Tires

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

Yes its time to put money in a paper bag and light it on fire. I need new tires for two of my trucks. First up 1500 Dodge Ram Truck. The Second is a 94 Ford superduty with dualy's both are on 16's. Both a 2wd.

The Dodge I was looking at getting some All Terrians. Since I'm still contracting out of this truck and I drive this thing around everywhere.

The Ford is a work truck looking for something that can handle a load in the dump but be able to have traction in snow, mud, etc. its also my Salt/Landscape truck. One of my idiot employee's hit a piece of steel on the road.

Cost is really not a option

Another question painting rims from a crappy gold to black. Is the paint Hi Temp or just regular body paint. Yeah red trucks gold rims

[kosmo]

You wouldnt need to use the hi temp paint unless youre doing your calipers. Be sure and use a self etching primer, otherwise the stuff will come right off. Id recommend using something like Krylons Epoxy Enamel paint, thats pretty durable and moisture resistant.

[Lohman446]

I have never seen self painted rims come out well. I suggest you hit a salvage yard and see what you can come up with.

Make sure you don't let some dolt sell you P series tires for your work trucks. Especially the salter make sure you get 10 ply (Load range E) tires. Frankly I recommend it for both.

Cooper Discoverer M & S are a fairly aggressive tire without getting into stupid price ones. I run these on our plow truck after the boss got stuck one day with different tires. Obviously there are some more well known aggressive "road" tires as well but these are a very very good tire for the price

[Dharma punk]

If you're serious about painting your rims, get some Aircraft paint remover to get the opld stuff off. That stuff is amazing. Then use a self etching primer as was said above. Do several light coats of paint with wet sanding in between. You'll also want to clear coat them afterwards so the paint doesn't get chipped. Another option is to take them to an auto body shop and have them paint them. They'll probably do a better job and the finish will last longer. Powder coating is also a good option, but will probably cost a bit more.

[BeaverEater]

ive got some bridgestone a/ts any they work great, great traction on and off road. I got them like 2 months ago and price wasnt too bad. Im actually gonna ditch them tho cause im lifting my truck and putting on 35's

[Dayspring]

I'm a REAL fan of the BFG AT k/o tires. They wear VERY well & are great traction just about everywhere. If you see yourself in more muddy terrain, the MTs are quite nice (loud & don't wear very well) & the Goodyear MTRs are also nice.

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

I found tires for the dodge going with some BF's all terrians. Lohman I gave a call around to the junk yards no one has a 6 Ford 8 lug 16in rims for that truck. So I'm just going to take them to get sprayed. But I did find a clean set of the stock premium wheels for the dodge crome looks better anyways.

Getting these of the ford today oh what a story. had to pull out the sledge to get the front ones of then went to take apart the dualy's, the retard that painted them before at the auto shop painted them together. but the suprise that layed behind the rear driver side. after fianlly getting the rim apart the drum just feel to pieces. talk about a pain in the Been thinking of just getting rid of it before more problems come and replacing it with a bigger truck (I.E. L1000 or a Kodiak) but I think I can make more money with it and run it into the ground.

[Alley]

Id look into bart wheels...they are steel so a bit heavier and weigh down a bit on the Gas Milage... they are about 35 bucks a piece...

BFG AT KOs are infact a great tire... I have a set of 35"s on my truck. But, If you want a bit more aggressive of a tread pattern the MTs are also a good tire.

[Lohman446]

Been thinking of just getting rid of it before more problems come and replacing it with a bigger truck (I.E. L1000 or a Kodiak) but I think I can make more money with it and run it into the ground.

What I see from my customers that are constantly hauling a serious load (salter, paver, etc.) is that when they switch from a 1 ton truck to a "big" truck 550 / Kodiak etc. there repairs generally drop by about 50%. Granted the total cost is still about 90% (maintenance and repairs generally cost more) but they get rid of a lot of the down time.

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

What I see from my customers that are constantly hauling a serious load (salter, paver, etc.) is that when they switch from a 1 ton truck to a "big" truck 550 / Kodiak etc. there repairs generally drop by about 50%. Granted the total cost is still about 90% (maintenance and repairs generally cost more) but they get rid of a lot of the down time.

already have a 550 with no dump though Besides if you hooked up the chains between my superduty and my 550 the super duty would pull that truck around like a toy.

[Lohman446]

already have a 550 with no dump though Besides if you hooked up the chains between my superduty and my 550 the super duty would pull that truck around like a toy.

Could be, but don't mistake power for durability under load. The 550 has heavier springs, heavier brakes, and is probably geared a lot lower (though that would be back to power). The point is rather than running a one ton at constant load it is sometimes better to run a heavier truck at less load (for the truck, same #s)

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

True Lohman but the 550 is my baby now of the fleet yeah its a work truck but I lost her once because of a incident that happened with Halquest Stone. My orignal 99 550 had a box with central hydro. and a dump but Halquest destroyied it by dumping a load base coarse in it. Long story short they replaced it completely and giving me a 02 250 in the process for my loss of time and money with out the 550. Just wished it my old engine in the new one I miss my 99 7.3 550 only had 30K

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

Bad news

Just got my dodge back from the tire shoppe today, a inner tie rod end has a hair line crack running through it. Not good. Also the outer's and both upper and lower ball joints are shot. yeah I know I'm out only five hundred bucks and should just get rid of the little red devil but hey orginal trany and engine (Must have gotten the good one.) Plus all the abuse my flower girls and me put it through it lasted won't mind owning another. time to get searching.

Also got my Ford back today with the new meats went with a special order Shumaker K-72 tire from the locals was only 1.3K not bad for 6 and decided to run it into the ground (I.E. full engine or Trany replacement.) and just expanding my fleet.
Lawn Service trucks
02 F250 5spd
02 F350 Auto Spray rig
99 F550 Soon to be a Dump
Landscape trucks
94 F450/Superduty Dump

Future Additions
Single rear Axle Dump truck. Any advice?
Bucket Truck for tree service. Leaning towards newer 450 but open to sujestions.

[Tizbitz]

I could probably drag you a few tires out of the creek behind my house....

[Ole Unka Phil]

[QUOTE=Dayspring]I'm a REAL fan of the BFG AT k/o tires. They wear VERY well & are great traction just about everywhere.

On that same theme.... I am having some very good luck with BFG Commercial TA's. Great hiway M+S tire with long life. Typical Commercial truck tread pattern. These I am running on a Crew cab Dually Diesel so they holding up pretty good on that heavy truck. And reasonable priced too. Sams carrys them at about 100 a peice.


Of course Michelin makes a nice tire for this too.