Tire choice - what to do!?

Good call. I'm just browsing this thread now, and this was what I was going to suggest. The Falkens may be good, but they're quite heavy for any given size compared to some of the competition.

 

Well finally had the OC At IIIs installed this past Friday, along with new DENSO TPMS sensors I got from rockauto. I inputted the sensor IDs myself using Techstream and all is well! For the last 6 months I drove around with the TPMS light due to new rims and waited for this swap to have sensors installed so I’m happy to shut the dummy light off!

Regarding the tires, drove around this weekend with them and I don’t feel a difference from the Firestone Winterforce winter tire I drove for the last 6months. The OCs seem very smooth on the road! Handling feels great. Weight wise they were 2lbs heavier a tire than my winter tires, so MPG changes will be negligible.

I aired them to 36psi, any recommendations otherwise?

 

I run my General ATX's at 36psi, they've been wearing evenly so I think you should be good with that.

 

I run my 275 generals on 7" wide wheels on my Tundra at 35psi up front and 28psi in the rear and they wear evenly
I run my 285 generals on 7.5" wide wheels on my 4R at 28psi up front and 24psi in the rear and they wear evenly
I run my 305 generals on 7" wide wheels on my 4R at 25psi up front and 19psi in the rear and they wear evenly

Best thing to do is drive down a white / limestone gravel road so the tire gets nice and chalky and then drive a short straight stretch of pavement and see where the chalk is wearing off the tire tread. This is an EASY way to see how much of the surface area of the tread is on the ground. You typically start out a little high so the tire is riding with a crown and will wipe the center of the tread clean. Then air down about 2psi at a time and drive further and you'll see the tread start wearing flatter. You will air down 1-2psi at a time and continue this method until the entire face of the tire is wiped clean. This is when the entire face of the tread of the tire is mating with the road surface.

 

If you’re mostly pavement the Michelin makes the most sense. Had them on my third gen before going back to Yokohama geolandars and they were fantastic all season. I’m also partial to Yokohama if you do decide to go off the road occasionally, recently put the new geolandar AT4s to replace the OC AT3 on my 5th gen and love them so far.

 

80k miles on this set of tires, the 36psi seems like it's dialed in.

Good info though, that will definitely be helpful to others. Personally, I'd never run street pressure that low, I've done 25 psi and it was too squishy for my liking.

 

This off topic...do you guys have the red letters on the generals?

 

I’m too lazy to air down. I take the trail at full inflation. Shame on me.

 

I don't. I'm pretty sure the red letters were only available on the General X3 mud tire.

 

red letters are only on the Grabber and the Grabber X3, both are the offroad "mud" tires. The original Grabber was a desert offroad race tire design for trophy trucks i believe.