Are There "Steer Tires" For The Front Wheels of a 3500 Dually?

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The front tires on my Ram 3500 dually are now about worn out, while the rear tires have twice as much tread left. So, I am looking to purchase a couple of great tires for the front that can hold up to the weight of the CTD. These type tires (pictured below) are I guess designed for over the road tractor trailers and other heavy duty commercial vehicles, and are called "steer tires." Can anyone tell me if I may find a similar type tire that would fit my 3500? I like them because they seem to have much less rolling resistance, and would last forever.
 

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The front axles on these trucks from the factory are set up with a toe in similar to the IFS front suspension like the half tons. Being a straight axle there shouldn't be any....I'm running into a similar issue as well. Use the Thuren specs for alignment that they have posted on there website. It should help out with the wear. I need to do it to mine as well.

Going to rotate the tires around, the rears are wore even, the fronts are chopped/cupped on the outer edges on mine.
 

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As mentioned, Thuren alignment specs, most importantly just about ZERO toe-in. You may have to shop around to find a shop who will use other than factory specs.

As to tires, Bridgestone Duravis R500 are a closed shoulder design, and are about as good as you'll get.
 

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Not really. The best thing that I found for wear was to use the Thuren specs. I bought the tires on my previous 3500 from Discount Tire and aside from the Thuren specs, since their tires come with free rotate and balance I just took it in every 10k miles and had them rotate all 6. Kept the wear pretty even and although they had to break down the tires from the rims to rotate all 6, it wasn't a problem.
 
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As mentioned, Thuren alignment specs, most importantly just about ZERO toe-in. You may have to shop around to find a shop who will use other than factory specs.

As to tires, Bridgestone Duravis R500 are a closed shoulder design, and are about as good as you'll get.
This is very helpful. Thank you!
 

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They can last a long time that's true, Semi's use them all the time! But they are terrible in the rain! regardless of what vehicle that they are on. On a Semi with the 20,000 lbs allowed in most states on that Front axle and the speeds "most" drive at, they are considered "acceptable". Expense per mile is how the truck makes it's profit. Choose the tire for ANY vehicle you own for the way YOU drive and what YOU drive in (weather and road wise)! The tire life you gain may not be as cost effective as the DENT YOU SAVE!!!!
 
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Thanks a bunch. Seems like one would only want a shop that specializes in alignment, with experience on Ram 3500s to attempt this kind of a project.
If you give them the specs, just about any competent show can do it. Regardless of what the loaded/stored specs of the truck are.
 

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Toe in is pretty simple to set yourself. Always had to do it myself on my lifted Rams and Jeeps. Factory specs are meaningless once lifted.
 

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As mentioned, Thuren alignment specs, most importantly just about ZERO toe-in. You may have to shop around to find a shop who will use other than factory specs.

As to tires, Bridgestone Duravis R500 are a closed shoulder design, and are about as good as you'll get.
This is what I did too. Very happy with the Duravis tires.
 
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This is what I did too. Very happy with the Duravis tires.
My thoughts are that with these Bridgestorne Duravis being such phenomenally good tires, one might bump up the pressure in front, from 80 to 90 psi,... to reduce rolling resistance even more. Squeezing out another mile or so from a gallon of diesel.
 

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I chose another route, got rid of 4 inch spacers on front axle and installed 2 inch offset AR wheels with Coopers. I rotate fronts and rears left to right about 5K. no issues, steers good, tire wear is normal if not better. I think the factory front spacers with offset wheels is a feeble setup and hard to keep in alignment.
 

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My thoughts are that with these Bridgestorne Duravis being such phenomenally good tires, one might bump up the pressure in front, from 80 to 90 psi,... to reduce rolling resistance even more. Squeezing out another mile or so from a gallon of diesel.
Overinflation is not a sound strategy.
 

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Front tires on the Cummins 3500 bear a lot of weight.
Please, print out the manufacturer's data sheet for the tires, and refer to the load/pressure tables. 80 psi is the max cold pressure per Bridgestone. They will carry 3042 lbs per tire as singles at 80 psi cold. Overinflation is not a wise strategy.
 
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Please, print out the manufacturer's data sheet for the tires, and refer to the load/pressure tables. 80 psi is the max cold pressure per Bridgestone. They will carry 3042 lbs per tire as singles at 80 psi cold. Overinflation is not a wise strategy.
there is very little difference between 80 and 90 psi
 
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