Best tires for the Ford F-350
Top picks across four categories for the Ford F-350, anchored to the current-generation OEM size 285/70R17. Every recommendation is selected from our 22,000-tire catalog by ranking on UTQG treadwear, mileage warranty, cabin-noise rating, and season class; no commission-weighted reordering.
Daily driver
Best all-season touring
Long warranty, low noise, balanced ride. The one-tire compromise that works for 80% of owners.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
UTQG 800 with a 80,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Ford F-350 owners.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
UTQG 820 with a 85,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Ford F-350 owners.
Michelin
CrossClimate 2
UTQG 640 with a 60,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Ford F-350 owners.
Michelin
Defender 2
UTQG 800 with a 80,000-mile warranty; long-wear all-season compound built for the daily-driver mileage profile typical for Ford F-350 owners.
Lowest cost per mile
Best budget
Best price-per-warranty-mile in this size. Trade-off is shorter warranty vs premium options, not safety.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
820 UTQG with a 85,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
800 UTQG with a 80,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Cooper
CS5 ultra touring
800 UTQG with a 80,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Hankook
Kinergy PT
800 UTQG with a 90,000-mile warranty works out to roughly 0.00¢ per 100 miles before install. Best price-per-mile in this size; no premium-brand markup.
Lowest cabin noise
Best quiet
Tread patterns engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning. Pick this if you commute long highway distances daily.
Bridgestone
Turanza QuietTrack
68 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Michelin
Defender 2
68 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Michelin
Pilot sport all season 4
69 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Goodyear
Assurance MaxLife
70 dB cabin-noise rating per the EU tire label; library-quiet. Tread pattern engineered to break up the harmonic peaks that cause highway droning.
Cold-weather grip
Best winter
Dedicated winter or all-weather compounds that stay pliable below 7 °C. Necessary for >5 snow days a year.
Bridgestone
Blizzak WS90
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Ford F-350 drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Michelin
X-Ice snow
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Ford F-350 drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Kelly
Edge MT
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Ford F-350 drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Toyo
Celsius
Dedicated winter tire compound; stays pliable below 7 °C where summer/all-season rubber hardens. Recommended for Ford F-350 drivers in cold or snowy regions.
Side-by-side
Pick the trade-off that matches your driving
| All-season Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack | Best budget Goodyear Assurance MaxLife | Best winter Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| UTQG treadwear | 800 | 820 | - |
| Mileage warranty | 80,000 mi | 85,000 mi | - |
| Cabin noise | 68 dB | 70 dB | 71 dB |
| Season class | all-season | all-season | winter |
| Type | touring | touring | passenger |
OEM tire sizes by year
What size does the ford F-350 use?
Recommendations on this page are anchored to the latest model-year's OEM size. Confirm yours against the driver-door placard before purchase.
| Year | OEM size | |
|---|---|---|
| 1967–1986 | 235/75R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1987–1997 | 215/85R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 1999–2004 | 265/75R16 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2005–2007 | 275/65R18 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2008–2010 | 265/70R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2011–2022 | 245/75R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
| 2024–2026 | 285/70R17 | Year-specific fitment → |
How we ranked these tires for the ford F-350
We started with the latest model-year's OEM tire size; 285/70R17; and filtered our catalog of 22,000+ tires to those offered in that exact size. From there, four parallel rankings:
- Best all-season ranks on a weighted score: tire type matches passenger car segment, season is "all-season", premium brand bonus (Michelin / Continental / Bridgestone / Pirelli / Goodyear / Nokian).
- Best budget ranks on cost-per-warranty-mile; the lower the better. Premium brands get no bonus here.
- Best quiet ranks on the EU tire-label dB rating; lower is quieter.
- Best winter filters to tires marked 3PMSF severe-snow rated or all-weather class, with a small premium-brand bonus because winter-compound R&D is capital-intensive.
For sedans and compacts, the all-season touring tire below is the best default; long warranty, low cabin noise, reasonable cost per mile. Switch to the quiet pick if highway droning is a deal-breaker; switch to the winter pick if you see significant snow each year. Use the side-by-side comparison above to weigh the trade-offs against your specific driving; highway-heavy, winter-state, performance-oriented, or budget-constrained.
NHTSA-reported issues for ford F-350
Top issue category: Tires (General)
Most reported: Tires (General) (222) · Tread / Belt (155) · Sidewall (42) · Valve (12) · Spare Tire (7)
Reported across: 1991 – 2021 (25 years)
What owners described
Blowout or sudden deflation appears in 35% of these reports; about 1.7× as often as across all tire complaints. Percentages are shares of the 287 reports covering every model year of the Ford F-350 that include a written account; a single report can describe more than one problem, so they do not total 100%.
| Reported problem | This subject | All tire complaints | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blowout or sudden deflation | 35% | 20% | 1.7× |
| Tread or belt separation | 25% | 13% | 1.9× |
| Sidewall failure | 17% | 15% | 1.2× |
| Loss of control, rollover or collision | 8% | 8% | 1.0× |
| Bubble or bulge in the tire | 8% | 6% | 1.3× |
| Cracking or dry rot | 7% | 9% | 0.7× |
Mileage at failure
100 of these reports state an odometer reading. The middle report is at 25,498 miles, with 8 in 10 falling between 4,000 and 132,500 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA about Ford F-350. Reports are published by NHTSA as filed and are lightly cleaned here only to remove intake codes.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F350 WITH UNIROYAL LIBERATOR TIRES, SIZE: LT265/75/16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD F-350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE IN ANY OF THE OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR, TIRES AND THE STEERING STABILIZER FAILED, ALL WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN SEEMINGLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.
THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/30/14
THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350 EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, TIRE LINE: X RADIAL LT, AND TIRE SIZE: 265/75/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE AND THE VEHICLE WAS 220,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Complaints are voluntarily submitted to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation and are not verified by NHTSA; they represent owner-reported problems, not proven defects. Counts can be useful as a relative quality signal across comparable tires or vehicles.
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Last verified 2026-09-02.