Chevrolet Silverado-2500 Tires

At SimpleTire, our team has reviewed the catalog and rounded up some of the best tire options for your Chevrolet Silverado 2500, making the buying process more friction-free. We ranked the all-season, all-terrain, and winter tire choices in Best/Great/Good order and used our SimpleScore system to determine numerical values for each for traction, longevity, and handling. Ready? Let’s get a closer look:

1. Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT - Best All-Season Tire

Let’s get things going with our pick for a premium all-season tire for light trucks, the Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT. The Wrangler Workhorse HT receives an overall average SimpleScore of 9.2, down to 9.8 for handling, 9.9 for traction, and 7.9 for longevity. With a 60,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty, the Wrangler Workhorse HT is certainly durable with excellent wear properties – it’s designed to last with a long-wearing tread formulation, a 2-ply polyester casing, 2-ply polyester-reinforced sidewalls, twin high-tensile steel belts, and a polyamide spiral-wound cap layer. That strong number for traction is thanks to the Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT’s all-season tread design and its combination of circumferential and angled grooves, a closed shoulder with slots for water drainage, and a dense network of sipes for enhanced winter performance. All those tread features are designed to interlock and work as a system for grip in wet, dry, or winter conditions. That tread design and the rigidity of the Wrangler Workhorse HT’s casing and treadface are also factors in that excellent score for handling.

2. Toyo Open Country A/T III - Best All-Terrain Tire

Any 4WD-equipped Silverado 2500 is just as home off the pavement as on the highway, so here’s our best all-terrain tire choice. The Toyo Open Country A/T III is the tire you can depend on to get the job done for off-road adventures in sand, snow, mud, or rocks. That doesn’t mean, however, a severe tradeoff on the low noise, responsive handling, good road manners, and comfortable ride that you’d expect from some of the best all-season tires. That might all sound a little like hype, but the Toyo Open Country A/T III is precisely that kind of all-terrain tire. Toyo put durability at the top of the list with the Open Country A/T III; it features a tough cut-and-chip resistant tread compound., polyester casing, two steel belts, and a spiral wrap polyamide cap layer. Toyo backs the Open Country A/T III with a 65,000 mile manufacturer tread life warranty for a very respectable SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity. The symmetric all-terrain tread is designed with a high void ratio and stone ejectors to shed stones, mud, and debris easily, so there’s a clear section of the tire to dig in as the wheel turns. Its extra-deep tread assures traction along with extended wear. The Toyo Open Country A/T III has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service (SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction). Cornering, braking, and steering responses are also focused and direct without being overly sensitive, thanks to the shoulder design, sipe pattern, and stable internal construction of the Open Country A/T III. SimpleScore for handling: 9.3. the Toyo Open Country A/T III is a tire you can’t go wrong with for a Silverado 2500, with performance equally at home on or off paved surfaces.

3. Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 - Best Winter Tire

Nokian is a Finland-based tire maker (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) with decades of expertise in making the kind of next-generation winter tires that are up to the extremes of a Scandinavian winter. The Hakkapeliitta LT 3 is a great example – this light truck tire is durable for commercial service, with 10-ply construction and an Aramid-reinforced casing for a longevity score of 7.8. Where the Hakkapeliitta LT3 excels, though, is its winter grip. The Hakkapeliitta LT3 gets its superb traction from a directional pattern with tread block notches, sweeping grooves, zigzag tread blocks, and interlocking 3D sipes, all working together as a system to help you navigate through the most severe winter conditions. In case of an ice storm that turns roads hockey rink-slick, the Hakkapeliitta LT3 is pre-drilled for easy installation of studs (remember to check your state laws for the legality of studded tires where you live). Unsurprisingly, it is 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service. SimpleScore for traction: best-in-class 9.9. Cornering and control are top-notch, with a solid center rib, reinforced sidewalls, and large shoulder blocks for a SimpleScore of 9.7 in the handling category. Like all winter tires, the tread compound of the Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 stays flexible for dependable grip in subfreezing weather but will wear prematurely in warmer temperatures – this tire shouldn’t be used if temps are above 40-45 degrees F.

These are three great premium tires for the Silverado 2500, but we’re not done yet. Here are a couple more to consider:

4. Firestone Transforce HT2 - Great All-Season Tire

Our pick for Great all-season tire, the Transforce HT2 from Firestone, is another one that’s tough enough for year-round use on a commercial vehicle. The Transforce HT2 gets a strong SimpleScore of 8.2 for traction thanks to its combination of circumferential grooves, sawtooth-edge sipes for winter grip, and lateral grooves that all help ensure the grip you need in wet or wintry conditions. With a SimpleScore of 8.5, handling is also a real strength with this tire thanks to its tread design and shoulder that’s reinforced to resist the forces of cornering. The Transforce 2 is designed with an optimized contact patch that puts the most rubber on the road for even wear, with a damage-resistant tread compound and rugged internal construction. The SimpleScore for durability is 7.6, partly because this tire doesn’t feature a treadwear warranty (many commercial-grade tires don’t).

5. Kumho Road Venture AT52 - Great All-Terrain Tire

Let’s close out this list of premium tires for the Silverado 2500 with the Road Venture AT52 from Kumho. The Road Venture AT52 is a great option for drivers who need the durability and traction of an all-season tire but don’t want to give up a composed ride, low noise, and good road manners on the pavement. The Road Venture AT52 is 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service and does a great job in mud, gravel, sand, and loose dirt with its high-density sipe design, high-void all-terrain tread, Extreme Side-Biters and sawtooth lug edges for grip in offroad conditions. SimpleScore for traction: 8.3. With a durable tread compound infused with carbon black and advanced polymers, robust internal construction, and twin steel belts with a single-ply nylon cap layer, the Kumho Road Venture AT52 is covered by a 55,000 mile manufacturer’s treadwear warranty. SimpleScore for longevity: 8.2. Cornering, stability, steering feedback, and braking performance are consistent and composed for a SimpleScore of 8.5 for handling. The RoadVenture AT52 also minimizes road noise with a five-pitch variable lug design that cancels specific frequencies to keep highway drones to a minimum.

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