Kumho Road Venture MT's
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Kumho Road Venture MT's
I am suriously considering these in a 285/75 size for my Runner. From what I have read they seem like really good tires for the money (120 a tire at www.tirerack.com)
Any opinions/ experiences with them? I wont be much rock crawling at all, just mud and trails.
-Jordan
Any opinions/ experiences with them? I wont be much rock crawling at all, just mud and trails.
-Jordan
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ive been running a set of 31x10.5 for..... gosh..... 5? years now.
They have been great for midwest woods wheeling i do. no more noisy than a BFG MT.
they are softer than my Kumho AT's. Ive only run them in the winter/wheeling and swap back and forth between the MT's and AT's
id say i have 30K on them total with about 40% left (perhaps less)
i suffer from some chunking on the out tred blocks but thats a function of the fact they are soft and ive got a heavy truck. At 20lbs they flex like most jeeps i wheel with do on 8 psi.
side walls are great. i had a flat in the rear that i inadvertnly drove on on gravel roads for like 20 min before i finnally stoped after the back end broke loose the second time. I pulled the nail out, patched it with a plug, filled it up and have been useing it ever sence.
with some wheel spin the outer lugs self clean but the center can say packed.
wet traction isnt the best but neither are most mud tires with little-no sipeing.
They have been great for midwest woods wheeling i do. no more noisy than a BFG MT.
they are softer than my Kumho AT's. Ive only run them in the winter/wheeling and swap back and forth between the MT's and AT's
id say i have 30K on them total with about 40% left (perhaps less)
i suffer from some chunking on the out tred blocks but thats a function of the fact they are soft and ive got a heavy truck. At 20lbs they flex like most jeeps i wheel with do on 8 psi.
side walls are great. i had a flat in the rear that i inadvertnly drove on on gravel roads for like 20 min before i finnally stoped after the back end broke loose the second time. I pulled the nail out, patched it with a plug, filled it up and have been useing it ever sence.
with some wheel spin the outer lugs self clean but the center can say packed.
wet traction isnt the best but neither are most mud tires with little-no sipeing.
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exactly the tires I was considering next but in a 265/75 size. Not trying to go crazy big. Check the reviews on tirerack. Seems like a good tire for the money, somebody on here had pics of them on a 3rd gend, brand new. Search for Venture MTs, and it should pull it up. Seem to have better treadwear than a lot of the mud tires out there, some poeple on tire rack reported as much as 55k. Not bad at all.
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I've only been running mine for about 2 weeks now, but mileage does not seem to have suffered too much. I'm one of "those guys" that was able to regularly get 315 miles on a tank of gas until the warning light came on. Now, it seems the light comes on at about 300 miles. I went from the stock 265/70/16 to 265/75/16. So far, I'm very happy. I did have them siped, but only on the center tread blocks. I think this makes them a bit quieter and maybe a bit better mileage, but it's probably splitting hairs. Overall, I'm quite pleased. Also, if you're near a Discount Tire or America's Tire, they will price match TireRack.com.
Before: 256/70/16 Goodyear RT/S
After: 265/75/16 Kumho MT
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Before: 256/70/16 Goodyear RT/S
After: 265/75/16 Kumho MT
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I run the 31's on my nissan, heres a pic from this weekend at haspin. Had them down to 10lb's and they work great in the mud, and rocks. I got about 10k on mine now, and you can hardly tell there worn. They are no louder than any other m/t. I've also had no problems with them in rain, snow, and ice.
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I've found this site has better prices than tire rack
http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html
Great site to price match from with the local tire vendors
http://www.tires-easy.com/start.html
Great site to price match from with the local tire vendors
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