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Tires are less expensive than a wrecked truck and hospital bills.

I had Wrangler RTS on my old Dakota and they were pretty decent in most conditions.
 
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As I'm researching Im finding that the duratracs are unavailable everywhere around me. Anyone had any experiences with "road force balances" vs the old school balancing? I had an issue with this on our Journey when we replaced the OEM tires. But not everyone does road force balancing, as it is newer and more expensive technology.
 

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Falken wildpeak at3 is what im gonna be looking at. Atleast 50 less per tire than most the others. Have a buddy who just put on Summitomo encounter ats, he loves em
 

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Ended up in the center dived trying to pass with slightly wet pavement. 5k miles on the tires at the time they truly are horrible I just figured I was a little to throttle happy which I may have been but seeing as so many of us have this issue clearly the tires had a little play in that

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Be thankful we don't need run-flats, the wife (Caddy V-Sport) just got her 3rd set of tires at 26.9k miles. Besides crappy tread life, the suckers drone worse than a castrated canary. I'd much rather have "real" tires with a spare, d@mn the extra weight!

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Not having the LSD seems to be part of it for me at least. I can break this thing loose when it's just slightly damp. Less than 5k on mine...ugh
 

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I have never had a problem with Goodyears, abd I have had several vehicles with them.

Maybe you're doing something wrong? Just guessing.
 

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I bought my in 2015 in September first winter saw had bad they were. Replaced with Falkin wild peaks have had on for 2 years now and they take me everywhere.
 

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On my way to work this morning, I almost spun out merging on the freeway. It was a little wet, but not raining and there was no puddles. Not gonna lie definitely a puckering moment lol. I absolutely HATE these crapyears in the wet weather. If only got 9,400 miles on them! Now trying to convince the wife I need new tires lol.


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yep, they are JUNK !!! General STX, BFG Rugged Terrain, Bridgestone are best out there. Milestar actually has a great tires for 20" ers. Good luck with NEW tires.
 

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Mine were replaced an hour ago at 16,620 miles with BFG AT TA KO2. I cannot be happier. The RS-A's do suck in wet conditions.
 

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What kinda mileage loss are we talking with the BFG over the stock tires?
 

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I bought my 17 Ram used, but the stock Goodyear's were gone the first week. Worst tires ever made!
I went with Continental AT's and after a 1800 mile road trip with rain/sleet/snow, I can honestly say I love these tires!
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I just ordered KO2’s hopefully the mpgs won’t be too bad. I got a good Black Friday/cyber Monday deal on them And I already have someone interested in my crapyears lol.


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I must be the only one in this board that doesn't mind the SR-A tires.

Was considering the GYWrangler Trail runners and that's why I was wondering about the mileage reduction.
 

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I must be the only one in this board that doesn't mind the SR-A tires.

Was considering the GYWrangler Trail runners and that's why I was wondering about the mileage reduction.

Let me know how the Trail Runners do. I’ve been looking at them for my Jeep when the factory Firestone’s wear out.


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On my way to work this morning, I almost spun out merging on the freeway. It was a little wet, but not raining and there was no puddles. Not gonna lie definitely a puckering moment lol. I absolutely HATE these crapyears in the wet weather. If only got 9,400 miles on them! Now trying to convince the wife I need new tires lol.


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Yup, the tire place I bought my new tires from, (they were NOT Goodyears) had some sick ass deals on some "crapyears". I thought Goodyears were good tires, why so cheap. So I asked....they told me they are crap tires, and were trying to get rid of them
 

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I like my Cooper discovery A/T all seasons-3 years now -take it easy when braking in the snow-and haven't even used 4wd-just auto 4wd.
 

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