Wander the West: BFG AT tires wearing out early. - Wander the West

Our 2011 Tundra had new BFG All Terrains installed when it was new. We have always got better than 40,000 miles wear out of these tires on our other vehicles, including our previous Tundra with the camper on full time. We have about 28,000 miles on the truck and the tires are worn to the point of needing replacement. They have been rotated every 5k. I'm confused by the huge drop in wear of the tires.



I thought it might be because the new Tundra is significantly larger than the old one, thus weighing more. But I've looked back through older tire threads and other members with full size trucks have mentioned getting 40 - 50k miles. Some people mentioned not liking the BFG AT's in snow, but no one complained about the tires not lasting. Any ideas?

Ted,
I have never gotten the kind of mileage others claim to get with their BFG AT's. My sets last maximum 30k, my last set only 22k. I just switched to Nitto Terra Grappler, we'll see how they do.

My current set has over 50k on them and still going strong.

There are different grades of BFG AT, does yours have the snowflake on them? If they do not, maybe they are the commercial ones, or whatever the non snowflake ones are.

Also, have you had your alignment checked? I know it is a new truck, but stranger things have happened.

Random other thought too is did you have E's before and D's now?

Interesting between the different experiences between OH and Gene.

E Rated? Check. I thought all previous were E rated but have no way to verify that now.

Snowflake symbol? No, just M&S. An earlier thread made it sound like that affected performance in snow, not wear life. Maybe it is a different hardness of rubber and wears differently?

Tire size is 275/65 R18. This is our first vehicle with 18" wheels. Wonder if that makes a difference? Gene and OH, what size wheels are you two using?

265/75/R16

I bought these tires, in size LT265/75/R16, primarily because of the "high-mileage" raves in user reviews on online-tire retailer websites. (And because most all of the cool guys/gals on WTW run these tires. )
I got these tires in January, and it's way too early for me to tell how well mine will wear.

Could the larger wheel size make a difference -- a negative difference for tire-mileage...???
Do tires with lower aspect-ratio wear faster -- all other things being equal -- than tires of the same diameter with taller side-walls? I don't know...but that sounds like a question that must have a well-known/well-established answer among tire experts.

I bet we have some tire experts on WTW...

Mine are 265-70-17 with 35,000 on them and look to be good for about 10,000 more. Camper is on full time and used about 30% off road. Chevy 1500 extended cab with ATC Panther. I run 60 pounds cold air pressue in them. I have no explanation on why yours wore so quickly.
Dsrtrat

Maybe you just logged more hard offroad miles on this pair? You have been getting after it lately!
Over the years (20+) mine have fluctuated from mid- hi 30's to as low as the mid 20's. I may have broken 40K once that I can remember. I replaced My last pair in their mid 20's but I would say that I was particularly hard on them, thousands of Baja and DV miles. I could have probably milked another 5k out of them but was prepping for another Baja trip so better safe than sorry.

Jay and I have virtually the same truck. He got 40 or 50k on his sets. I got 25k to 30k but my tires get seriously more washboard, gravel and dirt roads. That may make more difference than I would have thought.