Steer tires

What truck? Or more specifically how heavy? My Volvo with a big deer basher ate 591's in about 50k miles. I've always run Michelins otherwise and if bad luck doesn't take one out they are good for 150-200k. I'll never put 591's on a heavy tractor again but probably wouldn't chance them at all.

 

You'll probably do a helluva lot better with 591's then. Most heavy Volvo guys I know swear by Michelins because they do so much better with heavy front ends. I think my tractor is closer to 20k and Volvos are all heavier up front.

 

...I had a steer blow out on my cascadia 2 weeks ago ( it was michelin with 150k ) , I was lucky not to have any body damage , replaced it with some unknown brand ( only option I had at that moment ) ...driving now with bit fear ...Firestone worked great for me on many trucks before

 

I put on a pair of BF Goodrich 244 's. They are not as expensive as the Michelins. So far I like them. Continental is a good tire but high dollar . I tried a pair of those Uniroyals when they first came out , they were ok , but didn't last that long. I stopped running Yokohama steers years ago when I had a broken belt on a tire two different times. You can get away with running Chinese tires on the drive axles but I wouldn't risk it on the steer.

 

get yourself a michelin national account. or do the gold program thru wex, they have multiple brand choices as well. the gold program is probably your easiest bet, it's like a 5 minute phone call to set it up. Tires are pricy, gotta use the tools at our disposal. My choice would always be michelin drives. I have had ok luck with continentals as well.

 

I bought Firestone this last time and they are problem tires. One was ruined within 50K miles because of damage to the tire from I70. The other looks like it might be doing the same thing. Figure I will need to replace it in the next 10K if it keeps going like the other did.

I will not buy them ever again, Also I believe they are being made in China now depending on the Letter if I understood correctly. Prob why they are under preforming.