Need advice on tires!?!
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Need advice on tires!?!
So i am in the market for some new tires and wheel come tax return time and need some advice on some different A/T tires. Not to worried on choosing wheels but hoping some of you have any experience with some of the tires i am interested in.
i currently have the old version toyo open country a/t. they've done alright just the tread life doesnt seem very good. 21,000 miles (little over 2 years) and already about 70-75% gone with regular rotations. i know its early but i want to down size from the 20's that were on it when i bought it to a 17.
i currently do probably 80% highway and 20% dirt, maybe even a little less. i do plan on introducing it to the dirt a little more hopefully. but this is my commuter so i need the tire to do good on the highway and possible long trips. Also we can get some pretty good snow storms where i live (although were bone dry now) so need to be good in snow, ice, rain, etc.
Anyway, those a/t did alright but i am a little reluctant to go back to toyo but with a connection to a manager at a local les schwab that will give me a SMALL discount, one tire i am thinking is the new open country a/t 2 extreme in a 285/70/17. if any one has these i would VERY much like your opinion!
A few others i am looking into is the goodyear durtracs, cooper st maxx, and for the heck of it the terra grapplers. looking for something a little bit more aggressive but not an m/t. these all seem pretty aggressive (for an a/t) and will perform good on the road.
jeez i realize i just wrote a book but any help i get will be taken into consideration. Thanks
i currently have the old version toyo open country a/t. they've done alright just the tread life doesnt seem very good. 21,000 miles (little over 2 years) and already about 70-75% gone with regular rotations. i know its early but i want to down size from the 20's that were on it when i bought it to a 17.
i currently do probably 80% highway and 20% dirt, maybe even a little less. i do plan on introducing it to the dirt a little more hopefully. but this is my commuter so i need the tire to do good on the highway and possible long trips. Also we can get some pretty good snow storms where i live (although were bone dry now) so need to be good in snow, ice, rain, etc.
Anyway, those a/t did alright but i am a little reluctant to go back to toyo but with a connection to a manager at a local les schwab that will give me a SMALL discount, one tire i am thinking is the new open country a/t 2 extreme in a 285/70/17. if any one has these i would VERY much like your opinion!
A few others i am looking into is the goodyear durtracs, cooper st maxx, and for the heck of it the terra grapplers. looking for something a little bit more aggressive but not an m/t. these all seem pretty aggressive (for an a/t) and will perform good on the road.
jeez i realize i just wrote a book but any help i get will be taken into consideration. Thanks
Last edited by drave199; 01-06-2014 at 01:33 AM.
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Too bad you didnt still have 20's. I'd sell you my Cooper LTZ's w/only 12kmi on them..
What is your budget? You have to make some sort of a compromise. You can't have great traction and great MPG's. Most semi-rugged tires are gonna hurt you in mpg's anyways. So, again...some compromise is needed.
What is your budget? You have to make some sort of a compromise. You can't have great traction and great MPG's. Most semi-rugged tires are gonna hurt you in mpg's anyways. So, again...some compromise is needed.
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Too bad you didnt still have 20's. I'd sell you my Cooper LTZ's w/only 12kmi on them..
What is your budget? You have to make some sort of a compromise. You can't have great traction and great MPG's. Most semi-rugged tires are gonna hurt you in mpg's anyways. So, again...some compromise is needed.
What is your budget? You have to make some sort of a compromise. You can't have great traction and great MPG's. Most semi-rugged tires are gonna hurt you in mpg's anyways. So, again...some compromise is needed.
Definitely wont go to an m/t. want to stay at a a/t type tire but looking at some of the more aggressive ones available. was hoping for some more feedback on the ones i mentioned. the duratracs are about as aggressive as i want to go.
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E-Load tires generally have a much deeper tread than standard load and XL load tires.
So, if those Nitto's were NOT e-load rated, you would not have got that kind of mileage out of them. This is why you have some bashing them claiming terrible mileage while other claim great mileage. It's the Load rating. I found this out when I bought my Cooper's. Otherwise, i never really paid attention to the tread depth between the 2.
Example...
Standard Load AT3's have 12.5/32nds
E-Load AT3's have a MINIMUM of 16/32nds