Fast tire wear

[Greyhound6.2]

I have the stock bridgestone all terrain tires on my sierra and they seem to be wearing really fast, I have rotated them at each oil change and they are down to 6-7/32 is this normal for these tires? 

Also I have found the "all terrain" aspect of them to be quite lacking I have had road tires with better offroad performance than these....All that being said I have about 14K miles on them and 10K+ has been towing a 6000lb trailer, is that amount of towing the reason for the fast tread wear? any suggestions on what to replace them with at this point they will probably be replaced before fall. 

[Rackumrack]

My neighbor as an RST and had to replace his Duelers at 24,000 miles. He just pulls a boat about every Saturday. I think the tires are just too soft. I like the Cooper XLT AT3 10 ply. It is what I will run when I wear these Duelers out.

 

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[Earl Cordova]

I have had the Bridgestone Dueler A/T on my two trucks for years and don't keep track of the miles I get out of them,

but doubt I get  more than 25,000 miles on my 2 wheel drive and even less on my 4 wheel drive.

My wife thinks I drive crazy, but I like the tires and just purchased another set yesterday.

[Gangly]

I had 20k miles on my Duelers when I pulled them and they weren't even worn halfway down to the tread wear indicators.  I could see them easily making 40k-50k, strange yours wore out so quick.  I hope your new tires work out better for you!

[hettigruenes]

Hi @Greyhound6.2, such different tire wear can be due to the different stiffness of the rubber, and a lot depends on the manufacturer. And as you say, drove 14k miles and 10k+ towed a 6000 lb trailer- it certainly affects the rate of tire wear, + you have to consider what terrain you're driving on. I had a similar situation. I ordered tires from this site https://myvehicletires.com/best-snow-tire-for-truck/, though the terrain I was ordering on was pretty rocky, so they wore off quickly. I think that's normal, considering my shipment was 8,000 pounds or more. Good luck to you. I hope it helped!

[Gangly]

71% of your specific driving habits include trying to accelerate, stop, and turn ~15,000 lbs(3 times the approximate static weight of a stock Silverado).  I would expect SIGNIFICANTLY less tread life from OEM tires considering those values alone.  Jump up to an E rated tire and you will see a significant increase in your tread life.

[edsl48]

Factory tires are often made to specs set by the manufacturer that have softer rubber to provide a smoother ride for the test driving consumer and provide better gasoline mileage for the EPA folks that do not equate with better treadwear

Edited February 19, 2022 by edsl48
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[Z45]

Tire wear can be dependent on the driver as much as anything.  For instance, we had 3 identical 1500 4wd trucks on the Survey crew and over the years we always got the same be it a GM, Rum and Furd.  But one guy's truck always wore out tires and brakes faster than the other 2 trucks.  It was  running joke.  By the end of the lease, John's truck was a POS while mine and Larry's were still in decent shape for 100,000 miles. 

Edited February 17, 2022 by elcamino

[Bigfoot98]

Check your alignment, dealer screwed mine up and caused bad outer wear on my wranglers. Had 20k with 4-5/32 on the outside edges on the tires from how bad the angle was , middle was 6-7/32 but those edges were gone and I noticed worse handling on any non solid surface. Paid a pretty penny for some Michelin defender LTX m/s, rated for 70k. Local mechanic for the win, dealers apparently have a hard time setting alignments