LT265/65/18 BFG KO2s on my Z71

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BobDobalina

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Came with Duratracs stock but at 8000 miles were too noisy for me. Had Michelin Defender M/S put on. Hated the squishy ride and handling. Tried all pressures no likey. Shop has 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Put the BFGs on and paid the difference and love ride. They work just right with z71 suspension. No more noise than a street type AT.

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Came with Duratracs stock but at 8000 miles were too noisy for me. Had Michelin Defender M/S put on. Hated the squishy ride and handling. Tried all pressures no likey. Shop has 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Put the BFGs on and paid the difference and love ride. They work just right with z71 suspension. No more noise than a street type AT.

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I love mine! The KO2s are on my burb all year long up here and do very well.
 

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Keep the air pressure up in them, 40+ to 50 psi for a 1/2 ton chassis or they will wear quickly. I fooled around from 30 to 50 psi and 50 is best. 42 psi is the minimum amount to exceed the rear axle capacity on mine. Still wore a little too quickly at that setting.
 
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I run 50 psi in the winter to help with the footprint/traction and 55 all summer. I have almost 25k on them so far and there is at least 2/3 tread left, whenever these are done the same thing will go on to replace them.

They do great in the snow!
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Came with Duratracs stock but at 8000 miles were too noisy for me. Had Michelin Defender M/S put on. Hated the squishy ride and handling. Tried all pressures no likey. Shop has 30 day satisfaction guarantee. Put the BFGs on and paid the difference and love ride. They work just right with z71 suspension. No more noise than a street type AT.

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Those look great. Was just searching for wheels/tires for my yukon. Want to go chunky tire and black rims. What kinda wheels are those?
 

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Those look great. Was just searching for wheels/tires for my yukon. Want to go chunky tire and black rims. What kinda wheels are those?

Those are stock z71 wheels. I forget the number. Look up z71 midnight. You'll see them.
 

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best tire ever. i used them for 12 years on both my new pick up trucks. i plowed with both trucks, never got stuck other then a few time i got high sided, and no tire works if its off the ground lol

i was always pulling out stuck fords, best part of the storm.

they do hum pretty good on the hwy, but that never bothered me at all.

like others have said, run them at full psi, also rotate them every other oil change if you do 3,000 miles oil changes. if you dont your wasting your money. the fronts get cupped and all ugly from the ifs set ups, when the rears hit the front its like you just got an alignment.

and never spin aka smoke these tires, if you can even break em free when dry, they stick like glue. point is you spin these they smoke and melt and the tires gone real fast. very soft tire. so if stuck in the snow, like really stuck, wait for help, these tires are not cheap.

if you get 50,000 miles out of a set you did every thing right. most wont make it past 30,000.
 

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Love them, have them on my 2006 Yukon Denali XL and they ride quiet and provide amazing grip wet and dry.
 

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anyone have a pic of these on 'regular' chrome rims? Not sure if I want to go with black or chrome...My winter setup is black and I usually keep my summers on chrome...
 

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Keep the air pressure up in them, 40+ to 50 psi for a 1/2 ton chassis or they will wear quickly. I fooled around from 30 to 50 psi and 50 is best. 42 psi is the minimum amount to exceed the rear axle capacity on mine. Still wore a little too quickly at that setting.
It says 44psi max on the tire. Will 50psi blow up?
 

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Yong, we're talking about an LT (Light Truck) tire, not your P-Metric tires which is what originally came on these trucks. In your case, go by the door sticker for air pressure and you'll be fine.
I'm sorry for mixing up the topic. I'm running 40psi on mine regardless.
 

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it used to be mine. one before it was a 97 3500 4x4. ran that one up to 175,000 miles in 5 years, sold it bought the 03 2500 hd both were green too, both ran the same wheels and tires. 97 was woodland green, the 03 polo metallic green. both were W/T trucks, vinyl seats, no power any thing. all i cared about was a tow package and snow plow prep with a locker rear. only options they had was cruise and cd players and ac. no frills. the worst was the 03 i thought the center seat folded down to a console, so wrong it was fixed lol


i had to sell it when gas broke 5 a gallon 8 years back. in reality i just didnt need a truck any more. as much as i loved it the 8 mpg and 34 gal tank was killing me.

it was set up for roofing repairs, had racks and all that crap on it, then come winter i plowed with it. i left roofing went into truck driving only thing left to do was snow plowing and id had just about enough of that crap. plowed for 20 years or so, all blood money. sold it and the plow. bought the used regal thinking i got a v6 gas saver,,,,oh wait its got a supercharger, yeah ill take it lol

8 years later i was missing a truck pretty bad, so i finally found this tahoe i got a few months back.

other then long over needed maint needing to be done asap i got what i wanted. and shocks and brakes only ran me 500, so not to bad of hit right off the bat from purchase.
 

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