just another tire thread..

[stevesparts]

Well as most of you know tires are WAY expensive.. so some time ago i thought i would try some different tires and see if they held up,( i run Michelin's drives and steers) but seeing as i had some problems getting drives at the time(xdn2) and i just blew a drive running over some crap in the road:@ the only tire that the place had was 4 bridgestones 726el.
Now i've run them before. they hold up well but as they wear down they lose grip..for me as i run mostly co,wy,mt.sd. grip is very important to me about 6+ mo out of the year,and tow truck's are expensive
But i still needed to get the other 4 tires so i though i'd try something different so i went to match up the stones with something the same size(ratio)...
Now i wont run crappy suckamoto or other Chinese crap, as they seem to last about a week or 2.before starting to wear funny or just spin,as the rubber is just sh5t.
But i spotted some General's RD. Now i run the RA's on a spread axle flatbed and have great results with them on my trailer. so i figured i could give the RD's a try.. WELL that was a BIG mistake!!! these things SUCK!!!! i Tried higher air/lower air, but they just chopped out made the truck vibrate so bad from the uneven tread wear coming to a stop I've never had a tire turn to sh5t that fast..EVER.. (and i've run some crap tires) so for some of you looking at this drive tire...RUN AWAY!!
SO back to my tried and true XDN2's and life is good again..
Oh and the stones a wearing very well nice and flat and still got lots of life in them, and i got them way before the RD's ...