what brand steers do you use?

I'll sell you some centramatics for the drives but you're wasting your money. They're useless on drives. Beads are the only way to go. I've got a pile of centramatics for all 5 axles, scrap..

 

on steers b.f. st244. best bang for the buck period.

 

I've tried them all,(except the China junk) and depends kind of what you do. For long distance stuff, Michelins are probably the best, but I did a lot of city stuff (Chicago), and Bridgestones worked the best and were a little cheaper.

 

Goodyear 399's all the way.

 

sorry, but you do not have enough post's to comment on this. j/k of course.

 

I have centramatics on my drives... did you HAVE to remind me?

 

Bought the truck and it had Continentals. Did alright...no complaints, other than NO tire shops around here carry them. Ran Michelins for a few years...great tires, but seemed every time I'd get new ones they'd be $100/tire more than the last time I'd bought them. So I tried BF Goodrich...never really cared for them, especially when compared to the Michelins that had just come off. Lacked traction it seemed, causing the front end to plow a lot more than it ever had. Managed to cut one down, and the tire shop I pulled into had Continentals, so I put a set of those on. Wore them down, and I'm just getting tired of spending top dollar on tires that last a year or two, so for $389/tire I picked up some 16 ply Kuhmo tires in 11R24.5. For the cost, I'm pretty impressed...even have an "alignment groove" in the center of the tread which makes checking the toe a cinch.

 

I hear ya, in another 24 years when I retire I'll be racking those points up.

 

I love the Michelin XZA3+, but they dont make them in the weight rating I need for 24lo pro's.
Currently have some 16 ply Continentals, and no complaints so far.

Martin

 

I'm running bridgestone. Just this past Monday I put on new R283's. The steers that came off still have 7-8/32s. Those went to the drive postion for (hopefully) another 100k miles. They came off steer postion with 100k miles. I'm recapping the postion that I placed the used steers at, as those tires were at 1/32....okok 1/64. Anyway , one of those was from a steer postion when I bought the truck- 445k miles ago. I'm having it recapped(as long as it passes inspection) with the Megatrek tread.

My point with all this, is that Your tires are a Valuable asset. You can, I've been told, get a million miles out of a properly cared for tire.

As of right know 6 of 8 of my drives started out in the steer postion.

IMO don't ever get your tires at the truck stops. Go to the Dealer.