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@RedForeman that G505 appears to have the same tread pattern as the G572. It's supposed to be their latest, greatest low rolling resistance fuel max tire. It likely has a different compound from the G572. As you probably know (I've posted this 1,000 times a "rollin coal retread" so to speak) I run the G572 retreads. I think it's good tread design. It's gets the occasional pebble stuck in there but I wouldn't really call it a rock magnet.

Now the old Yokohama TY577's I had were rock magnets until they got worn down quiet a bit. I would probably go with the G505 the next time I buy tires, if I'm still in business that far into the future, if they had them in 11R22.5 but I think it's only available as a lopro 22.5. So G572 will be my next drive tire. They - at least these retread 572's I have - wear perfectly on my unit with no funky wear patterns at all. I get better fuel mileage from them than I did with the TY577's too.

 

Rc, just out off curiosity here, why not switch to lo pro? Same rims. Just got to buy all 8 at once, and have the ecm programmed to keep your speedometer calibrated. Figure an hour charge at the dealer for that. I wouldn't take off good tires to switch over, but when it's time to replace them any way, there is really no reason not to.

 

3:70 rears it would really suck the fuel @ 70mph with lo pro's worse than it does. 68mph is the sweet spot. I never had the patience for slower than posted speed limits. I know that costs me but I pay for the fuel and am not complaining.

 

Yep, it would lower that sweet spot to about 65.

 

Now see, if I had your final drive setup, I'd be shopping for a set of bling bling 24.5 rims. That 99 Century I bought had some, but I swapped them straight for the 22.5's that were on the old truck that got scrapped. That one has 3.55 gears on a 12.7 Detroit, so the higher rpm puts the sweet spot right at about 65-70, which is all the faster the young one should be going. My truck likes the lo-pros, with 3.25 rears.

 

4+ years with the same G572's now, never rotated. I'm going to rotate at Thanksgiving and should easily get another 18 months or more out of them.

 

how many miles?

 

Off the top of my head, a little over 300ish on 4 and 340 or so on the other 4

 

Wow. I took mine off with 78,000mls. They have about 50% thread left and are rock drilled all over. The Yukon is considering a surcharge for me stealing all their rocks of the Alaska Highway. I just got a set of Michelin caps for the winter. The casing is a XZA3 plus with a XDS 2 cap. I will try to run the 572's out next summer.

 

Seems to me that the smart thing to do would be to take the load to Texas, then use the extra revenue to take time off and buy an Oregon vacation.