Storm chasing Tires

[Blake Michaleski]

The Revo's are an excellent choice in a LT tire.


The Destination M/Ts may be hooking up well on the pavement now, but wait until they are about half worn, you will need to replace them. As the tread blocks wear, they typically get into a harder compound of rubber, this reduces the grip of the tire, especially on wet roads.

And definitely stay away from the Goodyear MT/R (standard equipment on Jeep Rubicons)

I have a set of these on my cherokee (take offs from my friend's Rubicon) and they have absolutely horrible wet weather traction. The front of my Jeep is messed up to prove it.

 

[J Kinkaid]

Thanks for the advice everybody! I was about to pull the trigger and get the Destination tires from Walmart but after reading some reviews of bad traction after 20k miles I will stick with the Revo's . Sorry to hear about your wreck Blake and too bad you were not streaming at the time of the accident . See you on the roads this afternoon

 

[Nick Parker]

BFG Knockout All-Terrians on my 07 4x4 3/4 ton Chevy Duramax and love em. Had em on my older pickup and they perform very nicely in mud/snow yet, they get excellent mileage on the road (Last set had over 55,000 on em and still lots of tread left.) They also ride pretty good too.

 

[J Kinkaid]

Do any of ya'll use Nitrogen in your tires ?

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

Do any of ya'll use Nitrogen in your tires ?

Air is 78% nitrogen, so I suppose most everyone does.

 

[Mikey Gribble]

I used to buy BF Goodrich mud terrains for my Jeep, but I got tired of them wearing down so quickly (and the price tag on them). They worked awesome on muddy roads though. I have the tires that came on my Xterra now, but as soon as I replace them I plan on going with all terrain tires. Not sure which ones yet, but the duelers you mentioned were definitely one of my options. I probably won't get BF Goodrich just because I think they are over priced for what you get out of them.

 

[David Schuttler]

Air is 78% nitrogen, so I suppose most everyone does.

Supposedly it's helpfull to get rid of the other 22% that's not nitrogen....

 

[Greg Campbell]

I have BF goodrich touring from Costco. simply put I was amazed. the michelin's were loud and noisy. traction was equal between the both so I went quieter.

Although I don't have much experience with other tires on my car, I'll second the thumbs-up for Costco's BF Goodrich Touring T/A rubber. They are quiet, ride fairly well (even running 5 PSI over Honda's suggested inflation pressure) and are holding up nicely after nearly 40K miles. They seem to work well enough in the wet - it takes a lot of water and/or speed to make them float. Costco's price includes installation, balancing, and 'lifetime everything.'

 

[Ryan McGinnis]

Supposedly it's helpfull to get rid of the other 22% that's not nitrogen....

I don't think it'd hurt anything, but I just don't know how it'd make any kind of difference, at least on my car. I mean, I check my tire pressure every so often, and I find that the only time I need to add a couple PSI is at the peak of winter when the temperature drops the pressure a bit. I usually have to let it out again at the beginning of summer when it gets hot again. (Nitrogen would react the same way.) So I have to tinker with the pressure twice a year, no matter what. If I had to add air to my tires more often than that, I wouldn't get nitrogen, I'd have them checked for leaks.

On the page you linked to, it mentioned the people who use nitrogen -- airlines and NASCAR. For these groups, an inert gas probably makes sense, since it won't oxidize. I imagine NASCAR tires and plane tires get really, really hot from the extreme stresses that get put on them. Actually, come to think of it, the way I drive... maybe I should get nitrogen!

 

[Gerard Jebaily]

ive jus put on a new set of tires on my 4-runner. the first set were pretty good but didnt do diddly in dirt and mud. so i put these on ... so far, I LOVE EM! lots of good tread, tested in mud, dirt, wet roads with 6 inch ponding.. They are the Cooper STT

 

[Jerry Prsha]

ive jus put on a new set of tires on my 4-runner. the first set were pretty good but didnt do diddly in dirt and mud. so i put these on ... so far, I LOVE EM! lots of good tread, tested in mud, dirt, wet roads with 6 inch ponding.. They are the Cooper STT

Dittoes! I had these put on last October and they've been wonderful. I'm shocked at the wet traction that I get stopping on these things... Nevermind snow and mud which they're pretty incredible at...

