Need Drive tires!

I have tried steel mark hyw tread at one time. they worked good for what I paid. $2000.00 and that was everything, dismount/mount, neww valve stems, tax, f.e.t. e.t.c. they gave me a lot better m.p.g. than the previous lugs, but did not last as long & I did have more penetrations in the tires by road debri. longevity is really what I need to go for. I would rather have a better ride more than anything though. some tires will ride a lot rougher & bounce more than others. though you may not realize that until you try another brand tire. I also had the same problem with my bridgstone steers cupping. had the bf's 244 wore good, when time to get new steers, shop was out but had the bridg's 250 they had more tread depth than the b.f's so I thought o.k. I would of kept them on longer but they cupped & started bouncing my truck, so off they had to go & i went back to b.f's. I still have a year or more to go on my drives.

 

Would balancers help with the cupping issue?

 

yes they
would

 

Yes, because most tire shops (read T/A and Petro) do not balance inside drive tires. Only outsides. I put a set of Kelly KDA's on in ....I want to say March.... and made them balance all eight tires. Guy wanted to argue with me about it. I reminded him I was paying $375/tire, which was to include valve stems, mounting and balancing. additionally, I have Centramatics all the way around.

My ride is very smooth and I have no uneven wear at all. The last set was wearing just as you both described. They were Goodyear.

 

Was planning on the 726's as the only replacement when the current set wears out, but these looked good as well. Thinking their price is in line or a wash with Michelin/Bridgestone top tier for a o/o without company discounts.

Curious to hear though how they work out for you & others as I think they were just released this year as a improvement to the 372.

 

I shopped out drives earlier this year and went with Bridgestone M 720s with a rolling resistance of 110, the only one better for a closed shoulder lug were the Michelin XDA Energys at about 90.
The Bridgestone 726 and Michelin XDN2s were both at 135 rr.
I have never seen a traction issue with low rolling resistance
lugs.
Going to a higher # rr tire to save money on the initial purchase, over the life of the tires can cost you enough in fuel to buy another set.

Even if the difference is only 3/10s of a mpg, 120K miles at 6 mpg is 20,000 gallons of fuel and 120k miles at 6.3 avg is 19,047 gallons...that's 953 gallons at say $3.50/gal is $3335 per year.
It all adds up eventually

 

Wheel bearings need to be tightened?

 

Bridgestone M720s I had good results with before I switched to Super Single X-One Michelin XDA Energy tires.

 

I have the same problem with the 726EL's I run. I've tried them on two different tractors and they wear the same. Another thing I hate about them is that once they get past 1/2tread you have to make sure you get the rocks out of the tread weekely because the tires don't seem to self clean much and the rocks will eventually wear into the casing. Next set of tires I get is going to be something different.

 

I have Kelly KDA's on my drives, they are wearing really nice. The only thing I don't like about them is they hold onto rocks to much. I will go back to Michelin when these wear out.