2022 Timberline Stock Tire Issues - Recommendation For New Tire Type?

[KetMalice]

So I have a 2022 Timberline with 48k miles. It has been 90% highway miles. I have two tires that I have had to put air in every couple of months. Over the weekend the light came on for one of the tires and I inspected the tires pretty thoroughly. It just so happened to have rained hard for 2 days straight, when I was looking for nails etc. I saw that in between the treads the tire is basically rotting and I could see dozens of air bubbles where air is escaping from my tire. It's bad on two of the tires and I noticed it on 1 other tire.

So, with 5k miles I ended up running over something and it ruined the tire, so 1 I had to replace. I wonder if there's some issue with the batch of tires Ford put on at the factory. That seems really dangerous. I attached a photo, it's easier to see on a video I took. But lots of places where bubbles are forming on the cracks.

I think I may want to replace the tires with something else. Has anyone else had good luck with some other tires? I am okay with some aggressive tires.

I've had several sets of BF Goodwrench All Terrain T/A tires on other vehicles before. Thinking about putting them on.

 

[Shakeandbake]

I'm getting ready to order the Falken AT4 in stock size, but I'm worried about running into vibrations at higher speeds.

One thing I noticed on the Timberline stock tires, is that the tread pattern looks like nothing else in the A/T category. Its got these jagged vertical veins (vertical like a street tire).

 

[Left Coast Geek]

50K miles is pretty good mileage for a OE tire, but tread cracking at about 2 years old sounds sketchy.

BFG All Terrain KO2's are excellent tires, but expensive. they are good on road and off-road, good in dry, wet, and snow, and surprisingly quiet for a serious offroader, and they last a decently long time.

 

[KetMalice]

50K miles is pretty good mileage for a OE tire, but tread cracking at about 2 years old sounds sketchy.

BFG All Terrain KO2's are excellent tires, but expensive. they are good on road and off-road, good in dry, wet, and snow, and surprisingly quiet for a serious offroader, and they last a decently long time.

I ended up putting KO3’s on. I went to discount tire and they were able to give me $50 credit for each of my tires under Good Years warranty.

They look good, so far it’s not that bad on sound and handling.

 

[Left Coast Geek]

I've used the KO2's for a lotta miles on a Tacoma 4x4, and a F250 4x4, and they lasted a long time and never disappointed. as soon as the crappy OE Goodyear Wranglers on my 18s wear out halfway, I am going to put a full set of Ko2 or KO3 ..

 

[SyndicateZ]

I love my Sailun Terramax HLT tires. Super quiet and no vibratiin at highway speeds as well

 

[cptbligh]

I'm thinking about trying the Continental TerrainContact AT tire next time. Tread looks more highway oriented but the sidewall appears decently aggressive looking. I've been really happy with the Toyo AT3 I have on my F150 though, seem better in the rain than the KOs

 

[Going_Going_Gone]

Ours is not a Timberline, but we went with Continental Terrain Contact AT on our Expedition. Semi-aggressive tread but no road noise and long tread life warranty. Probably overkill for the desert, but doing some road tripping to CO later this month

 

[BigOleFordFan]

crappy OE Goodyear Wranglers

Interesting that you should say that, since the Wrangler SR-A's on my 011 have over 75k on them (mixed use) and still have a good bit of tread left and only 1 developed a vey slow leak, which I corrected with Fix-A-Flat 2 years ago, notttaproblemo since then...

 

[CDNRabbit]

Not Timberline but for highway driving I'm really happy with the Continental Cross Contact I installed last week. Road noise and bump absorption is significantly better than the General Grabbers.