 

[Bill Tabor]

Supposedly it's helpfull to get rid of the other 22% that's not nitrogen....

Actually I've heard it's helpful to have helium in your tires because the reduction in weight due to lift improves gas mileage. The tradeoff is you don't get quite as good traction and control.

 

[Bill Tabor]

Yeah, those Cooper's look pretty nice. What kind of highway performance, ride, gas mileage do you get?

Your tire choice probably depends on what you want to do with it. Are you strictly a pavement chaser, or will you also take dirt (likely to be mud) roads. Oklahoma is known for it's mud, claylike roads and bad traction. Kansas doesn't seem a whole lot better from my experience. Well, maybe some.

I used to try and target both, but all the A/T type tires I got I was shocked at the poor performance in slightly muddy roads? If you are going to take back roads with possible mud, you might at least want to switch out and have some mud tires on the back.

I used to have some Goodyear Wranglers AT and they did fairly well on wet pavement, but they didn't wear that long, and I started getting cupping. I had a terrible time with them once in some west Tx mud near Stamford Lake with tornadoes around. Gene used to have a set of Michelin AT. He had them on his Yukon for like 80K to 90K miles and they still had legal tread! So I bought a set of those. They have been ok, but the down side is with age even though they wear slow the rubber seems to get harder and so traction on wet pavement doesn't seem as good. I still have them on, but each time I almost bought the BF Goodrich AT's each time. http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/images/ts-dl/tires/large/all-terrain-t-a-ko.jpg These look to have decent off road / mud performance judging by the lugs on the sides. Pavement performance may be reasonable. BF Goodrich also has a nice looking mud terrain tire: http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/images/ts-dl/tires/large/mud-terrain-t-a-km2.jpg

 

[Derrick Herndon]

I drive a Subaru Forester fitted with Continental ContiExtreme Contacts in 2006 and 2007 here in Nebraska. I got the tire because of it's excellent snow performance but that translated into good mud performance as well for the county roads. I averaged 22-24 mpg with this tire. Unfortunately the tire does not come with a treadlife warranty and after 35k miles they are done. I will likely buy these again but use them only in the winter. So today I am looking for an A/S for the warmer months with a focus on wet traction.

 

[Gerard Jebaily]

Yeah, those Cooper's look pretty nice. What kind of highway performance, ride, gas mileage do you get?

Your tire choice probably depends on what you want to do with it. Are you strictly a pavement chaser, or will you also take dirt (likely to be mud) roads. Oklahoma is known for it's mud, claylike roads and bad traction. Kansas doesn't seem a whole lot better from my experience. Well, maybe some.

I used to try and target both, but all the A/T type tires I got I was shocked at the poor performance in slightly muddy roads? If you are going to take back roads with possible mud, you might at least want to switch out and have some mud tires on the back.

I used to have some Goodyear Wranglers AT and they did fairly well on wet pavement, but they didn't wear that long, and I started getting cupping. I had a terrible time with them once in some west Tx mud near Stamford Lake with tornadoes around. Gene used to have a set of Michelin AT. He had them on his Yukon for like 80K to 90K miles and they still had legal tread! So I bought a set of those. They have been ok, but the down side is with age even though they wear slow the rubber seems to get harder and so traction on wet pavement doesn't seem as good. I still have them on, but each time I almost bought the BF Goodrich AT's each time. http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/images/ts-dl/tires/large/all-terrain-t-a-ko.jpg These look to have decent off road / mud performance judging by the lugs on the sides. Pavement performance may be reasonable. BF Goodrich also has a nice looking mud terrain tire: http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/images/ts-dl/tires/large/mud-terrain-t-a-km2.jpg

I haven't been able to test out my highway mileage yet. But I will soon with my 1500 mile journey out to Norman here in about 2 weeks . So far, given the spacing between the treads, the tires are VERY quiet. The only time I notice any noise on them is when I'm crawling at 3 mph or less. So unless I'm stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, I cant tell the difference between these and my old tires. This tire subject has me thinking about creating another thread on how to improve gas mileage for chasing. I read that the USA would save something like 5 billion barrels of oil if everyone on the road just had proper tire pressure. Since gas is at record highs, I'm sure all of us are going to be very conscious about how much chasing we do and how far we go. Look for the thread as I'm looking to do everything to get my gas mileage at its best.