Tire Options

[letsgetthisdone]

Towing I would use an E.

 

[fitzmotor]

I have the Coopers, I dont care for them, low speed rolling feels rough and they are noisy at speed, they feel hard as rocks unless you run under 40 psi.

 

[Tr4ckD4ys]

I'm looking at both the Pirelli and Firestones. Main argument is they're significantly lighter than the KO2s and probably better wet performance... the fact that they're also cheaper is just bonus

 

[Floyd King]

Nitro terra grappler, great tire.

 

[dave_g]

The difference between an E and a C is the sidewall construction. A "C" range tire is a 6 ply construction, an "E" range is 10 ply. They may not have that many actual layers but they are constructed to an equivalent, they might both have 2 or 3 but it will be built differently and an "E" is much stiffer. In practice the E range will take 80psi of pressure where the C will only take 50, which is semantics since most of us will run somewhere in the 30's. The big advantage to E range is the load, a "C" will take a load somewhere around 1800 lbs where an "E" will take 3200 lbs. You should not ever have your raptor loaded to a point where a "C" is inadequate.

Weight has a lot to do with compounds sidewall reinforcement type and construction. It has almost nothing to do with load range or tread block size. For instance my current tires are Duratrac with a load range D and massive tread blocks, they weigh less than the physically smaller, less blocky stock tires.

I believe the duratrac has a Kevlar to reinforce it rather than steel. Ran them on my old F250- a bit noisy as they got miles on them, great in snow in mud.

 

[Big Blue]

Nice list, but you left off a number of preferred M/T tires and IMO the Tire Weight column is more important that max speed rating.

I would add;

BFG KM3
Cooper Discoverer STT Pro
Toyo M/T
Toyo R/T

 

[Tr4ckD4ys]

Just purchased the Pirellis at 218$ per tire, new including tax. This was just way too low a price to pass. Obviously they don’t look as good or are as capable as the BFGs when offroad. They beat them on road in wet, snow and dry traction as well as road noise. They are AT tires made for 90% asphalt/gravel drivers. Another argument for me was the about 3 pounds less per tire. They are LT315/70/17, have a slightly slimmer tread width, but have the same height as the BFGs and are also severe snow service rated. Their load range is E (that’s the thing I’m most curious about, wondering how this will affect ride quality in comparison with the C load range.)

I will report back here how they’re doing. If I don’t like them I’m just gonna put them up on FB marketplace.

 

[Raptorrunner2019]

I am working a lot right now. As soon as I get a day off I will try to update with some mudders

 

[BlueOvalF22]

Maxis Razr!

 

[Toadster]

I have about 6k on the Pirelli Scorpions - pretty happy with them!

https://2017-ford-raptor.blogspot.com/2020/11/new-shoes-for-raptor-pirelli-scorpions.html


Pirelli SCORPION ALL TERRAIN PLUS - LT Metric Street Radial Tire-LT315/70R17