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Old 12-20-2007, 07:27 PM
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I am sick of buying cheap, off-name brands that NEVER last the indicated mileage. What brand and make would make a good all season tire? I mostly drive on pavement, but I see a share of snow and mud/dirt trails. I know ONE tire can't excell at all conditions, but what are some good options? Thank you, all.
 
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Old 12-20-2007, 07:47 PM
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I can't answer for snow/ice, but for all other Kuhmo AT have done well for me.
 
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Old 12-20-2007, 08:28 PM
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my buddy has the bfgoodrich all terrain and he says he loves em
 
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Old 12-20-2007, 09:11 PM
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The Toyo A/T'sare suppost to be good for all terrain but i have never used them so im not sure. I had the BFG AT's and didnt really like them i wont every buy them again. The Big O AT and Mastercraft CorserAT2 both look really good and i almost went with the AT2 but opted to get the more agressive CorserCT. I have also used the Sport Kings and loved them for the mud and snow but they didntmakea size with an 18 inch rim so i couldntget them.

I hope that makes as much sence to you as it dose to me. lol.
 
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Old 12-20-2007, 09:49 PM
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For pavement Good year eagle gt 2's and Toyo proxies work great. Had the eagles for almost 3 years, well had to change out 7. 1 from a beach party was patched and took another nailstupid nails hidden in sand right lol! 2 fromimpacts with curbes, road courses are fun, a third curb impact looked fine but blew out at a high rate of speed. And the nails also took out the rest.

Gave really good handling, not the worst in wet weather acceleration.

Had proxies since 05 lost one to a 2 inch nail, another took a good bit of a 20 mile an hour head on hit and is fine after a through inspection. Really, really good handling, it's a fun *** tire really horrible in wet weather acceleration, not really gonna go anywhere in semi icy, snow packed roads, not bad on slush. Have had 4 valve stems replaced they don't take hard cornering well at all. They start to devlop small leaks and of course getting worse going out and leaking in a few hours. If you get the hidden valve stems that solves the problem too, and makes the rim cleaner.

There ya goeverything you never wanted to know about those 2 tires lol.
 
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Old 12-21-2007, 11:11 AM
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I went with the toyo open country AT for my last set and they do great on any type of roads i go on. Not sure on how long they last but i have had them for ablut 8,000 miles is all.
 
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Old 12-21-2007, 12:31 PM
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I've gotten three years and around 70,000 miles on Michellin LTX MS tires. This incudes a TON of highway miles and frequent trips on trials for firewood. Terrific on Ice and Snow. The were the best tires I ever had on my 91' and there will be a set going on my 99' after Winter. Only thing I didn't like was the fact I had D load range on a small short bed standrard cab 4X4 which made it a little rough, but using a C range tire would have solved this.
 
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Old 12-21-2007, 03:04 PM
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I have Eagle GT 2 low-pro tires on my truck.Love these tires real sporty look,good handling and cornering at hi speeds.Had a nail stuck in once but didn't penetrate it enough to cause a leak.Like quick said not the worst in wet weather acceleration.These are goin to be my next set of tires.
 
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