So, the OEM Tires, suck!

[emjohn4]

Not that it is news to anyone....

First time driving my truck in "real" rain (I've only had it for 5,800 miles - and 8 months!)...go to get on the highway, give it some gas on the on-ramp, and the rear end wants to come around. I drove it slightly sideways for ~100-200 feet - surprised that the traction control didn't kill the throttle, but because I kept the front end front...maybe it didn't figure it out fast enough?

Once I knew first hand how crappy the tires were, I did turn the truck with the gas pedal a few times on purpose....which my wife thought was funny.

Oh well - I've read a lot of complaints about the OEM tires...now I know!

Good thing it only rains about twice a year...or I'd be interested in ditching the OEM tires soon.

 

[0212353]

on my 08.....my first truck.......200 miles on the clock, 3 days of ownership - I pulled out from work (in the rain) and did a 180. I about shat all over the place. I quickly learned that in the rain, I behaved. LOL

 

[smiley]

Yup factory **** years are not worth a ****. More flats, no traction and poor wear. I ditched mine about 1000 miles into ownership.

 

[Bluesmoke91]

How do Nitto Terra graps do in the rain? Anyone know?

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[Davy120]

Idk but my yokohoma geolander ats are awesome in everything except ice lol

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[Cthulhu]

I only had a set (Nitto TGs) from around August to November on my truck before I put my winters back on... handled really well in the rain.

 

[NITROUSCHRIS]

Curious as to which Goodyear you have. My ram isn't new but has HPs on it. If I have the trailer in the rain, I CAN'T go forward from a dead stop if there is a slight hill.

 

[NITROUSCHRIS]

Sorry, posted twice.

 

[2K10HemiRam]

I didn't have any complaints really about my oem tires. Sure they spin a little easy if gassed a little too much in the rain but otherwise, I had fun with them. Hell, they worked fine on a 2400 mile round trip back home my first winter with the truck. Drove through everything from the sunny vegas weather, through rain, packed snow, ice, and fresh snow only a few hours old.

But then I got my 17's with some bfg at's and never looked back

 

[smiley]

Curious as to which Goodyear you have. My ram isn't new but has HPs on it. If I have the trailer in the rain, I CAN'T go forward from a dead stop if there is a slight hill.

I had wrangler HP and they sucked bad IMO I also have a set of good years on my Durango and they also suck no traction at all really unless in 4wd once any moisture or on road. I will never buy Goodyear tires they just happen to be low bid and come on a Ram and many others so I have had quite a few over the years. All the same issue poor traction and poor wear very easy to get flats. I have heard the Duratrac is good but I am not willing to help good year stay open.


$miley

 

[bigbadram1500]

How do Nitto Terra graps do in the rain? Anyone know?

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They did really well for me. They only started to slightly slip on wet pavement after over 40k miles on them. I ran mine till 48k and replaced them with new ones.

 

[emjohn4]

Curious as to which Goodyear you have. My ram isn't new but has HPs on it. If I have the trailer in the rain, I CAN'T go forward from a dead stop if there is a slight hill.

Goodyear HP's.

 

[Truckit]

I'm on my 3rd truck with Goodyear HPs. Always wanted to try a different tire but never saw the need. My 2007 had original tires when I traded it at 142000 Kms. Yes they were done and I had rotated the spare into the mix. The 2010 Laramie passed the safety with original tires when I sold it at 81000 kms. I am now at 45,000 on the 2012 Longhorn and judging from the wear I should have similair performance with these. I agree that wet snow traction is not great. If I was offroading i would go to something else but as a highway tire, I like them.

 

[Xtreme545]

Granted my truck is still new, but I've never had an issue with the 20" hp's yet, rain or snow