> That sounds great because we have little or no snow in central Texas but it rains
> occasionally and when it rains it pours!
>
> > Has anyone seen or tried these tires?
> > I see Dunlop now has a direct replacement tire for the R/Ts in the 255/55X17
> > size. It is a light truck tire called Sport Rover GTX (good old mopar
> > trademark). High performance light truck radial approved for rim widths
> > 7.5-9.0.
> > Has the center rain groove, all weather tread and siped edges. Treadwear rating
> > 410. I am tired of these 180 rated goodyears that don't last 20k miles. These
> > are supposed to be at least 50,000 mile tires.
>
> Jim,
> I've had 2 sets of those in 235's up front and 275's out back. I got very close to
> 50,000. They handled very well....but were terrible in the snow. I have a set
> mounted on stock 5 spoke rims with I think about 1/2 life left on em. I'm now
> running 17" 275 Nitto N450's which handle very well but wear much faster.
> Bob
>
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