Looking at Rickson Alum. wheels

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I spent a frustrating morning looking for load range E tires in 265, 275 or 285/ 17". The selection is very slim. I found the two stock choices of Michelin A/S and the BFG Rugged Trail T/A. I have owned both tires and have found them to have very poor wet traction after 20 to 30K miles. I am currently running the BFG TA ko in 285/70/17 load range D. The side wall is not stiff enough for good stability if you carry loads over 1000 LBS either in the bed or on the hitch. I would love to have the Michelin M/S tires. I have owned three sets of them and get about 60K out of them and they have good wet traction.

This leads me to Rickson tires/wheels. I am looking at their Forged wheels and 225 tires. I am looking at the forged wheels to save weight and Would like to have the 225 tires to stay close to my 285s in Revs per mile. I hate to shell out over $3.1K, but I will not drive around with an unsafe tire wheel combination.

Does anybody have experience with the Forged wheels?

Can you give me advice on the tire selection. I am leaning towards the Michelin XDE-MS or the Yokohama TY-303. Do these tires ride and wear well? Are they Noisy?

If you have 19.5 wheels and tires, would you buy them again? Why or Why not.