Time for new tires (my experience)

Bluestreak57

55,000 miles is impressive! Well Done!
I don’t have any issues with my OEM tires, either!

raqball

It's the person that's behind those rock slingers that will have the problem... 😜

RNC

2022 2 door Basesquatch. Hard to believe that after only 2 years, I needed a new set of tires. In fairness, with 55,000 miles behind me, there is still a bit of life left in them. I wanted to use one of the original tires as the spare, so the time is now.
I never debated my 2nd set of tires would be OEM. I like the Goodyear Territory (Wrangler) MT. They have served me well. Also, my plan for the second set was to rotate in the new condition spare and purchase 3 new tires to match.
If you have a similar plan, this is where you might hit some obstacles. First, I have a 35% off coupon for Goodyear friends and family. Great, I think. I go to the local Goodyear store to order the tires. It turns out that Goodyear stores, and Goodyear.com can only get the Wrangler marked Territory MT. They do not have the non Wrangler marked in their system. Well that foils my plan, or so I thought.
I check tirerack.com, and they have the non - Wrangler marked Territory MT in the correct LT315 70R17 load range C size, and tread pattern. $289.00 each, "Free" shipping to your installer, and 2 year road hazard protection.
Confusion sets in when on the same page, they show an otherwise exact tire (all Specs appear to be the same), with a price of $379.00 each. After searching and reading everything very carefully, several times, I can not find an explanation for the price difference.
I get on the phone with their tire expert. My assumption is that the Ford OEM tire is the least expensive of the 2. The tire Rep confirms that these tires are in fact the same tires that come from the Ford assembly plant.
With confident relief, I order the tires . I arrange to have them installed by a local Tire Rack contractor. I get the notice that the tires have been delivered. I make an appointment for installation. I get some attention from the employees as I pull in the lot. I feel like a curiosity. The Bronco is still a relatively uncommon vehicle on the road. Few have reached the end life of their 1st set of tires. Fewer still are Sasquatch equipped Broncos.
These guys haven't put hands on one yet. I ask them if they can mount 35 inch tires. The collective head scratching begins. A Tech speaks up and says they are too big for their balancer. They start suggesting other shops and solutions for getting the tires to them. I ask them to take my spare and check fit it to their machines. It fits. They give it a go, and the installation process went flawlessly. No scratches or striped bolts on the trim rings. All tires perfectly balanced and all wheels torqued to Spec.
I'm off to collect some pea gravel.

Eye candy;

Lots O Fords

Years ago I worked at a tire store. I found that sometimes the OE tire will have different compounding or other structural differences.

Jakob1972

These tires kinda get a bad rap. But they have treated me right for the 36,000 miles. And thousands of miles on trails and dirt. I would get them again. Plus they have a distinct tread pattern so when on a trail I know there was another bronco out there.
I call them Sasquatch foot prints.
With that said I will probably replace them with Falken wild peaks just to give it a different look.

RNC

This was my concern. I believe I did my due diligence in trying to determine that the tires will all match. Time will tell.

raqball

I don't think the 'bad rap' they have is because of tire wear or because they are not good tires. The bad rap, IMO, is well earned as they are definitely rock slingers. That's not a problem for the person driving on them but it is bad news for whomever is behind them..

They are good tires that sling rocks and break the windshields of others.

For that reason I personally would never consider them, even if they were on massive sale.

Jakob1972

Not talking about the fact that they do sling rocks. All-terrain and max traction tires tend to throw rocks, mud tires usually don’t throw rocks because the larger space between the lugs.
The bad rap was for the tires having a weak side wall. But it is not a six ply tire and they are super light so I can live with that. If they were load range D It might be a problem. But I am not putting these on my F250.

raqball

I have Toyo AT's and they do not throw rocks..

I've not really heard many complaints about the sidewalls. All the complaints I've read about are from people driving behind that took a rock to the windshield.. 😮

RNC

2022 2 door Basesquatch. Hard to believe that after only 2 years, I needed a new set of tires. In fairness, with 55,000 miles behind me, there is still a bit of life left in them. I wanted to use one of the original tires as the spare, so the time is now.
I never debated my 2nd set of tires would be OEM. I like the Goodyear Territory (Wrangler) MT. They have served me well. Also, my plan for the second set was to rotate in the new condition spare and purchase 3 new tires to match.
If you have a similar plan, this is where you might hit some obstacles. First, I have a 35% off coupon for Goodyear friends and family. Great, I think. I go to the local Goodyear store to order the tires. It turns out that Goodyear stores, and Goodyear.com can only get the Wrangler marked Territory MT. They do not have the non Wrangler marked in their system. Well that foils my plan, or so I thought.
I check tirerack.com, and they have the non - Wrangler marked Territory MT in the correct LT315 70R17 load range C size, and tread pattern. $289.00 each, "Free" shipping to your installer, and 2 year road hazard protection.
Confusion sets in when on the same page, they show an otherwise exact tire (all Specs appear to be the same), with a price of $379.00 each. After searching and reading everything very carefully, several times, I can not find an explanation for the price difference.
I get on the phone with their tire expert. My assumption is that the Ford OEM tire is the least expensive of the 2. The tire Rep confirms that these tires are in fact the same tires that come from the Ford assembly plant.
With confident relief, I order the tires . I arrange to have them installed by a local Tire Rack contractor. I get the notice that the tires have been delivered. I make an appointment for installation. I get some attention from the employees as I pull in the lot. I feel like a curiosity. The Bronco is still a relatively uncommon vehicle on the road. Few have reached the end life of their 1st set of tires. Fewer still are Sasquatch equipped Broncos.
These guys haven't put hands on one yet. I ask them if they can mount 35 inch tires. The collective head scratching begins. A Tech speaks up and says they are too big for their balancer. They start suggesting other shops and solutions for getting the tires to them. I ask them to take my spare and check fit it to their machines. It fits. They give it a go, and the installation process went flawlessly. No scratches or striped bolts on the trim rings. All tires perfectly balanced and all wheels torqued to Spec.
I'm off to collect some pea gravel.

Eye candy;

jtgensler

Forgive my ignorance, as I've never had wheels with beadlock capability before.
Are you saying that to change the tires on the stock Sasquatch wheels, you have to take the Non Functional beadlock trim ring off? I would've thought that if you're not using the beadlock, the ring would stay on & it would be the same as any other tire change...

Bluestreak57

Following…. I have yet to remove a tire from my headlock capable wheels

Sven

When I had a set of Duratraks installed on Wildtrak wheels the rings were not removed. Installed just like a non bead-lock capable wheel. My $ .02

Bluestreak57

Don’t ya hate it when giving your opinion costs half a day’s wages….

Jakob1972

These tires kinda get a bad rap. But they have treated me right for the 36,000 miles. And thousands of miles on trails and dirt. I would get them again. Plus they have a distinct tread pattern so when on a trail I know there was another bronco out there.
I call them Sasquatch foot prints.
With that said I will probably replace them with Falken wild peaks just to give it a different look.