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I also tow a lot. 2018 Cummins with 75k total miles but almost 40k of that is towing our travel trailer. The original Firestone tires lasted 30k at best, they were at a 2 when I replaced them. Then a 2nd set were defective and only lasted one session.

I just replaced my Michelin AT tires which lasted about 40k miles with another set of the same Michelin tires. I am very happy with these. The tread was still a 6/7 and they would have been fine for the rest of this season if I was only driving on the road, but I store my trailer in the middle of a field and I was not getting the traction I needed in what I would call mild off road conditions. The new tires start at 14 to give you a comparision.
Nice. Thank you for the info. The Michelin LTX M/S we have on our van have been great. Price wise, Michelin is very proud of their tires.
 
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I don't have many miles on them yet, but I just installed Continental Terrain Contact AT tires. I do know they are dead silent on the highway and have behaved nicely in rain and some light snow. Haven't had a chance to tow with them yet. Not a super aggressive tread pattern but should be fine for light off-road use.
Thank you. I will look into those.
 

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I can tell you what not to get.any nitto grappler.mine lasted me just over 40k kilometers and all i tow is my side by side trailer and my travel trailer a couple times a year.i replaced them with Yokohama geolandar a/t tires.
 

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I can tell you what not to get.any nitto grappler.mine lasted me just over 40k kilometers and all i tow is my side by side trailer and my travel trailer a couple times a year.i replaced them with Yokohama geolandar a/t tires.
How long have you the geolandar tirs ?
 

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about a week.i was a bit late swapping over from my snow tires,I was in Europe for a month and winter tires are legally mandatory till the end of April here.I actually got them last fall after I put the snow tires on.
 
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2022 Ram 2500 6.7 4x4. I know that there are a lot of opinions on A/T tires. Just looking for real world experiences from someone who also tows quite often.
We pull our 8500lb camper all over, according on where our work is at the time. I went through the original Transforce A/T tires, and then went to a set of Cooper Adventurer A/T Force tires. Those have been ok for the 25k miles that they have been run. Starting my research for a new set, as we will be replacing them sometime this summer.
I run A/T tires, as we live a good way off the highway on a primitive rock road and a constantly off-road at times, due to our job locations.
I have noticed here lately that the rocks are really chewing up the tread of these Coopers. I am looking for a good durable A/T tire that will also be stable at towing, and have good off-road grip.
Any info is greatly appreciated. I had the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W on my half ton, and am also looking at the Wildpeak A/T4W, possibly for this truck.
I run the Falken Wildpeak AT3W 10 ply on my Jeep and the AT4W 8 ply on my Ram. Excellent winter and summer. Not noisy, balance and ride well. Plus they were the tires with the most tread depth I could find.
 

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about a week.i was a bit late swapping over from my snow tires,I was in Europe for a month and winter tires are legally mandatory till the end of April here.I actually got them last fall after I put the snow tires on.
I’ll look forward to hearing your thoughts on them after you’ve run them for a bit .
 

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No experience yet, and I don't tow but looking at reviews I saw guys with diesels who tow were reporting 50k-55k miles out of Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT and also held up good vs rocks and trail damage.

Very limited review:

They are *quiet*. Even with the window down at 60mph on a 2 lane they are really quiet.

Stability seems good, though again I'm not towing anything. I had 800 lbs of bags of concrete in the back of the bed (so behind the rear axle) today and no waggle.
 
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