is anyone running continental drive tires? i have 2 on my pete 379. they seem to be wearing fine. i am thinking of buying more of them. any comments on these tires or other brands would be appreciated. thanks zircon
I'm running General D66D drive tires and Firestone FS590 steers on the W900L, The drives have about 115,000 on them and are still way less than halfway through the tread. The steers have 94,000 on them and still have about 60% on them. These are the best tires that I have run to date...My last tires were Continentals all the way around and I was pretty impressed with them as well.
Love continental steers on a spread axle flatbed running way more PSI in the tires than what they say to. If there drives are like there steers you should get alot of miles out of them if you check the air in them often and keep them rotated and balanced.
I currently have 330,000 on my Bridgestone M720 drives (will easily go to 400,000) and around 80,000 on my Michelin XZA3 tires (probably can get 200,000 on them). Longevity is one concern for me, but also the rolling resistance of the tire as well. I higher rolling resistance would cost as much in fuel to run them as buying another set of tires. For instance, the BS M726 (a popular tire) has a rolling resistance of around the 160's, give or take. The BS M720 has a rolling resistance of around 110. The 726's, though they may wear a little better, would cost me in fuel over their life as much as another set of tires.
Where did you get the rolling restance numbers? I didnt even know their was such numbers. I find this very interesting and very usefull. I understand rolling resistance just never knew how it was measured.
Never used Continentals but use Generals all the time. Continental and Gerneral are the same company. I use S371 steers and D660s drives and Im happy with both. I would recomend them.
Best place I have found to get the rolling resistance on just about every truck tire is right on Michelin's commercial tire website. You can find the information in the "tool box" section. Then selecting the "fuel savings calculator" is the easiest way to do comparisons on rolling resistance. The "rolling resistance" pop up box doesn't give you as much flexibility. You can plug in from drop down menus the tires you are looking at and compare. The lower the number the better. They even show numbers for various recap tires as well.
The S371 has a great rolling resistance of 96. The D660 falls down with a rolling resistance of 145. I would look at the S371's but wouldn't consider the D660 for me. But that is just me. To each his own.
