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Looking for wheel/tire advice

I went with 17” wheels and tires in 35” Kenda Klever MT2 they are aggressive and still better ride than stock
 

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jake2544 said:
Those look good, could you post some pics from down the sides to see how much they stick out.
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not the greatest photos, but here they are...
 

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I have the Falken Wildpeak AT4 tires as well on my 2020 2500 4x4. These are some of the best tires I've ever had. They work well on the highway with and without trailers and great off road pulling the trailers through sand, on some rocks, never tried them in mud. I like them in snow even though we have not had much the last couple of years. I know what tires I don't like. The Wildpeaks were recommended by my local tire dealer. I have the LT295-70R18s on stock rims. I was going to get different rims but my tire dealer recommend that I stick with the stock rims as they are rated for higher loads than many/most after market rims. They pull a trailers really well. I usually pull 16K double trailers with small alum UTV trailer behind a 26' 5th wheel or a 26' triple axle flat bed receiver hitch trailer. The back of the truck is usually loaded with tools and water as well. I looked into different wheels at the tire dealer, he recommended that I keep the stock 18". At 20k miles they are down to 14/32's from 19/32" new. I will trade them off at 9/32".
 

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So I have to change and buy new tires. I currently have 305/70r18 BFG KO2 I run them at 55 to 65 psi unloaded to loaded. In the last 2 week the tires have started to shake like death wobble. The truck has 42000 miles on it and the tires are at 28000. So I changed the track bar and no change into he wobble rotate the tires and the wobble moves. So this means I have a bad tire. I want to stay with the same size 305/70r18. The tires I find are good year territory MT and Mickey Thompson Baja Boss. I am learning towards the Baja Boss. Any input is appreciated.

As a side note the Thuren Track bar feels better that the stock and tightened up the steering. The stock was not worn out. Jut not as rigid as the stock track bar. I set the bar at 39.00 inches as I have about 1.3 Inch springs into the front. So a good change. Thuren stuff is awesome.
 
I just installed the Goodyears you mention, my local tire shop sells them for ~ $240 each in the 305/70r18 LRE. So far I am very happy with them, two balanced with no weights, the other two were about average....goodyear.png
 
I saw the price this is tempting. How do they ride, road noise? For now I will be on stock wheels I. The future I will change to 18x9 +18 or +20.

Thanks Johan13.
 
The ride is smooth and quiet, no complaints. Taking price out of the equation, I would slightly prefer the Toyo AT3
 
MADDOG95 said:
@G Mcpherson & I compared notes on tires a few months ago. He let me know what his selection was and I took that into consideration as I looked to bid the Trashforce tires goodbye. One of 'em almost killed me one day on the freeway by blowing up and letting all the air out at 70MPH. Good times... :eek:

I put 4 new 295/75R18 Toyo ATIII tires on my stock wheels, and I have been very happy with them.

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Thank you for your service.
 
Its new tire day so I thought I would share. I did not choose the Goodyear as I was not comfortable with the 2 ply side wall. I went with Mickey Thompson Baja boss 305/70r18. So far in the 40 miles I've driven the truck is smooth and rider nice. Lol. I don't know why pictures won't load. I will work on that.
 
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