Who has gone back to stock tires and kept their truck?

I'm considering it. I love my Duratracs, but I have a stack of barely used Michelins that I haven't sold yet. My truck has lost a bit of pep off the line, and I get a bit worse fuel economy (I'm in the 13s combined vs 15 before). For adding 24lbs (65lb vs 41lb tire weight) per corner, that's not too bad a loss at all.

The reason for potentially changing back is the high miles I put on my truck every year (first year 16k, and that's with working from home far more than usual) and the excess wear on the front end from substantially heavier tires. I will say I absolutely love the Duratracs when off roading. I feel like I crawl right through anything and I float over any obstacle I can clear.

Maybe I'll put the Duratracs on my stock TRD Off Road wheels and the Michelins on the BBS Pro wheels I just picked up. Swap em out for the bigger trips we take out West. Seems excessive, but I do still have both sets of tires and both sets of wheels.

Everyone hates the way the stock tires look, but they do perform pretty well all around, especially with the Pro suspension (which my truck has). I'm reminded of the Dirt Every Day episode where they took a stock TRD Pro to Moab and to the sand dunes in the northwest. I've also seen more than one 2nd gen TRD Pro review where the reviewer starts out skeptical of the Tundra's performance but ends up being pleasantly surprised at how well it performs off road with the stock Michelins.

 

Much capability comes from the driver and his or her experience level or time behind the wheel. Been running my stock Michelins for 10 months and they have been in some really slick mud too. Never got stuck. That said, new rims just arrived and I am going taller because I like more sidewall to air down more in sand when the time comes. Speed off the line or mpg just doesn't matter for me though. Whatever you decide, enjoy the ride!

 

I have given serious start pulling all my suspension and big wheels and tires off and going back to stock.

I realize everybody is in a different place but I’m starting to look at cars as a kids game. I used to dump so much into cars... now it’s hard for me to care much.

 

Agreed on all of it. I really like the extra sidewall, and the Duratrac tread is just awesome in all kinds of situations. I’m not trying to race anyone (except to 300,000 miles lol). In that Dirt Every Day video, they air down the Michelins at the sand dunes. The truck did great. They had to reset the bead on one of the tires. But it was fine after that.

I kept stock size tires on my 4Runner and had zero problems going anywhere in it. I do like the extra height of the 285/75s for this wheelbase though.

 

Those stock Michelins look tame and perform fairly tough in all but mud and where one will get serious sharp rocks against the sidewall from what I have seen. Both are expected based on the tread and ply rating. If you have em, run em. Another option is a middle ground, like a LT275/70. Heavy, but will only cost a couple mpg ime. The hit in power is minimal. They fill the space and perform well. Might be an option when you next buy tires. But I’m biased. I put the 275/70’s on mine with just under 1” lift in front, added some weight with skids, bed liner and a hard Tonneau cover, all said and done the mpg hit was just over 1mpg. That hard cover really helped close the mpg gap to stock.

 

That sounds no different than running street tires in the good weather, and snows Nov-March. Not excessive at all. You have them, might as well run them and save some $$ and fuel.

Personally, I have no complaints about how the stock Michelins look tread-wise, but I do wish there were larger options with the same tread and P rating, just to avoid the weight and mileage issues of E rated tires.

 

I'm using Wrangler All Terrain Adventure Kevlar stock on my '15 Pro 5.7, and averaging 15.5mpg (mostly highway) with 300lbs of armor on the truck. These are LT275/65 R18 123S E1 OWL 31" tires, weighing in at 53lbs a piece.

https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/goodyear-wrangler-all-terrain-adventure-with-kevlar

I went with these tires because I do occasionally hit the trails and they have a 60,000 mile warranty on them.

Recently I realized I could have gone to 33" without rubbing, and I initially regretted my decision on these tires. However with more reading I learned about the decreased power and decreased MPG with larger tires, I'm happy with my decision.

The only thing I'd probably do different if I was to do it again was not get the Discount Tire "replace the tire for free no matter what happens" certs. (Of course if I end up ripping out a sidewall sometime in the next 3 years I'd change my tune!)

 

I would do it especially since you have everything. You will save a few bucks which is never a bad thing. And the beauty part is that you can mount the Duratrac’s whenever you need them. You just need to figure out which set to put the TPMS on.

A good idea in my opinion…

 

It’s the height that is killing you. I went from 35x12s back to stock tires and my truck feels like a race car again. Taller tires = need to regear.

the weight isn’t as much an issue as the diameter and aggressive tread

 

I love my stock Michelins on my 2WD TRD 2017. I ended up anticipating the limits, so I got a 2001 to play with, but I drove that 2wd with stock Michelins, aired down, all over Anza-Borrego. Gotta pick good lines and avoid hard braking (to avoid sand build up in front of the tires when stopped), but I plan to replace these with the same. They do great in rain, and ok in snow. I avoid mud.

I think, if you’ve got two sets of wheels and room enough to store the take-off set, your plan to keep two sets is a good one.

 

The BBS wheels I bought had the TPMS on them as well. So I have TPMS on both

 

I got Wild Peaks in the stock size for mine and am entirely happy with my choice.