Tire size and brand

[big_smith]

Whe I was younger I wanted big fat tires on my truck because they looked cool, and gas was cheap. Now gas is high. Your fuel economy will decrease with larger tires. I personally still like the look of larger tires, but can't justify the higher cost of the tires themselves, and the increased cost of fuel. You are going to be hard pressed to find a cheap set of 18" tires. I put a set of 17's on my Z71 recently and almost choked on the price. I went with a house brand sold by Discount Tire. They have a similar tread pattern to BFG's and were considerably less in cost. They have a 50,000 mile tread wear out warranty. They were Pathfinder All Terrains. Not sure if they would be available in your size.

[Sackett]

One way to save some money on the tires is to buy new wheels. Discount Tire will usually sell some pretty good looking 16" aluminum wheels for about $100 each. Then you could get a set of 285/75/16 for considerably less.

Good idea; however, the smallest rim you can put on the F-150 from '04 and up is 17". Even still, you can find some good prices on 17" tires. When my truck first came out, there weren't but maybe 3 AT tires for 18" rims so I seriously thought about getting the 17" rims.

[sticknstring]

If these will break the bank-he isn't going to have much to choose from.The cheapest and one of the best m/t I've used are coopers.
I've usually bought 2 tires at a time to make things easier on the pocket book ....your first buy, you'll have 2 brands of tires but after that just keep rotating/replacing 2. You'll only need 1/2 as much money at once, as opposed to buying a full set of four tires. By the time the other 2 tires on the truck need to be changed -you'll be in much better shape having the money for 2 replacements.

My 37" pro comp extreme m/t 's on 20 " rims are running me $450 a pop

[Bweger]

LT275/75R18
Toyo Open Country A/T- $180 a tire
Bridgestone Dueler A/T- $218 a tire
Maxxis Buckshots Mudders- $215 a tire
Nitto Terra Grappler- $214.50 a tire

LT285/65R18

Toyo Open Country A/T- $246 a tire
Nitto Dune Grappler- $249 a tire
Nitto Terra Grappler- $259.75 a tire

[LuckyShot]

If these will break the bank-he isn't going to have much to choose from.The cheapest and one of the best m/t I've used are coopers.
I've usually bought 2 tires at a time to make things easier on the pocket book ....your first buy, you'll have 2 brands of tires but after that just keep rotating/replacing 2. You'll only need 1/2 as much money at once, as opposed to buying a full set of four tires. By the time the other 2 tires on the truck need to be changed -you'll be in much better shape having the money for 2 replacements.

My 37" pro comp extreme m/t 's on 20 " rims are running me $450 a pop

sticknstring this is a great idea, but I am going to put bigger tires on this time and i would like them to be the same size. The one good thing is that I do not need the tires right now so I was thinking of buying 2 a time then putting them all on my truck when I finished buying them and really need new tires.

Once again thank yall for the information.

[Hoggerjls]

Toyo Open Country M/T

[BOWFISHER08]

check 4 wheel off road for the buy 3 get one free pro comps !!!!! i got about 30000 on my 35x12.5x17 extreme all terrains and still over 3/4 tread left keep em rotated every 5k or so paid right around 1k for all 4 tires mount balance and road hazard up to 50percent and dicount after 50 percent

[tpack]

Discount tires has some good buys on ebay and their stores will match the ebay price. I bought some michelin 265-70r-17 Ltx a/s ( 10ply) out the door for 904.00. I didn`t buy the road hazard and you can send in a coupon they give you when you buy 4 tires and get back another 70.00 off the price.(834.00 after rebate).They are the same tires I took off my truck and I had 68000 miles on them and could have gotten another 10000 but they were 6 year old tires and were weather cracking pretty bad so I went ahead and replaced them while they were on sale. They drive great and and do good while in 4x4 .