After 20,000 miles the OE tires on my Ram, Goodyear Wrangler SR-A’s, were toast. The rears were down to 3-4/32’s and the fronts were at about 7-8/32’s… no I never rotated them. That’s not a fault of the tires, I abused them like they owed me money after the 1st winter but they were terrible in the snow prior to sheer outright abuse. This is also my first truck, so why not a set of all terrains!
Replaced them with a set of KO2’s, LT265/70r17 C1. Was a bit leery going from a P265 to a LT after reading how they can ride harsher but they’re honestly not that much worse than the previous tires. There are some bumps that are definitely more noticeable but it’s not jarring. Very pleased, also passed the wife and infant test… she didn’t mention a change in ride quality and my 4 month old didn’t wake up till we stopped moving.
They’re definitely better in the rain, but I haven’t experienced a heavy rain with them yet. There’s one county road that turns onto a state road on my daily commute that has a seemingly permanent puddle that’s very gravely underneath that my truck used to struggle with, today I didn’t notice any wheel slip at all. They’re also way quieter than I was expecting. They have a tiny bit of tread growl/noise at about 35-45 but I only notice it with the radio off and the window down.
Waiting for some snow for the real test… can I get out of my own driveway in 2WD without snow blowing? Even in 4Hi it struggled with the Goodyears…
So far I like them better than the RT43’s I had on my 300…. But that’s apples to oranges And please excuse my dirty wheels, I really want a set of bronze wheels but that’s out of the budget for now and the brake dust was just starting to get there
Replaced them with a set of KO2’s, LT265/70r17 C1. Was a bit leery going from a P265 to a LT after reading how they can ride harsher but they’re honestly not that much worse than the previous tires. There are some bumps that are definitely more noticeable but it’s not jarring. Very pleased, also passed the wife and infant test… she didn’t mention a change in ride quality and my 4 month old didn’t wake up till we stopped moving.
They’re definitely better in the rain, but I haven’t experienced a heavy rain with them yet. There’s one county road that turns onto a state road on my daily commute that has a seemingly permanent puddle that’s very gravely underneath that my truck used to struggle with, today I didn’t notice any wheel slip at all. They’re also way quieter than I was expecting. They have a tiny bit of tread growl/noise at about 35-45 but I only notice it with the radio off and the window down.
Waiting for some snow for the real test… can I get out of my own driveway in 2WD without snow blowing? Even in 4Hi it struggled with the Goodyears…
So far I like them better than the RT43’s I had on my 300…. But that’s apples to oranges And please excuse my dirty wheels, I really want a set of bronze wheels but that’s out of the budget for now and the brake dust was just starting to get there