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Originally Posted by Mad Chemist
Take it for what its worth- I've not owned these tires myself, but have seen these tires perform horribly in mud compared to similarly equipped vehicles with mud terrains. I'll see if I can dig up the video...
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I've owned the Good Year ATS, Michelin LTX and now the MTRs.
Good Year ATS were a nice tire over all but wore really bad even with frequent rotation and rebalance. Truck alignment was checked as well so that was not the issue.
Michelin LTX were just fantastic on road. Real quiet, smooth, nearly no weights to balance, etc... But as Bamachem mentionned the can hardly get the truck going on wet grass! As for snow, forget about it.
MTRs, all I have to say is great! They are loud on road, but that is to be expected for such an agressive tire. My first set was was replaced for free after 10 K by GY because they could not balance them. I belive that they have some issues when it come to balance and roundness. Would I buy another set? Definately especially since GY replaced the defective ones with 10K on them for free. That made the difference between me ever buying their product again or not. The tire shop owner told me he would not let me leave until I was satisfied. Now that is customer service.
Yesterday I tested how well the worked in the mud while going to pull my friend who was stuck. I was skeptical at first and I was holding back on the throttle leading to the tires not cleaning out. I just did not want to get stuck as well. After a bit, I got on the gas and they were cleaning well and boy they worked just great. I ended up towing my friend out through the mud and am positive that he would still be there if it were not for the locker and tires. I'll have to post a few pics later. So my impressions are that they work well in the mud.
Cheers,
P