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Time for Tires
I need to get a set of tires for my 2000 4x4. I don't drive off road. However, I do live in PA and the winters can get nasty at times. My Wife travels on back roads to work and I want good snow traction. The two tires I am looking at are the All Terrain and Open Trail from BFGoodrich. The AT is about $20 more for each tire. I also would like to have something with good tread wear. Any experience and advice is appreciated.
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I have had 4 rangers and run several difrent brands and types of tires. The last several years I have run the BFG All Terrain TA's and Mud Terrain TA's. I am pressently running the All Terrians. I like them, they are pricey, but a good all around tire. One advantage that BFG has over many of the other brands is that the all terrains and mud terrains are a heavier ply tire than most others. They have a 3 ply side wall and 6 ply bottom making them more puncture resistant than other tires. They aren't too bad in the rain on wet pavement as well. I think the all terrains are a great tire, but you will find some will agree others will not. Some things I have found through years of trying other less expensive all terrain tires was the wet tire traction was better than the off-brand or less expensive tires. Anyway, thats my 2 cents worth -
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I personally and professionally have had excellent products and service from TireRack.com. One can make a tire selection by size on their website and peruse the tire ratings and owner reviews which can assist in making a good decision. Look for lots of dark green in the rating charts. Their sales staff on the telephone are well versed in tireism.
Like Waves indicated, some of the lesser brands actually give better traction than the major brands. As the OE tires wear out on our fleet of Rangers, I have replaced them with Kumho tires and am pleased with the performance. Occasional nail hole and no other complaints from the drivers.
Hope this is helpful to you.
Russ
Like Waves indicated, some of the lesser brands actually give better traction than the major brands. As the OE tires wear out on our fleet of Rangers, I have replaced them with Kumho tires and am pleased with the performance. Occasional nail hole and no other complaints from the drivers.
Hope this is helpful to you.
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RangerRuss - I think you may have miss-understood my comment. I felt like the less expensive tires I have tried did not have as good wet pavement traction as the BFG's did. In other words I am a firm beleiver in the saying that you get what you pay for. Here are a few brands of tires I have found that were ok, but they were not as good on wet pavement as the BFG's: Firestone Radial ATX, Kelly Safari AWR, Wide Climber (these were knock-off's of the BFG Mud TA's), Bridgestone Desert Duelers. While these other brands were ok, they had noticably less traction trying to take off on wet pavement. Also I have to say that hands down the BFG Mud Ta's were better than any of the others on wet pavement. I seemed like the wider lug pattern channeled the water better than any of the all terrian tires did. Anyway just wanted to clear that up -
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Just got the November Consumer Reports in the mail yesterday, they did a test on light truck tires. Tests were for dry braking/wet braking/handling/resistance to hydroplaning/rolling resistance/snow traction/ice braking/ride & noise. Top honors went to the Goodyear fortera HL edition. They did'nt like the BF Goodrich long trail TA because stopping distances in the tests for dry braking/wet braking & ice braking were too long.
As mentioned tirerack.com is also a great source for info on tires.
As mentioned tirerack.com is also a great source for info on tires.
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One thing to note, I was talking all terrain type tires, I would assume a street tire would have better wet and dry pavement handling charicteristics than any all terrain type tire would.
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Well, I bought the All Terrain tires. They are noisy, but they have to be better than the Goodyear Wrangler's they replaced.
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Originally Posted by dcale101
Well, I bought the All Terrain tires. They are noisy, but they have to be better than the Goodyear Wrangler's they replaced.
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Waves,
I haven't driven it enough to get a feel yet, but they sure do look good
. They are the BFGoodrich All Terrains. I absolutely despised the Goodyear Wrangler RT/S. I got them when Ford was replacing the Firestone Wilderness. I should have kept the Firestones.
I haven't driven it enough to get a feel yet, but they sure do look good
. They are the BFGoodrich All Terrains. I absolutely despised the Goodyear Wrangler RT/S. I got them when Ford was replacing the Firestone Wilderness. I should have kept the Firestones.
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Exact same thing happened to me. Those Firestone's were great tires, I don't care what anyone says. The Wranglers were awful- poor traction, and all four went out of round just after the warranty expired. I put BFG AT's on yesterday and love them so far- you can't beat a 50k mileage warranty on AT's.
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the all terrains are rated a 9 on winter traction, 6 on tread ware and 7 for wet traction
the long trail winter traction 7, tread ware 10, wet traction 10
for you i think that you should the long trails since you wont be going off road or anything
the long trail winter traction 7, tread ware 10, wet traction 10
for you i think that you should the long trails since you wont be going off road or anything
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Originally Posted by mattmcl
Exact same thing happened to me. Those Firestone's were great tires, I don't care what anyone says. The Wranglers were awful- poor traction, and all four went out of round just after the warranty expired. I put BFG AT's on yesterday and love them so far- you can't beat a 50k mileage warranty on AT's.
my brother hates the wrangler tires that are one his ranger they would last another year maybe 2 but the snow and off road driving he does he is replacing them in a couple weeks
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For future reference, I put Firestone Destination LE tires on my Ranger. They are a replacement for the Wilderness series and I have put 18,000 miles on them and went through a winter and am very, very pleased with them. they are very quiet on the highway, have good wet traction and GREAT dry traction. Since all my driving is on-road I can't comment on how they would do in mud.
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