My OEM's won't wear out!

[guitarSteve]

My '08 4-banger has 35,000+ miles on it now, and the tires still look to have quite a bit of rubber left!

I'm not used to this. Back a few years -with the old double I-beam Rangers- I could NEVER get that kind of wear out of tires.

I have rotated them ONCE!

True, I'm a geezer and tend to baby my ride, but my son uses it quite a bit too.

I think they're "Continentals," but I forget and my son has it tonight so I can't check.

Whatever they are they came on it new. I remember when we called OEM tires "take offs," because if you were interested at all, you immediately got something better.

The funny thing is, these seem to still stick pretty well and everything. It's not like they're those old hard LT style. They're definitely passenger car type.

 

[strvger]

here where i live, oem tires last not much more the a month on any new vehicle i buy. no where near enough traction with street car type tires on them from the factory.
guess there is one good thing about living where you do... oem tires work fine there.
jk! used to live there myself. for me, getting out of there was one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

 

[Blacked-Out FX4]

I have an 06 coming up on 40k miles...original tires will last me thru most of the summer...but thats coming up on 5 years on the same rubber. And I cranked my t-bars without getting an alignment a year ago and the seem to be wearing perfectly.

 

[4x4junkie]

Years back they used Firestone "FR480" tires (I think they were) as OEM. They were not a very long-wearing tire.
Sounds like the Continentals are wearing a lot better.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The OEM tires on my F-150 lasted until 27k. They had more miles in them but were just about completly helpless. BTW I got the truck with just a shade under 25k.

At a tractor pull with a 5klb tractor on a car trailer in a flat dry grass parking lot... stuck in 2wd. It got out in 4wd but I thought that was terrible. Ditched them before winter struck and didn't look back.

General Ameritrac 550 or something like that, they decent amount of tread left but have no way to really use any of it. Basically a ribbed tire with lines cut in the ribs.

 

[Bent Bolt]

98 000 KM on my 08 Ranger. Stock Goodyear Wranglers. I'll have to put on new rubber come next winter.

Not bad at all.

 

[guitarSteve]

98 000 KM on my 08 Ranger. Stock Goodyear Wranglers. I'll have to put on new rubber come next winter.

Not bad at all.

Impressive and encouraging. I'm not sure which impresses me more on mine, the rubber compound or the alignment.

 

[Bent Bolt]

I do have to say that rotating the tires every second oil change helps a lot. Changing the oil and filter and rotating tires is about the only maintenance I've done to it. And throwing an air filter at it once in awhile.

 

[Diesel Ranger]

Dude thats amazing miles for tires!!! I found a converter and thats like 60,000 miles. I bought a set of Uniroyal Liberator A/T's out of necesity for my Ranger and they suck. I get stuck all the time and i've got maybe 18 or 19k on them and I'm definitly going to need a new set of rubber by next fall. Some of it is the stupid TTB but a lot is crappy tires.

Kudos to you though on going so long on a single set!!

 

[bobbywalter]

put 100 k on some atx's once before.....ttb 4x4 that got the shit whooped out of it.


mostly only run in winter though and not really wheeled. but i also had access to a rack at will as well.

 

[wbeaton]

Coincidentally, I am having my OEM (P-metric) Goodyear Wrangler AT's changed today. I've had them on my truck for 122,000 km (76,000 miles). The tread is still deep, but the rubber is severely weathered and cracked. I've had the tires for 5 years.

My opinion is that the thread life is great, but everything else sucks. They have no traction on wet pavement or snow. I frequently get stuck on wet grass when pulling my 14' aluminum boat. In dry conditions and on the highway they are fine.

That's just my experience. I read lots of positive reviews about my tires in the past. Everyone has their own story.

 

[koda6966]

I drove my Ranger on the same used $50 tires off craigslist for three years. They'd still be on it but the other guy who owned it for a few months (I sold it to him and then bought it back) put new BFG's on it.

 

[JohnnyO]

Continentals tend to last long but the rubber is hard. The ones that came on my wife's Taurus were downright dangerous on snow so I got Blizzaks before the second winter.

 

[trev23]

i have a set of michelin tires on my 4x4 ttb ranger that my dad had on his 92 explorer for 80 000km and since i have had them and i have put over 10 000 km's on them and they still have about 20% on em, i will need some new ones soon but as for now they still grip fine, i think thats not too bad for over 90 000kms on a 4x4 ttb suspension setup.