Fitment question and opinion on tires?

[8thTon]

Those Goodyear Wranglers are absolute trash. I've had several sets of them, by FAR the worst tire I've ever had. They dry rot and crack really bad after 4-5 years and something about the tread design makes them follow the little grooves on concrete highways - they pull you all over the place.

Check out these, I was looking for cheap tires and bought a set for my rust bucket. For $74/tire shipped I don't think you can beat it, they are an LT tire instead of a P like those Goodyears. My buddy has them on his Jeep and we are both very pleased with them so far.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/373581786

Lol, while I am not a Goodyear fan, I rather like the Wranglers. Mine are holding up well, and I find they handle much better than they ought to on dry roads, and work ok on wet and snow as well. I'm planning on getting another set when these wear out.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Lol, while I am not a Goodyear fan, I rather like the Wranglers. Mine are holding up well, and I find they handle much better than they ought to on dry roads, and work ok on wet and snow as well. I'm planning on getting another set when these wear out.

I had them on my colorado, and it got thru the snow good with them...but...that truck did remarkably well in the snow anyways for whatever reason....

As far as the cold flat spot...yeah i remember that from the old days. I dont know...i just know now i gotta be to work so early (way before the plows are out) and i cant risk not making it in...i do take main roads which helps some, but after a big snow dump its still a crapshoot.

Plus we've had easy winters last 2 years, cold, but not much snow....i dont wanna take that chance again this year.

 

[Shran]

I know some people swear by them. They get good reviews. My experience has just not been good. The last set I got rid of were 4 years old, going by the date code...and they were cracked all the way around between every tread lug.

Other Goodyear tires are fine. I have a set of Trailrunner AT's on my service truck now, our other company trucks have had nothing other than Wranger ATS and I have MTRs on my crawler. All great tires, I have nothing against Goodyear other than that one specific model.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Do

Those Goodyear Wranglers are absolute trash. I've had several sets of them, by FAR the worst tire I've ever had. They dry rot and crack really bad after 4-5 years and something about the tread design makes them follow the little grooves on concrete highways - they pull you all over the place.

Check out these, I was looking for cheap tires and bought a set for my rust bucket. For $74/tire shipped I don't think you can beat it, they are an LT tire instead of a P like those Goodyears. My buddy has them on his Jeep and we are both very pleased with them so far.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/373581786

Do they bite good in the white stuff?

 

[pjtoledo]

a bit more expensive, much better tire.

I serviced the Hudson schools for years. my 2005 2wd had winter tires and took me everywhere I needed to go.
I did have about 400 lbs in the back, cap, bed mat, and parts. true winter tires are amazing on ice and hard-pack.


https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...ewall=Blackwall&partnum=275SR5WF2UV&tab=Specs

 

[Shran]

Do

Do they bite good in the white stuff?

I am hoping they will, I have only had them for a month. My buddy likes them in the snow.

I had a Hercules AT tire on the truck before this that was very similar in tread design and they got around really well.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Those Goodyear Wranglers are absolute trash. I've had several sets of them, by FAR the worst tire I've ever had. They dry rot and crack really bad after 4-5 years and something about the tread design makes them follow the little grooves on concrete highways - they pull you all over the place.

Check out these, I was looking for cheap tires and bought a set for my rust bucket. For $74/tire shipped I don't think you can beat it, they are an LT tire instead of a P like those Goodyears. My buddy has them on his Jeep and we are both very pleased with them so far.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/seort/373581786

I had a set of those Coopers on my F-150.

Last year three of them slipped belts and had bad dry rotting. They were 2016 tires. The one that didn't was a replacement from hitting a chunk of steel and killing one of the original 4. It was a year or two newer. The 2009 BFG's I was dragging out of the barn as they were dying one at a time were in better shape for dry rot than the ones I was pulling off. I thought they were pretty anemic in the snow (really all the way around and that was coming off of BFG MT's)

I went Falken Wildpeak AT3 for about the same $$ and so far I love them. Really good in snow and nice on the road.

 

[Shran]

I'll have to set a reminder in my calendar a few years from now to report back after I've run them for a while.

I really do like BFG ATs...they are just so dang expensive. Those Falkens seem to be pretty popular too, I see a lot of them .

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I'll have to set a reminder in my calendar a few years from now to report back after I've run them for a while.

I really do like BFG ATs...they are just so dang expensive. Those Falkens seem to be pretty popular too, I see a lot of them .

I love the BFGs too...but 300 bucks for 2 tires to use 3 or 4 months a year is just ridiculious.

Ill pry still put them on my F250 though for fulltime duty.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Wow, that tread is a real Blast from the Past ! For our younger members, from say 1950- early '70s , if you had " snow tires " , that ( or close variant ) is what you had . Pretty much went away at the time radials came into common use . Anybody buying them in the '90s was being deliberately Retro even then .

The good news - Yup , they definitely dig into snow , and self cleaning in mud . And with 8 ply would be near indestructible as noted .

But OTOH , you would have the inherent qualities of Bias Ply tires . And the thing about ( presumably ) radials on the front, and bias on the rear can give severe and potentially catastrophic quirks on dry pavement cornering , or sudden evasive manuvers . Yeah , back in the days I had a vehicle running that way . But I was aware , and always paranoid about things going sideways ( figuratively and literally ) , and wouldn't let any unsuspecting " normies" drive it .

Did we mention the 75mph speed rating vs modern freeway flow of traffic ? Did we mention LOUD ? Like so loud the radio won't go loud enough to be heard .

The answer to the question not directly asked of " What tires are absolute high traction , and I don't care about the unpleasant side effects , or any compromise for all around suitability ? " . That can be answered by cheap generic Mud/ Terrain in radial flavor .

One winter used Treadwright M/T 235s on the wife's DD , then S-10 Blazer 4x4 . ( I had the tires intended for another project not yet at fruition , and wife needed upgraded tires , and I didn't have the $$ to care to get another full set of tires , so I went expedient .)

They were loud . They decreased mileage by about 2mpg . They were loud . They rode rough . Not sort of rough , but whole vehicle vibrating kind of rough . BUT they would chew thru 2-3 foot windblown snow drifts with ease .

 

[sgtsandman]

It was my impression that he was going to put them on all four corners. He didn’t state that but I get the impression the OP isn’t a one axle only kinda guy when it comes to tires.

The point you make about radials on one axles and bias plies on the other is a valid one though.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

It was my impression that he was going to put them on all four corners. He didn’t state that but I get the impression the OP isn’t a one axle only kinda guy when it comes to tires.

The point you make about radials on one axles and bias plies on the other is a valid one though.

Actually i was gonna just put them on the ass lol.

 

[8thTon]

Lol, while I am not a Goodyear fan, I rather like the Wranglers. Mine are holding up well, and I find they handle much better than they ought to on dry roads, and work ok on wet and snow as well. I'm planning on getting another set when these wear out.

Well, so much for Goodyear, they go into the bin with Gillette.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Well, so much for Goodyear, they go into the bin with Gillette.

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[Jim Oaks]

Fawk Goodyear.