I purchased a 2001 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 with 8ft bed in July of 07. The truck came with a set of Goodyear Rts's 265's. I think these things are crap. My tires are already spinning and that's just in the rain. I don't want to think about the snow!?! I'm looking at buying 4 new tires and have been focusing my attention, and checkbook, towards BFG's or Coopers. Most of my driving is on road but I do venture off-road during the hunting season (now). I need a set of tires that can do both and won't get destroyed in corn fields, can take snow drifts, and pull a boat. Any suggestions???

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Goodyear Wrangler Silent Armor, BFG TAKO, Toyo Open Country AT, Nitto Terra Grappler. Great All terrain tires that will get you mileage and will handle well on road as well as any sort of off road things you might get into....(as long as you aren't doing heavy mudding)...

 

Any idea on which are the most expensive and least expensive?

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they are all pretty comparable....are you wanting to stay with the 265'?

 

Makes no difference to me. Ideally, I'd love to go bigger but I don't want to buy different wheels. Do you think I can go bigger without doing this?

 

a 285 would be the best bet if you wanna go bigger, you won't have to make any suspension mods to fit em and they will the well nicely, also, dont really affect performance that noticeably.

all those tires are made in a 285/75/16 or 285/70/17 as well....

 

You'll never beat the value of the Firestone Destination A/T. Dstination A/T, Silent Armor, Revo all handily beat the BFG AT KO.

 

Will I lose MPG's going with the bigger size tire, and will it affect my speedometer?

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No going from 265 to a 285 will be wider, and slightly slightly taller, but you wont notice anything on the speedo

 

i just got GY silent armors put on my truck and i love em. they handle great in just about anything. and when you hit the freeway they are silent. they also come with a great warranty if you get the pro-grade. i had the BFG TAKOs and they kill gas mileage and hum quite a bit on the freeway. iv also heard great things about the firestones and bridgestone revos. i stay away from bridgestone personally because my buddy put his car into a railing running bridgestone potanzas. he was doin 20 mph in the rain. in the end i chose the silent armors for the warrenty and because they are mountain snowflake certified for sever weather

 

http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tires...productID=1055

Great tires.

 

Just ordered my Nitto Terra Grappler today in 285 60 18 .. $165 each plus shipping.

 

I just put 295/70/17 Nitto Terra Grapplers on my F150, it has an 8ft bed too and an 02' I paid $715 shipped to my door from ebay and another $50 to have them installed. I went from those stock 265s as well, i have some pics in my gallery, but the truck does look a little bigger than the pics show.

 

I also added 295/70-17 Nitto Terra Grapplers to my truck recently. I love 'em. I had the same problems you have with my stock 265's. My tires would spin ridiculously in the least bit of wet weather. I had my truck get sideways several times on the interstate after a little sun shower, just by putting my foot into it to pass. These new TG's never break traction, they are great looking, and they make my truck look more aggressive. I paid $739 out the door for my set. I like 'em better than my BFG A/T's I had on my Bronco.

 

Your truck looks great! I'm hoping to get those tires for my truck soon. May I ask where you got them from? Seems like you paid $150 less than I was quoted from my local tire shop.