OEM tires wore out pretty quick

[CorytheTrucker]

I do believe it’s normal, mine are the same right through the wear bar at 20k miles. Its just from turning. The Hankooks are shit tires with shit rubber. Made in Korea.

I think I’m going with K02 for replacements.

In my opinion KO2 is the only choice

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[Dizz]

Manufacturers seem to get a special blend of rubber and although have same labeling as the regular tire I feel buying same tires later would last much longer
Maybe ride/cost are the reasons
The tires Toyota put on Tacoma’s are terribly short lived many are replaced before 15K

 

[bmac]

For what it’s worth my tires looked exactly the same after 20k miles. (Same tires on my 2021 Platinum).

I had the dealer do an alignment but they “lost the sheet on what the before alignment was” so I never found out how off it was before. All he remembered was it was “in the yellow”.

Now at 37k miles it seems better but I make sure to keep the PSI 36 or 37 which seems to have helped. Will be replacing them in the next 10k miles with something else

 

[Aim64]

Strange, i put on tons of mileage on mine including towing my trailer 50% of the time and got around 40,000kms with tread left but decided on Defender LTX MS2's.

How is the ride with the Defender LTX MS2's.
Thx

 

[9663mu]

Nothing rides better than brand new tires.. If I were a Kardashian I would get new tires every 5000 miles.

This is what they are called the neighborhood bicycles. ?

 

[Hans Moleman]

There is one free alignment within 1 year or 12k miles on new vehicles

 

[wessermgm]

I do believe it’s normal, mine are the same right through the wear bar at 20k miles. Its just from turning. The Hankooks are shit tires with shit rubber. Made in Korea.

I think I’m going with K02 for replacements.

Good choice. I just crossed 40k on the odometer, I swapped my Hankooks for KO2s at about 2,500 miles. Honestly, with tire shine, you can barely tell their is any wear on them. I bet that they are still at or better than 10/32s after around 38k. I know that I can likely get 70k out of them if I wanted to. Just amazing durability.

 

[PatchManager]

Those tires are definitely not wearing as they should. We have the same tires and at 14K miles (over half of what you have), they look nothing like that. The wear is very even. We have had many sets of tires on various vehicles and none of them wore like that.

 

[fatBatman]

Lots of other people have already said it, you need an alignment. I think you may be running incorrect pressures too (most people are). I always set my pressures according to the "Chalk Test".
Chalk Test: Set the tire pressures at the factory specs then wipe chalk across the entire tread pattern. Sidewalk chalk works best because it is nice and wide and it's cheap. Now drive around the block once or twice and see if there is any chalk remaining on the tires. If the chalk is removed from the middle but remains on the edges, you are over-inflated. If the edges are clean but the middle is bare, you are under-inflated. If the chalk is completely gone, your pressures are set correctly. Note: This will change if you have a decent load in the back or are towing. I only do this for normal, everyday running around and then again with different pressures for towing my RV.

Why does this method work? Because everybody loads their trucks differently and has a different weight. Some people add a camper top/shell and that adds 2-300 lbs. Others pack a small business office in the cab and/or have heavy tools in the bed at all times. Also, if you change out your tires, I'd do this test again. If you swap out with a stiff walled AT tire, I'd probably do it a few times with marks in several locations around the tire just because a stiffer sidewall will act/perform differently.
The Goodyear's that came on my 2021 Lariat were actually pretty good and I hate Goodyear. I do like Coopers. However, since my King Ranch has 22's now, I will probably get Continentals when the Generals wear out.

 

[gh8toes]

If and when, I ever get the '24 KR I ordered last October, that has been sitting for over 2 1/2 months in some desolate parking lot someplace, I will be checking the tires for flat spots and insist the dealer replace them before I take delivery. It has been in "built" status awaiting shipment to the dealer since 3/22. The third estimated ship date came and went last Monday, and now there is no current-estimated ship date for it. All Ford can tell me is that it is shown as in Dearborn, and it has been turned over to the trucking company for delivery. All the while I wait, I continue to lose money on my trade in value and Ford doesn't give a dam, and has no intention of compensating those of us that continue to wait. New trucks that roll off the assembly line are loaded directly on the car haulers for immediate delivery, while mine still sits in the back of the lot. Retail order deliveries are prioritized over special orders. There are no metrics to measure the car hauler's performance and how long they let vehicles in their que to age.

All the recent news stories about the thousands of F150's parked in lots, and how Ford profits for the first quarter were down because of the delayed launch of a "refreshed" truck, fail to speak to the customer side of this S&#t Show, and how it has cost them real money. The customer side of this story needs to be published and expose Ford for their total lack of customer service/satisfaction.

So all you loyal F150 customers that pre-ordered over 6 months ago to enable Ford to efficiently schedule their production, that are still waiting for Ford to recognize your loyalty by prioritizing the shipment of your truck, make sure you check your tires for flat spots, if it ever shows up at the dealer, and have them replaced before you take delivery. It is Ford's fault those flats spots will be there.

 

[Calson]

Tires were underinflated and used instead of the brakes in turns. I would not blame the tires. After 3,000 miles or less it should be obvious if they need more or less air pressure for even wear.

 

[Matisse70]

Strange, i put on tons of mileage on mine including towing my trailer 50% of the time and got around 40,000kms with tread left but decided on Defender LTX MS2's.

40,0000km is less than 25,000 miles

 

[Canadian owner]

got a similar wear pattern on my Original pirreli and have about 30K km on them I increased the pressure to 41psi to see if I got more wear in the central section, I got the 20'' KR rim I am not impressed by the tyres life, so far

 

[Jekyll]

Crap, are you suggesting I can't expect the same milage on my 24 OEM Hankooks as I got on my 2011 SCAB 5.0? I got 103,000 on the factory tires and still passed inspection when I replaced them. They were so good, I installed the same. 174,000 miles and the 2nd set still has plenty of tread remaining.

 

[spiritrider1]

Crap, are you suggesting I can't expect the same milage on my 24 OEM Hankooks as I got on my 2011 SCAB 5.0? I got 103,000 on the factory tires and still passed inspection when I replaced them. They were so good, I installed the same. 174,000 miles and the 2nd set still has plenty of tread remaining.

You may have had tread left, but what about grip? Age and heat cycles will dry out a tire and compromise traction. Here in Texas, three summers is the max I let my tires go, if they even last that long. After that, they get pretty slippery.
I am not a big fan of high mileage tires to begin with. High mileage tires tend to be very hard With little grip.
My 2018 STX came with Michelin XLT. They were smooth and comfortable but miserable in the wet. I had nearly 40,000 miles on them when I traded for my current power boost which came with the Hancook DinaPro A2. I was not expecting much, but quite frankly, they have impressed me more than the Michelin. Wet weather handling has been much better until recently when my tread depth has finally started to go down. The first 35,000 miles showed very little where except for the corners of the front tires. I know that is an inherent trait of the F150. Yes, a bad alignment makes it worse, but they all love to wear the corners out.
My tires have over 47k miles and apart from the front corners, have decent tread and grip left. I re-sipe and re-grove my tires when worn down to the stabilizer blocks. Just to get a little more life out of them and clear a path for water to exit. Trust me, this improves wet weather grip and less hydroplaning.
but they are at the point where they are just not as safe in the rain anymore so I’ll be replacing them with the Continental Terrain Contact AT’s. I love their wet weather characteristics.
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