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ErikNC
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 08:49 pm: | 
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Hi everyone,
i have the opportunity to get a set of 235/85R16 GoodYear Wrangler MT.
Are there some people here with some experience with these tires offroad ?
Sure the MT/R should be really better... but here it is sometime difficult to get some products. And don't ask me why.
Anyway, how do the wrangler MT perform ?
Traction ?
Durability ?
Thank you very much for any feedback.
Best regards to all.
Erik SCHALL
Disco I tdi300.
New Caledonia. |
ErikNC
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 02:26 am: |
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No one using these tires then ?
Are they piece of crap ?
Regards.
Erik. |
RonLF
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 07:28 am: |
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Erik,
I had a set on my Chevy pick-up a couple of years ago. I loved them, they were great in the snow and mud. I only thing I didn't like was the fact they were uni-dirctional tires. I had 40,000 miles on them when i sale the truck and never had a problem with them. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 10:08 am: |
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love them buy them... |
Jarrod
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 10:12 am: |
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I had them on my Scout about 3 years ago and liked them a lot. They were the best tire in snow that I have ever owned. But 40K miles - I don't think I even got close to that! When driving that Scout I could watch the gas gauge needle go down and the fread depth diminish with every mile. The hot summer asphalt chewed through those tires in a big hurry.
And DUH - noisy. |
ErikNC
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 04:34 pm: |
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Ron, Anonymous and Jarrod,
thank you very much for your feedback.
Seems to be a great tire in snow... but that is the only thing in surface we don't have here :-)
But mud... yeah !
Thank you again.
Regards.
Erik. |
John Henley
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 05:23 pm: |
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I used to work for goodyear, and would never recommend their MT's. However, that changed when the MT-Rs came out. I put them on my Rangie, 235-85's and they performed very well in moab. Aired down the side lugs were almost too grippy in sand ruts, as they kept wanting to climb out. I pinched the sidewall to the extreme at 10psi without a mark. I have yet to try them in mud, more rocks than anything else here in Denver. Plus they are quiet on the highway for a MT.
jk |
Kyle
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 05:28 pm: |
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I think that Anon is the guy thats trying to sell them to you..... 
Kyle |
Jarrod
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 06:11 pm: |
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Hey John - I wonder if this is a "small world moment"? My brother is a manager for Goodyear (Kirby Leonard) and that is how I got the tires. Surprised you didn't like them though - I thought they were a great tire for wheelin, just not much for the highway. And I agree that the MTR is much improved. |
Jake Hartley (Jake)
| | Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2002 - 09:12 pm: |
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I have a set of MTs on my DI. Wear is average, wet traction is pretty close to poor. Snow/ice is OK, not as good as a Scorpion. In mud, they hook up pretty well. They are noisy, but thats what yah get with a mud tire. |
ErikNC
| | Posted on Friday, April 19, 2002 - 12:14 am: |
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Hi everyone,
I agree the MT/R would be a really better choice, but I just called the GoodYear representative for my country, and he told me he only has MT and not MT/R, because they were imported from the US and very expensive.
So all he can offer is wrangler MT for US $150 each.
Don't tell me to have a look at BFG MT, they are sold here at US $ 215 !!
So, I am still wondering if I should go for the MT ?
John, why won't you recommend the MT ? What is the reason ?
Thank you all.
Regards.
Erik.
New Caledonia |
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