We bought the 'burban with barely under 100,000 miles on it, and I hated the sissyfied Michelin tires, so I replaced them with Bridgestone Dueler A/Ts because I had read good reviews on them.
Was not impressed at all, had 1 that was essentially bald at under 40,000 miles and the rest weren't far behind.
I had a set of STAMPEDE Radial AT/S (Trail Rated 12 ply!) tires put on, and they have just under 60,000 miles on them now and a little less than 1/4" of tread left.(yep, 198,xxx miles on the truck
).... REALLY like the Stampede tires..rarely had to put the 'burban in 4WD...and have went through drifts that were up to the windows!! They were pretty quiet, but now that they are about shot, they are getting noisy.
Sadly, Stampede tires aren't made anymore.......
Firestone is made/owned by Bridgestone, so I'm kinda hesitant about buying them (even though Firestones used to be top notch)
I have Uniroyal Laredo tires on my truck (were put on new right before I bought it) They are quiet and ride nice, but they kinda suck on wet grass, etc, and I got tired of having to hit 4HI, so I bummed a grooving iron from a friend, and 'cut' them
Now I have a lot better forward bite, with very little added road noise.
Thanks for the opinions and experiences so far, and keep the opinions coming guys. I appreciate it!
Forgot to mention, I only run LT tires, not P rated tires.......LT= Light Truck, P= Passenger car. P rated tires have a lot softer side wall....