Jon,
"...as wide as safely possible..." AND "...handle in the
winter..."?!?!
You do have a difficult task with those requirements!
My Goodyear incraptas lasted about 45K and I'll never put
them on a truck again. I pull a 14' tri-hull fiberglass boat w/ a 60
hp motor, 1000 lb. total, inc. trailer) and many times had to enlist
the help of other boaters to help push the rig out of a wet boat
ramp. Some would stand on the bumper and some would push
on the back of the boat. Embarrasing!
As soon as I could, I put Mich. LTX M&S on and they've been
great! I've had them for about 30K and they show little wear. I
drive at between 80-90 on the highway and do about 800 highway
miles a month, in addition to city driving. They handle the rain
great, too, but since it almost never snows in Dallas, I don't worry
about "winter" driving conditions. (Besides, when it ices, the
entire city shuts down!)
The tires were $75 ea. at NTW. Ask for a corp. discount--when I
did and told him my company name, he couldn't find it in the
database, so he just picked another and I got 10% off.
Happy hunting...
klm
>>> Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu> 06/28/96 08:48pm
>>>
Well, with just over 12,000 miles on the odometer, the stock
Invictas
are about to give up. I even rotated them, all 4 tires look the
same.
Do I win some kind of prize, or are these just really crappy tires?
:)
Anyway, I'd like a new set of tires, obviously. My primary
application is street driving. The closest I ever come to going off
road is when I drive across my front lawn. I would like to get a tire
that won't be too hard to handle in the winter though. (With weight
in the bed, of course). I'd like a tire that'll handle the curves
and the wet, and hopefully keep their tread longer than these
Invictas.
Oh yeah, and I'd also like a tire as wide as I can (safely) get. I
dunno what it is, but my tires never seem to be wide enough. :)
I've visited the Tire Rack web site (I've bought tires from them
in the past, for another vehicle), but their street truck selection
seems a little limited. I guess things are probably the same all
over though... I looked through the tires and read the specs, but
truck tires are a new phenomenon for me. I'm used to buying fat,
low profile Z rated tires, and these seem to be on the opposite end
of the spectrum. (Although I do like the price savings!) ;) I'd like
a tire that'll be able to handle long durations of about 100mph, and
shorter bursts to wherever the 318's accelleration dies out. I plan
to
drive to Oshkosh this summer, and I'm sure not going to poke
along at
65. The convention would be over before I got there! ;)
So, whatever advice you could give me would be greatly
appreciated!
Thanks very much in advance!
---Jon-
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