What tires?

I replaced my 8 drive tires 3 weeks ago with Bridgestone M726EL. Maybe it's too early to talk about but tires are amazing. I made a big research before I decided to get those. I also have Bridgestone 283Eco on my steer. 726EL has 32/32 and offers great traction with longer life. However just reminding, 726EL is not one of those fuel efficient and carb complaint tires. So far, Im really happy about my purchase.

 

Great choice, I've been running Bridgestone M726 and M726EL's for the past 15 years and I won't put anything else on the Drives.

They last a long time and even if the Rolling Resistance is higher then say a M710 Ecopia, the longer tire life makes up the difference in savings as the M710 or most Eco tires don't last as long as a M726EL will.

I also have R283 Ecopia on the Steers and they are wearing and performing nicely, they are just as good as the Michelin XZA3+.

Goodyear Truck Tires are not that good as the Bridgestone tire, sure you may save some money at purchase time, but they will not last as long as a Bridgestone as they do not wear well and need to be pulled off the truck way before the end of their Service Life.

 

Something to consider, unless you do a lot of off roading you don't need those aggressive lugs. While the m710 might cost a bit more up front, and not last quite as long, the fuel savings more than offsets that. I never believed tires could make that big of a difference till i tried the low rolling resistance ones for the first time about 12 years ago. I got all the records to support their claims. I picked up almost a full mile to the gallon by going from an aggressive tread to the fuel saving gy 305s. I'm currently running the bridgestone m710. Expecting 400k easy before i got to switch them out. For steers I've found the michelins to be the best, might try bridestones next, but probably not. I got almost 200k on the last set and they still had 10/32nds but had to get a new set when i cut one at a job site. I never got close to that on the goodyears, they always had to come off at 180k.

 

I just put on a set of M726EL's last summer, not because they wore out, they still had 18/32" of thread left on them.

They were 7 years old and were starting to crack along the sidewall bead edge from UV Damage, other then that, they were in perfect condition.

The original M726, (not EL's) before that, had a new thread depth of 30/32", they lasted 4 years and 400k miles and were at 8/32" when I replaced them with the EL's

 

M726el lasts a long time but in snowpack they were poor they had a ton of tread left when we pulled them after getting stuck everywhere doing ltl in poorly maintained yards.. Also the ride is a bit stiffer I found

 

some evidence suggests you have to find out what type of tires your truck likes.

 

This is absolutely true. It makes no sense to me but its just one of those things that don't add up but it's never the less very true.