Tire suggestions for farm pickup

redgreen

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Hi all, I am looking for some experience on Cooper tires and what models you like or dislike. My mother-in-law works for Cooper and can get me 20% off tires for my truck so I want to go with Coopers, but have no clue what to get. Its a 2000 Ford F-350 single rear wheel 7.3l diesel 4x4. It mainly plows snow, not commercial just our farms and a couple of family and elderly neighbors driveways. Pulls seed wagons to and from fields. Its mainly "off road stuff", but I do take it to auctions and haul tractors to shows so it will be on the hi way. I don't want mud tires and don't want street slicks either, is there a in between tire that anyone likes? Would like to keep at least a load range D still. I have ran BFG all terrains and Mastercraft Courser CT and seemed to work good, anything comparable? Thanks for any help or info you can lend. The tire salesman only look at their pocket, so I figured I would ask the fellow tractor guys that have some of the similar jobs and uses for their trucks.
 
Discover M+S is good for the farm. Won't last as long as a MAX SST Discover but less money.
All depends how many miles you drive per year, mostly high way or off road? If your on the highway
pulling a trailer more on hard roads I'd be leaning toward the SST. If just occasionally on hard road
pulling wagons off road go with the M+S.
 
I have a set of At3 on one of my vehicles. Good all around tire, but a little hard in the winter. Fairly low cost tire to begin with. They also make an Atw that I would try if I could find them.
 
I currently have Cooper Discoverer ATP on my duramax currently and am very happy with them. Great traction in all conditions, not much road noise and so far, wearing very well (about 15k on them). Price was very reasonable. I chose them over the AT3 because of the scalloped edges for a little more sidebite.
 
for gosh sakes on a 1 ton stay with a load range E. That is what they would have come out with -- anything less you are going to get an expensive ticket if you are ever stopped. Seen it happen several times. I've had to go to the DOT stations on I80 several times and replace tires -- Just because they were the improper load range.
 
Mastercraft IS a Cooper made tire so check that out. Check to see if that 20% aplies to all tires Cooper makes or only certain ones. Big Cooper tire plant 50 mile from me. This fall when I needed tires Cooper did not produce one in my size in traction tread.
 
Well as you can already see forming one company can make a good tire and a yucky tire with the same name (like discoverer) but different letters after the name. I had some sort of cooper discoverer on my truck and did not like them at all.
I hate tire companies messing with their designs all the time ! I had found a decent tire in the past. Traction King, some off branded BFG tires. Good aggressive tread low noise decent life. Well last time I got some the tread was completely different than it used to be and those tires were no good at all ! I still have some of the old ones on the 1981 F350 dump. Still working good !
 
I have the Discoverer ATP on my 04 4x4 crewcab long bed diesel and so far they have done really well. Good winter traction in the snow whether its wet or dry stuff and decent mud traction without much road noise. Have had them on for over 2 years and about 10,000 miles. Just keep them rotated.
 
Sorry fat fingers mind said E keyboard went D. That is part of my dilemma I have ran into before, I find a tire I think would be good but they only go up to D range. That's why I figured I would ask you guys what tread worked good for an all around farm truck that had a load rating and some grip. Thanks
 
Sorry fat fingers mind said E keyboard went D. That is part of my dilemma I have ran into before, I find a tire I think would be good but they only go up to D range.
 
Sorry fat fingers mind said E keyboard went D. That is part of my dilemma I have ran into before, I find a tire I think would be good but they only go up to D range. Thanks
 
Might go look at reviews on them at tire rack, or other sites with reviews. My experience with Cooper is that they have a decent tire, but usually do not wear well. Last year i was in market for a set of winter tires for my driver (car) and bought a set based on reviews. I was extremely pleased and reviews were right on and I went from a car that would not move on level ground in snow, to one that seems like it will go until it high centers. I found out that all season tires for the most part in snow are a joke, and now I run all season tires during spring/summer/fall, and swap to a full on directional tread winter about Thanksgiving and swap back end of February. I am a bit surprised from some comments talking about tickets for running a certain load range tire on a pickup. I might see that if the truck was licensed commercial. I know some cringe, but I run a p rated (passenger rated) tire on my 1/2 ton extended cab, and pull a trailer. As a matter of fact I towed a flat trailer into a MO Highway Patrol facility for a VIN verification with another pickup on the trailer. They never gave my truck, tires, or the fact my truck had 6,000 lb local farm plates on it a second glance, and they simply looked at the truck VIN on the trailer, filled in the paperwork and sent me on my way. I always had arguments with my father on his insistence of running a heavy tire and inflating the tires to maximum inflation marked on the sidewall. He would never understand that the load and inflation was for max load, and never understood why his tires failed long before the tread wore out. His truck always rode like it was on steel. I have been known to run as little as 12 PSI on an unloaded pickup (I used to run a 10- 15 tire) and never had an issue with tire failures. I still drop the pressure until I load the truck, then I may put up to 45 PSI in (with loaded trailer). I see a lot of people who seem to think they need to have a 3/4 or ton truck, with load range E tires, but never haul anything with them.
 
I have been very happy with Cooper Discoverer AT3 tires on 2 1 ton diesel pickups. Good traction in all conditions, Mud, Wet grass ;-) Dry roads, 12" of snow, etc. -Andy
 
They have lasted well on my trucks, got 50,000 miles out of a set of ATR's, just rotate them every 5,000 miles or else the rears will wear the centers out if lightly loaded. -Andy
 

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