H3LZSN1P3R
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Crap Firestone Transforce tires
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CharlieL
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How very true. Seems as the years goes by it gets ever smaller.
CharlieL
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I will trust your input rather than putting them to the test in the snow! Plus, I'd have some difficulty in performing that test. Normally, when it snows at my house, by the afternoon (or the latest the next afternoon) the roads are clear. Plus, if there is substantial snow, I have no desire to go out and drive with the idiots who don't know how to drive in snow, and usually have no reason to leave my house either. Another problem I'm going to have is that the tread will probably wear to the point of needing replacement before I have a chance to drive in the snow with my current tires - given Albuquerque weather and my preference! Maybe I'll get the chance before they are in need of replacement, but certainly won't go out of my way to do so.
Thanks for the input!
Some people seem to really hate the Transforce tires. They have no mileage warranty, but so far they seem fine to me.
There are reports of some people getting 50k miles and even 70k miles out of a set.
I am just going to run them until they wear out.
There are reports of some people getting 50k miles and even 70k miles out of a set.
I am just going to run them until they wear out.
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You must only drive on dry pavement? And there is 0 reports of anyone hitting 50k miles on a hd ram i have ever seen…
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Thats not an assumption. Thats exactly how 99% of people review them and my experience was the exact same They are garbage on wet pavement and even worse on mud and snow
unclelala
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I put up with the Firebombs for 10,000 miles and had some tense moments in rain and snow but this past winter going in the snow belt of Ontario was a white knuckle situation sometimes and I drive like a granny.
I had my Toyo AT3 installed, it was night and day improvement and put the fun back in the drive.
We took the 5th wheel to Michigan this summer with the Firebombs and they were fine but that was mostly highway, dry gravel roads etc. but rain and snow no way for me IMO.
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What assumptions, besides yours?
If you think these tires are fine in the mud and snow I’d hate to see what a bad tire is.
They live up to their name, trashforce. Sure with some skill you can often drive around their crap traction, but there are so many better options out there that actually do what they are supposed to.
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36K ish miles on the Transforce ATs here in Flori-duh with two trip up to WI.
Works fine in our rain storms and worked fine in the light snow I encountered in WI.
That doesn't mean I'll but them again, but I'll run them at least a bit longer..
Works fine in our rain storms and worked fine in the light snow I encountered in WI.
That doesn't mean I'll but them again, but I'll run them at least a bit longer..
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I have no clue what you are referring to lol
Great White North Eh
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What’s going on? Are the Transforce-mers not protecting us from the Decepticons again? ……quick call Marky-Mark … or whoever is running the show now! 
The thread is about 'crap" tires, not political crap.
Please keep it out of the forums and take it to OT if you want to go that route.
the.tru.albertan
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Got new tires for my wifes SUV today and while I was at their shop, asked the guy running the desk to do me up a quote for the BFG KO2's and it came to $2300CAD. (285/60R20)
I knew it would be expensive but damn.
I knew it would be expensive but damn.
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Ya it’s criminal what they want for tires up here! I blame the gov…………. Whoops got to be careful so I don’t get my pee pee slapped.
the.tru.albertan
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The guy running the desk did in fact say "Blame Justin" and I'm not even kidding, he did actually say that hahahaYa it’s criminal what they want for tires up here! I blame the gov…………. Whoops got to be careful so I don’t get my pee pee slapped.
I have been reading the posts in this thread too, and am curious when people talk about them in the snow. Are you referring to deep snow on dirt roads, or just like compact snow on the freeway or even streets? And is the problem getting stuck, or just slipping? I have only been in the snow a few times briefly like going up skiing so just dealing with snow on the highway for about 10 miles or less at a time, and then getting around town a few times when I stayed in a town where it snowed, so I don't have much experience with this truck in snow, but just wondering where the problem lies. I have definitely been in the rain though, a few times a pretty hard rain on the freeway. I wouldn't buy these again or anything, as I would want something quieter and smoother because I am 99% of the time on the pavement, but since I am only averaging about 5,000 miles a year so far, that might be a while.
