Tires & Wheels Anything about tires and wheels

New Tires; any suggestions?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Nov 24, 2017 | 09:36 AM
  #1  
jgcalifornia's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
From: Lost Angeles
New Tires; any suggestions?

Need to get new tires for my 1989 Toyota pick up truck 4x4 V6.
I have had Goodyear All Terrain tires on there for a little more than a decade but pretty sure I can do better. They have always skid in the rain.
I want to feel more glued to the ground.

Open to any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Reply
Old Nov 24, 2017 | 10:06 AM
  #2  
muddpigg's Avatar
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,374
Likes: 37
From: Enterprise, AL
Originally Posted by jgcalifornia
Need to get new tires for my 1989 Toyota pick up truck 4x4 V6.
I have had Goodyear All Terrain tires on there for a little more than a decade but pretty sure I can do better. They have always skid in the rain.
I want to feel more glued to the ground.

Open to any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Not much advice from me. More concerned with Offroad traction and tread life. I drive slow on road.
Reply
Old Nov 24, 2017 | 11:04 AM
  #3  
jgcalifornia's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 39
Likes: 0
From: Lost Angeles
Originally Posted by muddpigg
Not much advice from me. More concerned with Offroad traction and tread life. I drive slow on road.
Would tires that offer good traction off road be considered equally as good for the road? Lots of stop and go in Los Angeles but by no means are the streets a smooth ride.
I never expected the Goodyear tires to skid as much as they did in the rain.
Thanks
Reply
Old Nov 24, 2017 | 11:18 AM
  #4  
muddpigg's Avatar
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,374
Likes: 37
From: Enterprise, AL
Originally Posted by jgcalifornia
Would tires that offer good traction off road be considered equally as good for the road? Lots of stop and go in Los Angeles but by no means are the streets a smooth ride.
I never expected the Goodyear tires to skid as much as they did in the rain.
Thanks
becomes a trade, the more aggressive the tread the more road noise. Generally less tread life, perhaps less mpg, though my experiences not much between BFG A/T and BFG KM2. But many different A/T options.
Reply
Old Nov 24, 2017 | 11:19 AM
  #5  
muddpigg's Avatar
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,374
Likes: 37
From: Enterprise, AL
Originally Posted by jgcalifornia
Would tires that offer good traction off road be considered equally as good for the road? Lots of stop and go in Los Angeles but by no means are the streets a smooth ride.
I never expected the Goodyear tires to skid as much as they did in the rain.
Thanks
becomes a trade, the more aggressive the tread the more road noise. Generally less tread life, perhaps less mpg, though my experiences not much between BFG A/T and BFG KM2. But many different A/T options.
Reply
Old Nov 26, 2017 | 05:34 AM
  #6  
wyoming9's Avatar
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,381
Likes: 100
From: I live in New Tripoli Pa out in the woods
Red face

If you want a rain tire that is what you should look into

Good Year or Firestone makes just a rain tire or they did.

Easy to slide through intersections driving to fast for conditions with fresh rain
Reply
Old Nov 26, 2017 | 08:26 PM
  #7  
ToyoKev86's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 76
Likes: 1
From: Justin, TX
You can look into getting a set of Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac's, unless that's what you currently have. The treads have lots of siping for improved grip on low-traction terrain like wet roads, snow, and ice. There are many positive reviews on the Duratrac's to back this up.

With their relatively large tread blocks, the Duratrac's are on the more aggressive side of all-terrain tires, being more like a half-mud, half-all-terrain tire except they're designed to last longer on the road than full-fledged mud tires.

I run a set of Duratrac's on my '86 Hilux/Pickup 4x4. They're still new with only a few hundred miles on them, but they've been fantastic for me both on and off the road; they handled mud better than I expected on my last wheeling trip. I haven't gotten a chance to try the tires in the rain yet though, let alone snow or ice (I live in north Texas, so snowy/icy roads are rare here). They ride smoothly but are a bit noisier on the road than other all-terrain tires.

Last edited by ToyoKev86; Nov 26, 2017 at 08:28 PM.
Reply



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:03 PM.