Thinking about new Shoes - Wrangler AT w/Kevlar

[tcartwri]

Hard to know these days what tire to get with all the bogus reviews on the web.

My experience; yokahama geolandar at/s. Excellent tire for about 30,000 miles, and cheap. They also come in an extended load range in a P series, which is a bonus.

 

[Panik]

Hard to know these days what tire to get with all the bogus reviews on the web.

Agreed 100%! Doesn't help that I am way OCD about some things like tires. Sorry I kinda dropped out the last day or so - life got busy. Just placed an order at the local tire shop for a set of Hankook AT-M RF10's in LT275/65R18 at about 1000.00 out the door. Seems like they should be a good fit for my requirements as well as look nice on the truck.

Thank you everyone who contributed advice and suggestions. :thumbsup: I'll try to post a couple of pics once I have them installed. They should be in store sometime tomorrow.

 

[timswi]

Cooper Disco AT3's are a great tire...Dig in well, handle nice and wear very well. I had them on a set of 20's and loved them.

 

[sld]

I have always had good luck with Coopers. I just haven't tried them on my Superduty's. The AT Firestones looked pretty good. I just had a set of Destinations put on the wife SUV and was looking around the show room.

 

[Wolfy]

Sld, my dad has AT Firestones on his 6x6 F350 plow truck. They are good in most aspects I think, but they are showing wear faster than I would have thought.

 

[KennyG]

I have always had good luck with Coopers. I just haven't tried them on my Superduty's. The AT Firestones looked pretty good. I just had a set of Destinations put on the wife SUV and was looking around the show room.

I kept away from Firestones for a number of years but my local tire store (that I trust) has been pushing them. I now have Destination ATs on two vehicles and Destination LEs on another. They seem to be performing well and I'm seeing very little wear.

 

[Panik]

Well got the tires mounted today and so far they ride great and at least to me look pretty sharp without being overly aggressive looking.

Ride noise is a touch higher with these as compared to the SR-A's, but by halfway through the day I couldn't even tell the difference. Running them at about 65 psi from the store and they feel great. I can obviously feel the road more that the previous tires but it still is a pretty darned good ride. Actually with the short time driving thus far the truck feels like it handles better with these tires, and there was no issues with rubbing going to the LT275/65R18's. Hopefully, I'll continue to be happy with them into the future.

Timswi, IIRC the Coopers AT3's and the Hankook's I have are pretty close to being clones of each other. I think I even remember seeing a thread on a jeep forum where somebody was running 3 of one and 1 of the other brand because they had a blowout and couldn't get a brand replacement.

Sld, for what it is worth tirerack.com has the Firestone's ranked pretty high, I believe second in their survey results.

 

[s219]

Running them at about 65 psi from the store and they feel great.

Seriously, 65 psi ??

 

[Panik]

Respectfully, what pressure would you suggest? The tires are listed at 80psi for max load. This is my first time running LT tires and I had planned on adjusting the pressure. For better or worse the came installed as such, and I had not had the time today to determine if that was the appropriate pressure given my conditions. I am fully aware that I'm lacking knowledge in this, so if you have any links to generic LT and P-metric load/inflation charts so I can kinda cross reference this it would be appreciated.

Aside from the chalk method, which I am planning on doing time permitted, that is about the only other thing I know to do.

 

[Panik]

Actually if someone can check my logic for this I would honestly appreciate it. My limited understanding is that in order to convert from P-metric to LT-tire and maintain appropriate inflation/load rating I would determine the load rating of the old tire:

P265/65R18 (112) so 2469lbs max @ 51PSI

Then look up find the load index of the new tire on a LT inflation chart (ex. Discount Tire Inflation Table):

LT275/65R18E (123) so 3415 max @ 80 PSI

And then find the inflation for that load index that either matches or just exceeds the load rating of the original tires. In the case of my particular tires that would be 50 PSI for 2470lbs.

So in other word the 65lbs is about 15lbs to much and I have a bit of +/- around 50lbs to play to be able to adjust for preferences mpg's, handling, and even tire wear. Does this sound about right? Or is there anything I am missing, aside from the general concern of tire heat and wear from under inflation and similar concerns from over inflation. Thanks in advance.:thumbsup: