re: help me pick my new tires

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I've actually heard from a lot of people that mud tires last longer on heavy trucks. I've seen people only getting around 25,000 out of toyo a/t tires. Of course I don't know how these people rotated or drove so that could be most of the issue

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Well to me there are three things that matter in terms of longevity:

1. Quality of the rubber (a quality manufacturer)
2. Contact surface (how much of the tread is actually on the road)
3. Regular tire rotations (your front tires wear much quicker than the rears)

My factory Dueler H/Ts lasted up to the car's current 74k on the odometer. The BFGoodrich Rugged Trails I got are predicted to last about the same, if not a little less. Since BFG puts quality rubber on their tires, since there is a lot of contact surface, and since I will rotate them regularly, they should last a while.

If you think about mudders, regardless of rubber quality, you have about 2/3 or less of contact surface on pavement. So, the giant lugs in the rubber wear much faster than if the entire surface of the tire (or most of it) were contacting the pavement. Plus the wear on mud tires is very uneven and regular rotations are crucial.

Seems like mostly physics in my mind. Unless the Toyo A/Ts are an extremely soft tire.

14' tindra...

Got pics?