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Input on New Tires for Tundra
I have a 2000 Tundra Access Cab V8, I got 30,000 miles out of the OEM BF Goodrich tires before the Traction was so bad they were useless.
I replaced them with Michelin Cross Terrains which ride really smooth, and have pretty good traction, much better than my experience witht the BFG. I have 35000 miles on these now and am trading the truck in, the dealer accepted the tires as like new, so no deduction for rubber, nice.
Since I really didn't do any trailering or heavy loads with my truck these were fine, if you are doing stuff like earthwrks, you need to check the load ratings.
On my Honda Pilot I have the totally garbage Goodyear Integrity tires OEMs, can't balance them, and am looking to replace them at only 24k miles. I have done some research and heard good things on the Michelin LTX and also the Bridgestone Duelers.
I used to work for a tire cord manufacturer that built a plant in France to supply cord to Michelin. After a couple of years they were never able to meet Michelins' very high quality standard, they then had to ship the tire cord they made back to the US where they sold it to Bridgestone.
Knowing this I have been leery to buy Bridgestones.
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I am a little embaressed to say that now that my kids are getting a little too big for the access cab, and gasoline prices have become more volatile, I am leaving the pickup truck market 
Going for a small SUV with better mileage and more room for the family and their gear. Decided to go with the 2007 Honda Crv EX. Its gona be a shock going from the 5000 pound V8 to the little 4 banger, but my truck is 7 years old and I don't like messing with the vehicles like I used to when I was younger, plus that $1000 brake job from my Toyota Dealer convinced me that if anything serious went wrong with it, I would pay dearly for it.
The Dealer gave me $13k for the Tundra, so I was happy, I get the new CRV in 2 weeks when it comes in.
Dennis
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I have driven the Tundra through Blizzard conditons where NJ closed the roads down (I did not know it at the time, I was out of Diesel, Dah!  ). I must have gone through 2 miles of 1.5 foot unplowed no problem. Likewise I climbed my neighbors unplowed steep triple switchback drive in deep snow just to put tracks in it for him when he was away.
On the other hand my wife did a 360 with the Tundra on the flat portion of my drive on black ice accelerating --heavy foot for a little lady-- so its not like studs
I just saw some Yokohanna Geolanders on a Acura MDX that looked a nice tread for being grippy, but don't know much about the brand.
Dennis
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