BF Goodrich tire opinions

Even though I bought them mainly because the local tire place had them on sale, I'm pretty satisfied with them. Good traction, quiet. I've got about 70,000 miles on them with that much or more left yet. I pull a dump trailer...lots of stoppin, goin, some off-road, LOTS of turning and other assorted fiddle-jackin around....held up quite well.

 

One of the poorer tires in respect to rolling resistance with a 140 rating. If fuel economy isn't an issue, then they might be the answer, I know of two people running them with good mileage from them. Otherwise, I'd pass.

 

http://www.americamovesbytruck.com/rollingresistance.php

 

I recently put a set of these on, I didnt notice a mileage difference. The lugs were a lot more aggressive than I would have liked. They are a little nosier than my old Michellins, but at least they are a closed shoulder tire. I got mine for $320 a tire installed...

I only have about 20K for miles on them by now, they still look new FWIW.

 

Here is some great info on tires http://www.bridgestonetrucktires.com/us_eng/answers/doctor_specs.asp

 

Have been running the BFG 444s; (244s on the steer) since 2002, only complaint is the price, seems every time I "re-tire", they have gone up. The only "semi grip" tire I had found that wouldn't "heel and toe" when combined with the KW eight bag. I didn't like the price/thread wear ratio I got with Bridgestones, and when I priced Michlins, went into shock. General has come out with a similiar looking tire, for a nice price, tempted to try a set. As too the mileage I was getting, I don't want to shock you. My first few years of running them was hauling grain; limestone, and gravel roads, average gross of 110k does not produce good numbers. Now that I am hauling chemicals, I always pull my tires off early, to sell to a friend hauling local.

 

In the appearance alone category, would have thunk the rr number would have been higher. But sounds like they are on track with the avg drive tire numbers. Matter of fact they are smartway certified. http://www.epa.gov/smartway/technology/tires.htm
Wonder how much each co. has to pay to be on that scam list?

I know there are calculators out there for rr vs fuel & in theory it all sounds great. But has anyone changed drive tires that were rated at say 140 originally to something with a 120 & noticed a appreciable fuel mileage difference? I would think that would cover about a 6-8 year(give or take) time frame as fuel mileage increases the more tires wear & would be tough to place a absolute return on investment number on it?

 

Thanks for posting the RR link

 

The 444 was the most expensive cheap tire I ever bought. Only lasted 230,000 and the fuel mileage sucked. They wore nice and even, just VERY quickly. I normally get 350,000 on a set. Had good luck with 660 General and the 703ZL Yokohamas I'm currently running. Next set either of those 2 or maybe HDL? Continental. I tried a set of XZA3 Michelins once, but only got 130,000 out of them, good fuel MPG though. I figured I wanted to get 175,000 out of a set to make it worth while though. Was running WI,MN to AZ,CA and a few trips to the northwest. Useless in mud but better than regular drives in rain, snow, slush, ice, and were really quiet. My daughter has pictures from NE, we went through drifts as tall as the hood(W900L). If I could find some that last longer than the XZA3 I would probably never go back to regular drives, except if do something different and thought I'd see mud. I am considering HSR2 Continentals along with the other sets. Anybody ever try them on the drives? Or have different tire to consider?