Last year, the tires on my truck were replaced with new tires all around. Now, those tires are getting down to the indicators. I had run Michelins on my vehicles for maybe 20 years, but was talked into Toyos, due to the $900 price difference. The last 2 sets of tires on this truck have been Toyo.
My impression of the ride quality is that they're generally about the same as the Michelin. The Toyos feel a bit better over certain road irregularities, but otherwise very similar. Where they differ, is that the Michelins appear to be in the road, where the Toyos appear to be on the road. This is particularly evident when braking and on wet surfaces. The Toyos do not seem to want to stop. I can lock up the wheels far more readily with the Toyos than with the Michelins. On wet surfaces, the Toyos are scary when making the turn exiting one highway and getting onto another. In the dry, I can hold the turn at 70MPH with either tires; in the wet, the Michelins seem to hold the turn at both ends, but the Toyos lose the rear end, followed by the front, just under 60MPH.
Oddly, not all 4 of my Toyos are worn the same. I do rotate every 3,000 miles, but the left rear and right front are worn more than the other 2. So, I went tire testing. I tested Continentals, Coopers, Firestones, Michelins, Pirellis, and Toyos. All that was changed was the tires. We didn't mess with the alignment. Note that today is a rainy day, so optimal for tire testing.
The Continentals seem to be the poor man's tire. They wander, are noisy, and don't ride smoothly.
The Coopers seemed fine, at first. They were quiet and rode smoothly. The braking and turning was adequate. On the highway, they seemed to ride well, until I got to one particular section of road, where maybe the road was graded differently. Anyway, the truck suddenly took a mind of its own. I fought for control, then everything was OK. I made 2 more passes through that section, with the same results, but only in that section.
The Firestones rode fine. No complaints or issues. I was trying to get them to hydroplane, but they were very nice, although perhaps a bit louder. I think these are a soft tire, although they look nice on the truck.
The Michelins, by comparison, are a really nice tire, across the board. After the Firestones, the Michelins looked low on air.
GoodYear tires were supposed to be next, but they didn't show up. I waited around for a bit after the other tests, but they didn't show.
I don't like Pirellis. Having said that, they weren't terrible. I think perhaps they do hydroplane a bit more than they should. I really think they gave me a tire that wasn't comparable to the others. I did not feel secure in the turns at highway speeds. After completing the planned run, I returned for the next set of tires. I've run Viper and Pirelli tires on various sports cars, and the tires were fine. Maybe they don't make good truck tires.
I had planned to test something other than the Toyos, but Toyos is what they had for me, so I gave them a run. The new Toyos felt exactly like the used Toyos I already had. I couldn't feel a difference between them.
I guess I'll either go with Firestone or Michelin. I was disappointed that GoodYear didn't show up.