Found really solid 4500/5500 off road tires

[Farmer 5500]

I’ve owned F-450/550 and now Ram 5500 type trucks for about 25 years now and have always found the selections of off-road tires to be almost non-existent. About a year ago I found these Continental HDR “Terra” in a 225/70 R19.5. They are crazy expensive retailing about $450/each. Found a set of (6) on FBM for about $350/each and gave them a try.
I am really impressed. They are not only excellent off road, but they are very solid while towing heavy weight AND they are not overly noisy. I got about 15,000 miles on them now, and I just purchased another set of (6) for about $2,300. They are stacked in my garage ready to install once this first set wears-out.
For an very aggressive tire, they handle really well, are lasting about as long as I could hope for-about 18,000 miles would be my estimate. That’s not a lot compared to an AT tire, but I do a lot of off road work and so the trade off is a bargain for me. Anyway, I highly recommend them.

 

[whitexc]

They look pretty gnarly. Noisy?

Don’t you have the truck that is down, waiting on a part? Any word?


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[Great White North Eh]

They look good! Hey what is the numbers on that ticket?

 

[Farmer 5500]

They look pretty gnarly. Noisy?

No. They have noise, but not as bad as you would think. I used to run Goodyear’s attempt at an off road tire and it was noisier than these Continentals.

Don’t you have the truck that is down, waiting on a part? Any word?

No, never. Longest my truck was down was during Covid. I have to wait a week for a front hub spindle. Parts were unavailable. And I was down 1 day for CP-4 to CP-3 warranty replacement.
This has been a fantastic truck

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[Farmer 5500]

They look good! Hey what is the numbers on that ticket?

48,000LBS +

 

[Trash Panda]

Ran a set of those on a work rig one time. Hard to beat the look.

Off road performance was good, but they wore terribly regardless of rotation. Went back to the Goodyear G622 after.

450 a tire is a little spendy, but sadly not far off of what most tires cost now a days.

 

[Farmer 5500]

Ran a set of those on a work rig one time. Hard to beat the look.

Off road performance was good, but they wore terribly regardless of rotation. Went back to the Goodyear G622 after.

450 a tire is a little spendy, but sadly not far off of what most tires cost now a days.

Must vary from truck to truck. Mine are wearing about what I would expect for an open shoulder off-road tire.
I will probably remove them at about 18,000 miles and sell them for $500 on FBM, before they are completely worn out.
My guess is they would run 20,000.
I rotated them 2 times. They are wearing very evenly. My truck’s alignment must be very good.

I found the Goodyear 622’s I ran for the last 10 years to do almost nothing very well. They didn’t get good off road traction, they didn’t last very long, and when they were down to less than 50% tread, were noisier than the Continental Terras.

 

[Trash Panda]

Must vary from truck to truck. Mine are wearing about what I would expect for an open shoulder off-road tire.
I will probably remove them at about 18,000 miles and sell them for $500 on FBM, before they are completely worn out.
My guess is they would run 20,000.
I rotated them 2 times. They are wearing very evenly. My truck’s alignment must be very good.

I found the Goodyear 622’s I ran for the last 10 years to do almost nothing very well. They didn’t get good off road traction, they didn’t last very long, and when they were down to less than 50% tread, were noisier than the Continental Terras.

Could be alignment, could be the fact that the particular truck they were on ran around at 16k, and spent a lot of its life hauling around a CAT 299 with all its attachments.

Steer tires never stood a chance.

 

[Farmer 5500]

Could be alignment, could be the fact that the particular truck they were on ran around at 16k, and spent a lot of its life hauling around a CAT 299 with all its attachments.

Steer tires never stood a chance.

I’m running about 11,000lbs “empty” (full compliment of tools, fuel cell, etc.) and towing average loads grossing 45,000-49,000lbs about 75 times per year.



I figured my steers would have horrible wear, but they are wearing much better than the previous 3 sets of 622’s.

Been “ridin dirty” in this 5500 for 5 years. I have hauled 400 loads this way and she hasn’t blinked.

 

[Trash Panda]

I’m running about 11,000lbs “empty” (full compliment of tools, fuel cell, etc.) and towing average loads grossing 45,000-49,000lbs about 75 times per year.

Definitely using the truck as it was meant to be!

We were more of a “can’t worry about being over weight if we never weigh it” type of operation.