Thank you, I'll give the site a try.

South Bend is about 90 minutes north of us on I-69.  I'll look them
up, thanks.

The last several sets of tires I've bought were Michelin LTXs but not the
AT/2s.  Not familiar with those.  I've been putting them on Explorers (4wd)
and a Nissan Frontier (2wd).  The Explorers get around 70-80K miles on a set
and the Frontier had about 90K miles on them and they still looked like they
had a long, long ways to go.  The "P" tires will give you a smoother ride
but the "LT" tires have an extra sidewall if you happen to encounter rough
terrain a lot.  I've found the LTXs to be satisfactory in mud, light snow,
and ice.  I like them a lot better than the BFG All Terrain/TA tires with
the agressive tread.

From years of selling and installing tires, I can tell you that if  "quiet"
and "smooth" is what you are looking for, the BFG AT/TAs are NOT what you
want. They are good, tough tires. They should last you quite a long time but
....... the tread compound is very hard, so they wear well but don't grip
ice or hardpack snow well, and are not smooth riding. This is exacerbated by
their rather inflexible sidewall compound. They don't flex very much which
is good for rough, rocky terrain  but ....... again they aren't smooth
riding. Lastly, their tread pattern is a bit on the agressive side. Good for
off road but not very quiet on paved surfaces. Just my experiences.....

DaveD

I'd go somewhere else.  I've bought my last several sets of tires from
America's Tires and they have never made any stupid mistakes or gave me
wrong information or any such thing.  And the price they tell me is the
price I get.  Plus they never give me any crap if a tires gets
destroyed--they just replace it under warranty.  Also, their prices include
mounting, balancing, and new valve stems etc. so their prices may *seem*
higher but they really are not.  IMHO they should have known what tires you
needed or they should have found out.

Perhaps next time, you can go outside and look at the tires on your
vehicle to get the correct size from them, before you order new ones.

I'm not sure how you can blame the shop for your error.  "They should have
known that I am stupid" isn't really a good reason.

And, why would you expect them to give you the same price for a larger
tire?

I think I know where the !!problems!! are in this case... not with
Firestone.

I have the Destination L/E tires(P22570R15)on my 2 wheel drive Ranger.
So far, so good. I drive mostly on paved roads, with snow cover
sometimes.

I think you simply ran into a glitch with the web site.
The mechanic I goto has had the wrong parts sent for
my Ranger a few times from his parts vendor.

Try Bridgestone-Firestone's web site
http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tireselector/Vehicle_BS_EN.aspx

One last thought, the local Firestone dealer will rotate and balance the
tires they sell, as long as I own the vehicle, for free.

Some dealers in your area may have the same offer.

Your job when buying tires online is to look at the tires you already have
and order more of the same size.

Tire size is clearly marked on every tire, generally it is the second
largest pring on the tire, after the brand name. Given a truck tire, the
size will be expressed something like 245/65x15.

245
This is the width of the tread. The actual measurement is the nominal width
of the tire, not necessarily the width of the tread, but tread width is
close enough for the purposes of this discussion.

65
This is the aspect ratio, which means the height of the side wall as a
percentage of the tread width. 245/65 says that 65% of 245 is the height of
the sidewall.

15
This is the diameter of the rim. If you buy a 245/65x16 to replace a
245/65x15, then you need new rims to hold the new tires. (You also will
probably need new gearing because the tires will be larger than the current
gearing can accomodate, in other words your power curve will move
drastically and the result will be completely unsatisfactory.)

The tire store, ESPECIALLY the online version will not have any clue what
tires you have on the truck already. It is completely unreasonable for you
to expect them to know what is on your truck. The options are many.

You can increase the 245 number in increments of 5, 245 to 250, or 255, 260,
etc., to the limit of the width of your rims. But, when you do that, you
must decrease the aspect ratio so that the overall diameter of the tire does
not grow so much that the gearing in the drive train is adversely affected.
Assuming a current tire size of 245/65x15, you could buy 16 inch rims and
put on a 245/55 or 245/60 x 16. The width remains the same, but the sidewall
is smaller to offset the increase in the rim diameter. The end result is a
tire that is a similar overall diameter as what you currently have.
Alternatively, you can change from the mythnical 245/65x15 to a 265/45x15.
This would give a sider tire with a sidewall that is essentially the same,
so the overall diameter is suitable for the gearing in the driveline. (I
pulled numbers out of my a.s to illustrate the point, you need your
calculator to arrive at the real numbers.)

It is best, expecially if this is all very confusing, to look at what your
current tire size is, and buy more of the same size. You can change the
tread pattern but keep the size, and the gearing will not care in the least.
If you are willing (able) to plug in a few variables into your calculator,
you can alter the looks and performance of your truck with a new tire size.
Your costraints are the diameter and the width of your rims. In a passenger
car, you have constraints with the fender wells too, but on a truck this
ought not be a problem.

Your mistake.  You ordered 15" without looking.
How could the tire store know you had 16's until they saw the truck.  The
truck is 8 years old, who knows what kind of wheels an owner might have put
on it?
You're cryin' on the internet because bigger tires are more expensive than
the ones that you incorrectly ordered?
Get over it.