Mike Melton recommends the Ridge Blade XRT, an affordable RT tire with aggressive sidewalls and chunky tread blocks. It comes in 12-ply construction and two sidewall styles, but runs loud like most RT tires. Best for heavy-duty trucks and towing, though lifespan varies with driving and load.
Questions this video answers
Ridge Blade XRT by Tesh.
12 ply.
Yes—tire wear indicators are present (visible in the tread).
A little noisy (typical for RT tires).
Two different sidewall styles (open-lettering with rock-like pattern and full lettering).
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A lot of people ask me what is a inexpensive RT tire that I can get because I don't want to.
Spend the extra money like.
A toy or nitto. So one of the tires I recommend is going to be the Ridge Blade XRT by Tesh. As you see, it's got a really aggressive looking sidewall on there. It's got a lot of big chunky tread block. And right in here you can see it's got tire wear indicators.
So if you know you down here.
You need to replace them. Now as far as road noise, they are a little noisy, but being an RT tire, you're going to have a little noise to them. Now on the sidewall they got two different types of sidewalls. Now you see how the lettering is like this right here where it's open and it looks like it's got little rocks inside there. Now this side is a little different. It's just full lettering. Now these things do come in a 12 ply. So they're going to handle that heavy.
Load that you're going to put on that truck.
It's going to handle all your heavy duty trucks, you pulling trailers, stuff like that, no worries. One of the biggest questions is how long are these things going to last? Well, I'm going to tell you time and time again, you don't know how long they're going to last because it all depends on how that person drives, what they drive with and if they haul stuff all the time. There's a lot of factors going to.
How long any.
Tire is going to last. It doesn't matter the brand.
