Seeking RAM 1500 Tire Recommendation for Trailer Towing & Winter?

[corneileous]

Wowsers! How old are you? 5600lbs….That’s not in 2500 territory.

If you perhaps read the other discussion pertaining to that, you’d know crash was just making a joke. Lol.


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[corneileous]

To be fair, I never planned on towing when I bought the 1500 or I would have bought a 2500 back then, but it hardly seems worth upgrading for this trailer alone as I only have 25k mi on it.

I also second the Michelin Defender LTX. For what you described, those would probably do excellent. When you said light off-roading, I don’t know if you meant just gravel roads or rocky roads that would eat up P-rated tires in a heartbeat, only very rarely traveled but either way, a lot of people recommend the 10-ply version of those Michelin’s, stating that the ride, although a little stiffer being that it’s a LT load range E tire, rides fairly smooth for what it is. Depending on the type of light off-roading you do, they’d probably even stand up better to rocks and other objects that would turn your factory tires into Swiss cheese.


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[crash68]

If you perhaps read the other discussion pertaining to that, you’d know crash was just making a joke. Lol.

Figured it would have been a little much to have posted this:

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Sorry man but for what the OP described, I don’t think those rough-ridin’ things is what he’d be interested in. Not only that, he asked for recommendations, not generally just what anybody particularly likes for their own particular driving style or what they run based on that.


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That was a recommendation.

They're not rough riding for a D rated tire, they've always lasted me a good while, and they tow just fine... that's from experience, I've had this set a while now, have towed a little over 8,000 pounds with them (building materials on a 14 foot utility trailer)... the tires do fine on and off road (cow pasture type stuff mostly).

I don't doubt the LTX is a good tire too.
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[corneileous]

That was a recommendation.

They're not rough riding for a D rated tire, they've always lasted me a good while, and they tow just fine... that's from experience, I've had this set a while now, have towed a little over 8,000 pounds with them (building materials on a 14 foot utility trailer)... the tires do fine on and off road (cow pasture type stuff mostly).

I don't doubt the LTX is a good tire too.
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That’s just it, opinions are always gonna vary when it comes to deciding on what’s going to be considered a smooth running tire and what’s not going to be and even though the OP didn’t specify if ride quality and fuel economy needed to be preserved but I still don’t think the BFG AT is a good recommendation for what he’s looking for, simply because he said he’s not going to be jerking around a trailer near as heavy as yours and that his off-roading is going to be significantly less than yours.

But since I’ve had the very same tires that you do, my opinion of them is way different than yours. If I would’ve spent a lot more time offroading then I probably would’ve more than likely just overlooked it but since my truck sees very very little of off road, those tires were just too much. Running them at 40 psi preserved a tiny bit of my trucks ride quality but they also handled like crap at that lower pressure as well until I found out that I was supposed to be running those tires at 55 psi, they had great handling after that but the ride quality sucked. I don’t recommend these tires to anybody unless you do some fairly hard-core off-roading to where you need a tire that tough with that kind of traction. There’s much better choices out there that will give you good stability and pretty much everything that the OP said he was after.

And just so you know, I’m not ******* on your choice of tires, nor am I telling you what to run or what to like or anything else, I’m only saying this just for the benefit of the OP or for somebody else who may be reading this that has pretty much the same preferences towards tires.


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[turkeybird56]

Thanks, these are the ones available locally in stock:

SL 4-ply 2,679-lb load at 44-PSI
- $233 Cooper Discoverer AT3 4S 44lbs 65K mi warranty
- $245 Michelin Defender LTX M/S 42lbs 70k mi warranty

XL 4-ply 2,756-lbs load at 50-PSI
- $237 Nitto Terra Grappler G2 43lbs 65k mi warranty

LT D 8 Ply 2,998-lb load at 65-PSI
- $266 BFG T/A KO2 56lbs 50k mi warranty
- $266 Falken Wildpeak A/T3W 59lbs 55k mi warranty

I have Falken AT3W's on MY 19 Bighorn, but I only got C rated tires, not E rated, since I tow rarely. The Falkens ride well and grip the road real well especially in rain and in snow/ice (Ref Feb 2021 Ice/Snow Storm) in Texas.

 

[RumRunner]

I have the Cooper AT3 4S and they did well in the snow this past winter (although it wasn't a bad winter here). I only tow a utility trailer and rarely go over 3500lbs, but they had no issues there. Gives a decent ride on the pavement and from the little bit of dirt/gravel roads I go on they had no issues there either. They were also the least expensive of the ones I had looked at too.

 

[Cloudmine]

I also second the Michelin Defender LTX. For what you described, those would probably do excellent. When you said light off-roading, I don’t know if you meant just gravel roads or rocky roads that would eat up P-rated tires in a heartbeat, only very rarely traveled but either way, a lot of people recommend the 10-ply version of those Michelin’s, stating that the ride, although a little stiffer being that it’s a LT load range E tire, rides fairly smooth for what it is. Depending on the type of light off-roading you do, they’d probably even stand up better to rocks and other objects that would turn your factory tires into Swiss cheese.


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Light off roading for me would be occasional gravel/dirt roads to get to camp sites or hunting areas.

 

[phitchr]

I have had good luck with Goodyears on all of my vehicles. Had Cooper Discoverer AT3's on my 2500 and they were a really solid tire for mixed use.

 

[ontariokeener]

I have 230,000 km (143,000 miles) on my 2014 1500 Sport Hemi 5'7" bed. After the factory Badyears went, I have been through two sets of Cooper Dicoverer ATWs, both of which I had good experience with. I felt that the ride was comparable to the factory tires. Last fall I put on a set of BFG KO2s - load range D, and they were not really any different than the Coopers in ride. They do have a bit stiffer sidewall and seem a bit better at managing my 5,000 lb dry/6,400 lb loaded travel trailer. Not enough miles on them yet to tell what treadwear will be like, but they peformed well in snow. Our company fleet is over 300 HD Ford pickups and they all run KO2s - I am not aware of any significant issues. For towing, I am of the opinion that LT tires are a better choice than P-rated.