By Joshua Weinstein (Untrakd) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 06:02 pm: Edit

Size: 265/75/16
Uses: Highway, Snow, Lots of Rain

I am putting my MTR's on my NATO rims and am searching for the best tire for all other times I drive my truck. Has to have great snow and wet traction. I have bee eyeing the michelin LTX A/t's and the dunlop radial rover R/T's. I prefer a load range E sidewall, the disco is getting preatty heavy, and I like throwing it into corners! Anyways, ski season is rapidly approaching so I'll take all the help I can get!

By Ron on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 06:04 pm: Edit

RTs

90% of 265 75 is load range D not E (does not matter much though).

ron

By jim on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 06:25 pm: Edit

trac edges are pretty good.

By lynden on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 07:40 pm: Edit

I have the radial rover M/T's and like them so far. So far meaning I haven't been in snow w/ them yet so we'll see. But for everything else they've been good to me.
Lynden

By Kyle on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 07:40 pm: Edit

Michelin , hands down...


Kyle

By peter m on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 07:42 pm: Edit

By Steve (Steve2) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 07:43 pm: Edit

i'd do the new yokohama geolander at+II's or the bridgestone at's - they are supposed to be the highest rated at's - you might even find them better all round than the mtrs....

steve

By Ho Chung (Ho) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 12:20 am: Edit

another vote for the michelin, but go take a look at the cross terrains. i am fucking sold on those.
got them for the minivan and i LIKE IT!

By Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 08:49 am: Edit

Haven't had my Dunlop R/Ts in the snow yet, but I can say that I think that the R/T is a great all-around tire....

But, since you're going for splitting duties with your tires, you already have MTRs and are looking for a snow/rain tire, I would pick something more like the Cross-Terrain, or some other AT.

The Dunlop R/T is a compromise tire... albeit a great compromise tire IMO... But your MTR has the mud-side of its personality covered, so pick a tire to better cover the street personality.


IMHO, YMMV.....

-L

By Milan on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 11:37 am: Edit

Are you saying the MTR's don't do it for you in the snow/rain. I found them to be the best all around tire for me because I try to avoid mud. The MTRs are crappy in mud but seem to work very, very well elsewhere including on the road.

By Moe on Friday, October 19, 2001 - 06:54 pm: Edit

Milan has a good point. Josh, I thought you said the MTRs work well on road and in the snow, but did clog in the Tillamook mud. Why not get a more aggressive tire for the NATO rims, maybe an Interco brand if you can handle the looks.

By Joshua Weinstein (Untrakd) on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 02:35 pm: Edit

The MTR's are a great all around tire! They handle like shit in the rain and in the snow, they simply make very little road noise for a mud tire. I nee a tire with a lot of siping. Over the past days I have grown to love the pireli scorpian a/t and the michelin LTX M/S. I like the rain grooves in the michelin a lot, any one have these, I think they are standard equipment on a lot of rigs.

By Ron on Monday, October 22, 2001 - 11:36 am: Edit

I had the LTX M/S on the burban.

The BFG Long trail T/A seemed to be better and cheaper too on the burban. Better directional stability in snow/rain although tough to compare.

Ron

By Milan on Monday, October 22, 2001 - 09:18 pm: Edit

Well, the GY MTR is a traction tire nod a mud tire, that's why they don't do well in mud. I think they handle exceptionally well in the snow and rain. I feel it has tons of traction but I have not been on AT type trad for some while. I'm pretty sure they are better than the stock Michelins, though. If you want more of a road/AT tire, then the BFG AT/KO with 3-ply sidewalls should serve you well for snow and rain and even off-roading. THe other suggestions are also good. I like the Dunlop Rover RT's for example. I have no experience with the others, so I can't say.