No question, BF Goodrich All Terrain TA KO's. Great traction, quiet, great
ride and handling. Just put them on my 93 4x4 and recommend them highly!
Mitch
1993 Dakota Sport CC 4x4
Dynomax Super Turbo cat-back,
30x9.5 BFG AT KO's, Rancho RS5000
>From: George McCrary <geo@ipass.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Tire Recommendations?
>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:08:04 -0400
>
>Hello Folks,
>
> I've got a 98 2WD CC V8 SLT+. My driving is 60% in city, 30 %
>highway and the rest dirt and gravel road type driving. I don't do any
>towing, but occasionally haul fairly heavy loads short distances.
>
> The Goodyear Eagles (P235/70/R15) that came with the truck
>have been terrible! They never have seemed to have any traction and
>are to the wear bars in less than 20k miles. To top it off, last night
>a piece of gravel about 2 inches long punctured the tire! (It was
>amazing to see a 1 by 1 3/4 inch piece of rock embedded in the tire).
>
> The only recommendations I've gotten are Michelin XW4 (another
>passenger car tire) and BF Goodrich LTX (a light truck tire I think).
>My main questions are these:
>
>1. Would there be any advantages or disadvantages to going to a
>P235/75?R15? There seem to be a lot more light truck tires available
>in the 75 size.
>
>2. With the mix of driving that I do should I just stick to a
>passenger car type tire? (BTW I live in an area with very little snow,
>although I do travel to snowy areas several times each winter.)
>
> Any recommendations or advice would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> George
>
>PS For those of you who have read this far, here's the bargain of the
>day. I have a set of the Mopar molded mud flaps that fit the new body
>style Dakota. They are in fairly good shape (7 out of 10). I will give
>(you pay shipping) them to the person who emails me the most
>convincing reason that they want them for themselves (not to sell!).
>E-mail me, not the list! geo@ipass.net
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