help with my drive tire choice

I can get at least 150,000 miles out of Michelin steers before the right side starts to cup. This is on my Columbia, considering my FLD couldn't keep a set of steers past 90,000 miles, I'm impressed. My biggest complaint is that they last so long that I have to pull them early because I always like to go into winter with full tread. I was getting more than casing credit in previous years but the last time all he would give me was casing credit even though one tire had 10/32 and was perfect. But it really comes down to the final price which I thought was still reasonable.

The lowest CPM steer I've ever used was an "Expressway" which I think comes from Continental. Roughest POS I've ever used too.

 

Know you will enjoy many trouble free miles!

 

Back drives always wear faster. Everytime you make a turn they scuff and scrape much further than front drives which actually pivot better. Rotation a time or two one the life of your drives, in a criss cross X pattern, will have them wear even. I have actually considered all position tires the next set I get, or even steers. I don't really need lugs and in 13 years never got stuck with steers in snow and ice using my own good sense. Of course I rarely go North of 40 anyways anymore so moot point

 

other than macks, most Class 8 trucks will wear the rears down sooner. The reason being that the power is sent to the rear axle in the power divider primarily until it's needed on the others.

 

Went to a load range H instead of a G huh? I have 2 drives hankooks I believe on my rear axle that are h and 120 psi. Words of wisdom don't try to pump them up with an air hose hooked to the supply line. Usually takes an hour or so. I quit running 120 in those tires after my first escapade trying to pump them up to 120. They're all set at 105 now up from 90. Started hauling heavier on the drives. What's the load rating/axle on those like 24k or 26k/axle?

 

I wouldn't run 120 in them. 120 is the max inflation recommended is on the door jam. Actually MNdriver has a good way to check for proper inflation which I now use. White paint or a marker across the tread then move the truck and check what wore off the tire. If it wore the inside off its over inflated, wears off the outside its under inflated wears everything off its properly inflated. Do it when loaded obviously but it works. I run 90lbs in my steers and 105 in my drives due to nobody axles out and I have anywhere between 35-40k on my drives all the time. As for airing up to 120 off the truck its just a royal pain because when the air pressure in the air tanks drops below the pressure in the tires you won't fill the tire anymore and have to get the compressor to cut in and build air. To fill the 2 on my truck to 120 I hook up my hose let my truck idle low run back and start filling works pretty well most of the time. But when the compressor cuts out you get 5 seconds of air and then have to get the compressor to cut back in. The extra air might improve fuel milage but it will cause the tires to wear funny. That's why I run door jam pressure instead of side wall pressure in most instances.