UTEngineer
Active Member
Finally made the decision to upgrade the stock 275/55R20 tires on our 2017 Ford Expedition EL Limited to tow our heavy travel trailer (8,500 to 9,000 lbs fully loaded).
Was hoping to increase the load capacity of our tires to at least a “C” rating (6 ply) ... preferably an “E” rating (10-ply) ... and also having the 3-peak snow performance designation if possible.
As you can imagine, the selection of stock size tires was very limited when trying to match these two criteria.
I had finally settled on a set of Yokohama Geolander A/T G015 tires which had the “E” load rating and the 3-peak snow designation.
Unfortunately I was unable to locate all 4 tires in a matching set utilizing several major dealers who checked throughout the US.
The fallback was these BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires which are a “D” load rating (8 ply) and also have the 3-peak snow rating.
I was apprehensive getting these tires simply because of a poor previous experience where they wore at an accelerated wear rate and I only got 35,000 miles out of a set. (original KO’s on a 2001 - 1/2 ton truck)
So it will be interesting to see how many miles we get out of these tires on our Expedition.
Was hoping to increase the load capacity of our tires to at least a “C” rating (6 ply) ... preferably an “E” rating (10-ply) ... and also having the 3-peak snow performance designation if possible.
As you can imagine, the selection of stock size tires was very limited when trying to match these two criteria.
I had finally settled on a set of Yokohama Geolander A/T G015 tires which had the “E” load rating and the 3-peak snow designation.
Unfortunately I was unable to locate all 4 tires in a matching set utilizing several major dealers who checked throughout the US.
The fallback was these BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires which are a “D” load rating (8 ply) and also have the 3-peak snow rating.
I was apprehensive getting these tires simply because of a poor previous experience where they wore at an accelerated wear rate and I only got 35,000 miles out of a set. (original KO’s on a 2001 - 1/2 ton truck)
So it will be interesting to see how many miles we get out of these tires on our Expedition.