I don’t do any off-road and snow is relatively minimal. I’m not TOO worried about comfort because it’s already much softer than my 250 was. And as long as I can talk without yelling road noise isn’t a huge concern.
I replied to another tire thread with this as well. I went with the Michelin LTX A/T2 tires for my 2019 4WD. I live on a farm with hills, tow trailers including a travel trailer. I have no regrets and would buy them again.
Narrower tires are going to have better grip in the rain, that's just physics in action.
I have zero issues plowing along at 75mph on 285/70-17 Ridge Grapplers, they grip fine in even moderately rain, only standing water has given me pause in three years on them.
Wet grass, they are good. Dirt, they work fine. Snow, not great but not bad, these have actually been the best non-peak marked tires I've used. Good enough that if I wanted better snow traction, I'd get dedicated tires rather than trying to find an all-season that does better in the cold.
I got these LT tires because I tow 8000lbs and wanted an upgrade from stock. Since I live in an area where we get lots of rain and snow, I felt these were a good match.
The north/east sides of the Smokies gets more snow than we do here in the humid Ohio valley, and there's actually a rain-squeeze set of hills formed by the ice sheets right across the river that pretty much guarantees that if it can rain, it will.
But that's got nothing on a system of mountains and ridges that has an altitude average over 3000ft. I've spend months and months of time camping in the Smokies, more days are cloudy or foggy than clear.
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