The stock Goodyears still have decent tread left at 41K miles but traction has really declined this year. Began with being slippery in rain with spinning at 50 mph, and now dry traction has gone to pot too. Squealing and barking tires constantly now. I think I will get new tires before winter.

Ideally I would like snowflake symbol with awesome dry traction too. Anybody know if that combo exists? I have mods and I want to hook up from a dig because spinning tires is slow and gets too much attention. The stock Goodyears actually hooked up really good until recently.

 

I have read good things about the Michelin LTX Winter tires.




http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....lar=Super+Crew

 

Don't be put off by your poor experience with the stock Goodyears, that company does make some excellent tires.
The Wrangler Adventure is only snowflake rated in the "ProGrade" LT variants, Not in the P-metric ones but it's a very solid AT tire.
The Wrangler Duratrack is snow rated in all variation I belive.

 

The Good Year Wrangler Adventurer w/ Kevlar is a good tire. I have them on my 2012 F150. As mentioned above you have to get the LT version if you want the snowflake. The P version has the same tread design and is an excellent tire. The Michelin LTX M/S 2s have the snow flake and are very good on all surfaces, except mud. They clog up really fast. I had these tires on my 08 F150. They had around 80K miles on them when I sold the truck. The tread still looked good but the wet traction was starting to be a issue.

 

I've got a new set of BFG KO2's on my 2011 F-150 5.0L. They get phenomenal traction in dry/wet weather. Haven't had a chance to test them in the snow yet, but I know they are (snowflake certified).

 

Thanks for the input. The Duratracs are too aggressive for what I want. I never will be in any difficult off-road driving situation. I also notice some of the snowflake tires aren't available in the 18" wheel size so that is limiting my options a bit. These seem to be the tires I need to compare...

BFGoodrich T/A KO2
General Grabber AT2
Michelin Defender LTX M/S
Goodyear Wrangler SilentArmor
Cooper Discoverer M+S
Cooper Discoverer A/TW

There is a Dunlop tire but I just won't consider Dunlop. Personal choice based on a bad experience.

 

Just a note, the Wrangle SilentArmor is now called the "Wrangler All Terrain Adventure With Kevlar". I don't think they sell the SilentArmor any more.

 

No, those are two distinctly different tires with different tread. SilentArmor has snowflake symbol, and the other does not. Look at Goodyear website,

https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires...er-silentarmor
https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires...rain-adventure

 

I didn't word that correctly, so I'll try again:
The Wrangle All Terrain Adventure With Kevlar has superseded the Wrangle SilentArmor.

They are different tires. I know that the SilentArmor is still listed on the Goodyear Website, but as far as I know, it's not actually sold anywhere these days.

As for the Snowflake. the LT versions of the "Adventure" tire ARE rated with the Mountain/Snowflake symbol. the P-metric versions are not. In some sizes, that used to be true with the SilentArmor tires as well. Not 100% sure why, but the LT versions have less tread depth, and that might be a factor.

 

They aren't available in many sizes. https://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires...or/sizes-specs

 

I'm on my second set, on a second truck, of the Wrangler All Terrain Adventure With Kevlar and am very happy with the performance they offer. I had good luck with the old Silent Armor tires too.


I would recommend these without a doubt.

 

I'd like to know how you got 41K miles on a set of I'm assuming the Goodyear Wrangler SRA's. I have them on my 2011 F150 in the stock 265 75 18 size and at 21K miles I'm at 5/32 tread wear. And yes that's on all 4 wheels and they're wearing evenly. These are a 50K mile rated tire, but I'll be lucky to see 30k miles out of them. All of the tire suppliers around me say that 30k is about it for those tires as well. So really what's your secret?

 

I've had 4 sets of SRA's, never had a problem getting over 50K on them. I keep them properly inflated and do a rotation with every oil change. Every set I've changed was due to the tires getting noisy.

 

I do that exact same procedure. Tires are kept right at 35psi. And checked weekly even though I've never had the TPMS light come on. And still these wore out quick. Even at 5/32 tread they are whisper quiet. So that is not an issue.

 

Unless you drive down the same roads as XR7 his wear will be different than yours not to mention driving habits being different etc. Mine might last longer because I commute a lot with my truck.