Hello, I am needing some new tires and wondered if anyone has tried the BFG Trail Terrain tires on their 1500? I have a Trailboss lift and installed the 18 inch trailboss tires from new. The trailboss wheels I found had the Wranglers that were way to loud so I put K02's on and have really liked them. Great in all weather conditions. They have a little howl once and while depending on the road that I don't really like and have gotten worse from 40k miles on. The roads I drive on are terrible! Mostly country chip and seal and the highways no longer get fixed, they just grind out the ruts in the chip seal and put nice black pavement in strips so your half on chip seal, half on freeway type pavement. BFG came out with some new tires a while back, the Trail Terrains being 1 step down from the K02's which I can't find in the K02's I purchased in my stock size now. The TT's have raised white outlined letters, nice looking sidewall and from non Chevy owners really great reviews. Lots changing from the K02 to the TT. There are some K03's now as well that are between the K02's and the Mud Terrain. Anyway I have seen some Dodge 1500's with them and Ford F150's as well. I want to get away from the 10 Ply tires and go back to smooth and lower air pressure like the old days. They also don't have lugs on the edges. I am not worried about them not being LT or 10 ply. I have run the older BFG tires that were not 10 ply on my heavier F150, several sets with no issues whatsoever. I just want quite yet still a little aggressive looking tire with white letters out.

 

I check the tire reseller websites to find dozens of reviews for a given tire. With a light duty 1500 class truck the plies are not important and most tire companies now play the game of saying a tire is 10-ply rated and may only have 4 actual plies. I have the Wrangler Trail Runner AT 275/60 R20 on my 1500 double cab 4WD with the Z71 package and they provide a very smooth ride. I first had Wrangler tires on my 4WD trucks in the 1970's and they changed a great deal over the years and not always for the better. The Trail Runner version has a very good off road tread.

 

Went with the Trail Terrains from Costco. I also put all new TPMS sensors in from TPMS.com, went with Schrader brand. I am blown away at how much nicer these tires are then the K02's. Virtually silent, exactly what I was looking for. The 10 ply tires are just way too rough and loud for me. The K02's looked better but these don't look as bad after getting them on the vehicle as I thought they were going to look. The ride quality is just so much better than I was expecting. Right at $1000 dollars installed wasn't a bad price either. What I have noticed so far. I went from 18MPG to 21MPG combined driving which really surprised me. The rolling resistance of these tires is way less than the K02's as well as the weight of each tire and I think that is where the gain in MPG is coming from. When coming into the town where I live it goes from 65 to 35MPH. For over 3 years I have come in to town, let off the gas at this particular bridge and I am right at 35MPH by the time I hit the 35MPH sign on the edge of town. I have been doing it with these new tires day after day and I am at 60MPH when I get to the sign! I also noticed all around town where I drive it feels like I am having to really use the brakes a lot, just wasn't expecting anything like that changing tires. My wife has been getting mad asking why I am slamming on the brakes and taking off so fast, then she drove it and was amazed how different it was. I tried every combo of air pressure in the K02's till I found the sweet spot and I really liked those tires but man they were like solid wood wagon wheels compared to the trail terrains! Hitting railroad tracks, pot holes and diving on cement highways with all the lines sounding like a galloping horse you just really can't even hear or feel those things any longer with these new tires. Rumble strips in the center of the hiway as well, those are a big new addition around where I live on the super skinny roads you hit them all the time. When you would pass with the K02's those rumble strips would throw you for a bit of a loop not to mention rattle every bone in your body and panel on the vehicle and you just hardly even feel them with the new tires. Really amazing to me how much different they are. Of course the older the K02's got the louder and harsher they got as well. So anyone looking at these tires, they are awesome and Costco was a great place to work with as well, super easy, great prices.

 

UPDATE: Tires are still unbelievable. I was able to tow my camper, around 6400lbs, I am going to air them up to max pressure next time. Pretty bouncy compared to the 10 ply tires. Other than the extra bounces on big bumps super quiet and really a nice ride while towing and pretty much zero road noise. Went on a few 200-400 mile trips as well, one of them being on a terrible freeway that in all other cars I have made the trip in, including this vehicle is just terrible road noise the whole way, I84 from Washington to Portland OR. Pretty much just wind noise which is very little in this vehicle. The whole family noticed the difference. We could have the radio on and talk like normal front to back seats without shouting, just a super nice quiet ride. Rough parts of the lanes destroyed by semi traffic that used to make me cringe when they came out of nowhere hardly even felt or noticed. My weekly driving MPG's are holding steady with a 2MPG increase from 17.x to 19.x mixed. All hi way driving is also a 2MPG increase from 20.X to 22.x. My vehicle doesn't have the cylinder deactivation. The K02's were almost 21 MPG's at the very best and these new tires are almost 23MPG's but just won't quite do it pure freeway driving. Maybe 65-70MPH it would but 75-80MPH it does not. Had a rain driving day in Portland as well, super heavy rain and didn't have any issues, giant puddles on the freeway, sharp turns, holes in the road, off ramps where the corners were way sharper than expected, pretty much tested the rain driving really well, no issues, no complaints.