help with my drive tire choice

I agree with the quality of what you pay for, but if i put 8 new michelins on my truck the tires would be worth more than the truck. not sure how long I will be in this truck. have no plans of trading, but ya never know, when something may happen, wreck, major breakdown, e.t.c.

 

There are a lot of choices. for me it is not that I need a lug or want one. it's more what will give me the most bang for the buck. there is almost always a trade off. believe it or not I have tried both hiwy & lug & still cannot decide. when I had steemark all position on my drives, it cost me $2000 total for all 8 installed mount/dismount, new valve stems. f.e.t. tax. everything 2 grand. got great m.p.g. but they lasted about 15,000 or so. I had approx 5-6 tire repairs while I had them. next I got the lugs m.p.g. suffered, but they have over 320.000 & are still on the truck. only 2 tire repairs in 3 years & 6 months. pulled approx 25-items out of them, some that would of for sure punctured all the way thru if not for being a lug tire.

I remember at somewhere about 180,000 miles, during a slow period for me, thinking, man I am glad I have the deep rubber, cause if I had all position as before, I would be looking at buying 8 tires right now & right now is not a good time to come up with the money, so YEA lugs. I do realize that if, if, if. I took the extra money I save from the m.p.g. on a set of all position & put it aside every week I would have more than enough to buy another set of 8 with money left over. so like I say. 1-1/2 year tires or 3-1/2 year tires ? 6 m.p.g.or 6.5 m.p.g.? several tire repairs or a couple?

considering everything. I am leaning towards the toyo. cannot find any tread depth like it with the r.r. it has. I saw the b..f. dr444 yesterday up close & in person. they are a monster. they look heavy, wide & ready for mud,snow, e.t.c so it's off my list. some ask why I want a lug? I don't. it's just that a lug is deeper rubber than all position, & last longer. I was hoping to get some insight into the ride & wear of the choices I mentioned. wear & ride make a big difference. when I went from kelly steers to b.f. 244 there was such a difference, that I would not of believed you if you told me. they cost $100.00 more per tire but the ride was amazingly better. I am glad the tire shop talked me into them several years ago. I still have a couple weeks to decide, while truck is in the shop. so far the toyo m657 are my choice as of right now. unless I see why I should not try them.

 

on my steel marks I got 150,000 miles. not 15,000 typo on my post.