A friend has a 1999 short bed regular cab 4WD Chevy Silverado with 235K on it. Original engine, uses no oil, runs perfect, never had a valve cover off.
He gets a tire deal from a friend of his and is very sold on Kelly Safari tires that he has run two sets. He likes everything about these tires and gets amazing milage out of them. The current set has 90K on them and has enough tread to go at least 20K more. He has had only three sets of tires on this truck, the original Firestones, and two sets of Kelly Safari to get him to 235K.
His truck is a Z71 and he unknowingly replaced the original Bilstein shocks at 70K, not because he thought it rode bad, but because he didn't know shocks could last that long. He had the shop where he gets his tires put on, install the best Monroe shocks, and he immediately hated the way it rode and drove. Back to the shop for new Bilsteins's because they had thrown his away. That was an expensive lesson. The replacement Bilstein have 135K on them and ride great. His truck handles like a sporty car.
So I'm riding with him the other day and he's telling me how great the tires work for him and indeed they ride great. He tells me they have 90K on them and that they are 10 ply. I'm thinking he must be confused because load range E tires aren't supposed to ride like this. I checked and he was right. The tires indeed seem to be amazing as he touts them.
He's running tires with over 3300 pound capacity per tire on a vehicle that is mostly used like a passenger car, but with no penalty.
He gets a tire deal from a friend of his and is very sold on Kelly Safari tires that he has run two sets. He likes everything about these tires and gets amazing milage out of them. The current set has 90K on them and has enough tread to go at least 20K more. He has had only three sets of tires on this truck, the original Firestones, and two sets of Kelly Safari to get him to 235K.
His truck is a Z71 and he unknowingly replaced the original Bilstein shocks at 70K, not because he thought it rode bad, but because he didn't know shocks could last that long. He had the shop where he gets his tires put on, install the best Monroe shocks, and he immediately hated the way it rode and drove. Back to the shop for new Bilsteins's because they had thrown his away. That was an expensive lesson. The replacement Bilstein have 135K on them and ride great. His truck handles like a sporty car.
So I'm riding with him the other day and he's telling me how great the tires work for him and indeed they ride great. He tells me they have 90K on them and that they are 10 ply. I'm thinking he must be confused because load range E tires aren't supposed to ride like this. I checked and he was right. The tires indeed seem to be amazing as he touts them.
He's running tires with over 3300 pound capacity per tire on a vehicle that is mostly used like a passenger car, but with no penalty.