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[mamahen]

I would like to thank you for letting me join this forum. I have had a 2015 Eco Diesel since Oct 2016, been a great truck, most comfortable one I have ridden in. (keeping it for time being) Just this past week I purchased a 2015 2500 Cummings Diesel, felt I needed a little more power to pull my 5th wheel. So I am asking for a bit of "tire advice"!! The truck has 92K miles on, so upon checking dates on the tires seems all were made in Dec 2014. I am under the impression then that these are the original tires. They look in great shape, lots of tread, no dry rot on outside, but they are 5 years old! Don't know if I should trust them to pull my trailer clear across the US, or put new Michelin's on. The current ones are Firestone Transforce HT, anyone have good luck with them?

 

[OCDTech]

I would like to thank you for letting me join this forum. I have had a 2015 Eco Diesel since Oct 2016, been a great truck, most comfortable one I have ridden in. (keeping it for time being) Just this past week I purchased a 2015 2500 Cummings Diesel, felt I needed a little more power to pull my 5th wheel. So I am asking for a bit of "tire advice"!! The truck has 92K miles on, so upon checking dates on the tires seems all were made in Dec 2014. I am under the impression then that these are the original tires. They look in great shape, lots of tread, no dry rot on outside, but they are 5 years old! Don't know if I should trust them to pull my trailer clear across the US, or put new Michelin's on. The current ones are Firestone Transforce HT, anyone have good luck with them?

Welcome a very good forum, with nice people and great info. I'm not sure about brands, but all i can tell you is i have a 5 year rule on tires, 6 max. No matter the tread. Now i don't know if heavy duty type truck tires are different, but for cars and 1500s. I'm not going longer than that.

Hopefully others will chime in on this. Again welcome!

 

[Harley Harrold]

 

[JohnnyMac]

Welcome aboard! Those Trans-Force tires are pretty crappy from the get go. I had a set on my 2014 HD and got stuck in the snow in my driveway which is flat. If they don't have weather cracking, they're probably still good enough to use, but it would be in your best interest to get something new sooner rather than later anyway.

 

[Papa Red]

Welcome to the forum.

Red

 

[Joe w.]

Welcome

 

[quietpeen]

Welcome

 

[madtrucker2016]

Welcome to the forum