Any thoughts on the Goodyear Wrangler MT/R?

 

awesome tire in my opinion. never owned em personally, but i've went wheelin in a few friends' rides that had em, and they did great. if ya got the money for em, go for it!

 

I have them on my Explorer (35s) and I love them! Super tough, awesome on the rocks and sand. They are also great on the road, for a MT. They are pricey and you want to rotate them often but you can get alot of life out of them.

IMHO one of the best MT tires on the market.

 

FYI, they are not a mud terrain. The MT/R stands for maximum traction reinforced.

 

They are horrible in deep snow and on snow/ice covered roads. Otherwise I hear OK things.


They may stand for that, but they are a Mud Terrain... its a style tire and the MT/R fits the bill.

 

I have a set of 37" meats just for rockcrawling, awesome tires. When I'm on the street, I switch to the BFG/AT tires.

 

get them. dont mess with anything else if you want decent life out of an off road tire that provides excellent traction in almost all conditions, and extra strong sidewalls. theres a reason why you'll see them on alot of rigs that see mucho rocko...

 

You could also consider the Cooper STT, or Toyo open country MT.

Aaron

 

I like mine... they are little noisy, but, I kind of like it.

 

My friend has a set on his '97 Runner and they look awesome but on a daily driver they can get a little tiresome due to their rough ride and highway noise but he likes them off road.

 

I have a set of 37's and they are really tough but like already mentioned, they are really not for mud. I have seen many rigs with them just get stuck when the tires clog.

 

GO ROCKIES!!!

 

They get noisier with wear but I love them no matter what. They have been very good to me. The sidewalls have taken tremendous abuse and have not failed.

 

They are hands down the best All Terrain Tire you can buy.

They are not a mud terrain. They are how an All terrain tire SHOULD be, deep, aggressive lugs, but smaller, and more of them, giving amazing traction on rocks and dirt, and decent mud traction.

 

Totally agree. If all you do is deep mud then get a dedicated mud terrain. Otherwise MT/R's handle everything great. As for snow/ice if that is a concern you need an all terrain with lots of small blocks and tons of small voids. Mud terrains dig in and cause a loss of traction.

 

I have 32's on my truck. I love them! They handle pretty good on the street, and not very noisy either for a mud-type tire. My father says his all-terrains are louder...haha. Off road they're great. Mine cost me $648 from Discount Tire Direct. I live in California and so I didn't have to pay any tax, plus they ship them free. So I just brought them to work and mounted them myself.

 

I have seen these tires on a couple of jeeps and Toyotas and have always wondered about the mileage peopl get out of them. People that have owned them or know someone with them, post up the mileage people have gotten out of them and if you have a picture post up with the mileage.

 

Mine are only 6 months old, so sorry, but I can't say yet.

 

They require a frequent amount of rotations... but if you stay up with that and have decent alignment they do pretty well wear wise.

I have around 35,000 miles on my 35" MTR's and have at least 45% left... probably more. I wheel aggressively as much as possible, and have had only one fail in the tread from a very sharp and fixed rock. My plan is to get another 5,000 or so out of them and then swap.

And like everyone else has said, they do a great job off road. However, I have driven with others who run either the IROC's or Pitbulls on the rocks and those tires really seem to bite much better than the MTR's. Those tires are like superglue!!

That is in an extreme situation however, and even then all agree the MTR's ride is far superior for a daily driver.

 

So if they are not a mud terrain than why is there tread pattern so darn close to so many other mud terrains. I say close because well they are close, the Cooper STT and the Toyo open country MT are similar in pattern more so the STT. Would these also not be considered AT's and if they were then the AT market would be devastated because all of us with AT really just have street tires. Damnit I need some more tires, can't be running around on street tires.

Aaron