The time has come to buy some new tires.   Seems like I am burning through them at a pretty rapid rate.   Wear is even, just wearing down fast.  The current set are some off brand of tire, which explains why the low mileage.  25,000 miles ~1.5 year since I got them.

 

Seems like towing the gooseneck really ramped up the rate of wear.  I have no need for offroad style tires, the truck has been retired from off roading duty anyways.  

 

 

So I have a few choices here, 

 

I have a set of 17" alum rims on the side of the house I can throw lt tires on.  235/80/17 $150-200 per tire

 

I have also been eyeing some 19.5" setups with commercial tires.  The thought of 100,000+ miles on a set of tires is nice.  Considering I put 25k a year that should, in theory, cut my tire cost by %50 over the next 5 years.  Upfront cost is a big pill to swallow, but I really like the idea of getting 19.5" rims that I can move to the next truck etc.  $1000 for rims and then another $1000 for tires

 

 

So for those guys towing regularly, what kind of mileage are you seeing with your tires?  Any recommendations?  

Need some center caps now for those 3rd gen wheels.

meh dont care

@Mopar1973Man if you saw the rims he was running before, you'd know that he, in fact, does not care. Lol. 

Just like he doesn't have a complete dash anymore.  I was hoping he was trying to fix it up some and make it nice. Even after slamming the bed into a tree. 

@trreed lots of people want their trailer rims to match their truck rims

 

 

Lipstick on a pig.  The truck j is too trashed

Yeah but most people change the rims on the trailer!

2 hours ago, Me78569 said:

@trreed lots of people want their trailer rims to match their truck rims

 

 

Lipstick on a pig.  The truck j is too trashed

 

Time to buy a 4th gen truck like @TFaoro.

working on it, prob in june / july

19 hours ago, Me78569 said:

working on it, prob in june / july

 

Really? You are going to move forward to 4th Gen? 

Yes, the 2nd gen is too beat up.  We are getting a new truck to take over duties...dont know what to do with the 2nd gen as I dont really have the stomach to sell it to someone else given what I know about the truck

Quadzilla project truck...???  

At this point if I go further I need a $4000 trans update

Awesome news about the 4th gen potential! If I’d known any better I would’ve got wife one instead of her GMC, but now with that almost paid off, it’ll be a huge bonus to the 2nd gen spending fund 

I gotta say those dyna beads work really well for balancing.  8 oz in all tires and the truck is as smooth as it can be at 70 mph no mounted wheel weights.