Treadwright Tires

[Jeepwalker]

The Cooper AT that is only at Walmart is a great value in a new AT tire for our trucks. I think I paid $123 a tire for 275/60/17.

I have those on my Ram. Perfect for light-duty hwy cruising. Smooth, soft sidewall. Sucks up a lot of small road 'roughness', pretty deep tread. Not for every owner. You give up a little 'handling response' that a stiffer tire might offer, but you get a smoother ride. That's what I was looking for. Great overall tire value for that purpose. Walmart mounts them for free.

But a supple tire is not the right tire for "real" off-roading or mud tire, heavy hauling/towing, etc. You want an E-rated tire with thicker carcass/tread if you go that way. But there are Coopers which have really good mud/off-road tendencies (3 or 4-series would be perfect) and are a great value. IMO, nobody is better on tires than Walmart.com. They run sales that tire outfits can't touch. And free mounting. I've bought countless sets from them (have them Road Force balanced elsewhere). Not saying other places aren't good either. Plus yer in their database if there's a problem out of town. There's so many 'good' truck tires these days, it's hard to say what's the best. I bought a local set of Hankook DynaPro A/T's last fall which would be good on/off road tire. There's too many to list.

That said, there's also value in going to the local tire shop around the corner too, which I sometimes do as well to keep them happy. I like to spread my business around.

 

[Docwagon1776]

Yeah, Great way to put that. Having been to a couple re-cap places, I here where you're coming from. Most tire places and plastics factories are questionable environments. Although I had exactly ONE large plastic company (customer) which did invest in good clean air for it's workers and the whole plant was spotless & air conditioned. It was rare, but they were well-run (profitable), paid their people decent wages/health care and had little turn-over.

I worked at one of those "College might be worth it" jobs the summer out of H/S.

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I had friends and family work in the industry before it dried up. Kokoku steel used to have a plant called K-Cord that made the steel belts for tires. BF Goodrich chemicals, not affiliated with the tires since they sold off that line of business sometime in the mid-80s, had a plant that made all sorts of raw chemicals. Air quality was not the best and spills/leaks did occur. I was pushed to be a chemical engineer but I escaped to the Army. Felt safer. Never worked a factory job a day in my life, but it's made a decent living for many of my friends and family over the years.

 

[06 Dodge]

I have run Retread/Recapped tires and have learned that I will NEVER put one the front axel of any vehicle I drive all it took was for one with less then 100 miles on it to let go and put my vehicle into the ditch, the damage done to the front end cost me 4x more then 4 new tires...

 

[09SilverRam]

I have those on my Ram. Perfect for light-duty hwy cruising. Smooth, soft sidewall. Sucks up a lot of small road 'roughness', pretty deep tread. Not for every owner. You give up a little 'handling response' that a stiffer tire might offer, but you get a smoother ride. That's what I was looking for. Great overall tire value for that purpose. Walmart mounts them for free.

But a supple tire is not the right tire for "real" off-roading or mud tire, heavy hauling/towing, etc. You want an E-rated tire with thicker carcass/tread if you go that way. But there are Coopers which have really good mud/off-road tendencies (3 or 4-series would be perfect) and are a great value. IMO, nobody is better on tires than Walmart.com. They run sales that tire outfits can't touch. And free mounting. I've bought countless sets from them (have them Road Force balanced elsewhere). Not saying other places aren't good either. Plus yer in their database if there's a problem out of town. There's so many 'good' truck tires these days, it's hard to say what's the best. I bought a local set of Hankook DynaPro A/T's last fall which would be good on/off road tire. There's too many to list.

That said, there's also value in going to the local tire shop around the corner too, which I sometimes do as well to keep them happy. I like to spread my business around.

They do an LT 10 ply for Walmart as well, but it is $50 more per tire

 

[Jeepwalker]

...They do an LT 10 ply for Walmart as well, but it is $50 more per tire

Yep, they do. And I have a set of those Cooper Discoverer LT's (10-ply rated) Load-E tires on another (GMC) pickup (and regular non-LT's on Ram). Bought both sets last summer.

Similar 'lookin' tread, but two different tires:

Cooper Discoverer A/T LT
Weight=50#
Rated= 123R Load Rage E
Tread = 16.5/32nd

Cooper Discoverer A/T (Regular non-LT)
Weight= 43#
Rated= 115T
Tread= 14/32nd

The LT's are much heavier and stiffer if you feel them next to each other (off the rim). Ironically I have the LTs on a lighter shortbox Reg cab GMC 4x4. That truck is stiffly sprung with an off-road pkg, so its difficult to do a comparison. I run them with a little less air pressure. It still rides nice. But I like the smooth compliant ride I get out of the lighter-duty Cooper (non-LT's) on the Ram. And I like the LT's on the GMC. It's a lot stiffer, but not ONLY bc of the tires. The LT's are probably good for minus 1-2mpgs as well. The LT's should last longer ...but in my case they'll rot off first.

All depends what ya want and wacha-do ..lol. What are your ride and handling expectations? If ya do heavy hauling or towing, you'd want the LTs. I think the Falkens people rave about aren't LT's. And their load range isn't that high. Probably why people say they ride so nice. But I'm sure other models they have ARE LTs too. When people say "You gotta get Brand-X tires they work so well!!" ...doesn't mean a whole lot. Ok, whats the model you're talking about? And what size? Even within same tire model, a different size tire can use a different (perhaps heavier) carcass and number of belts ..different load range. Gotta look at the individual size tire specs. So it's good when guys here point those details out. We all learn

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[Jeepwalker]

Walmart.com runs phenomenal deals on Coopers about this time of year, or the next month or two. Worth keeping yer eyes on the sales ...if yer interested in a set. Plus you have to figure in their free mounting (balance not free ..but cheaper than most places).

Note: ...I don't work for walmart ....

 

[mopar_man72]

I was looking at a couple places Sunday night comparing prices. I pulled up Treadwright's website to find they were running a March Madness sale, 15% off. After going back and forth I decided to pull the trigger on a set of the Axiom AT. They should be here Thursday. Not bad for standard shipping to PA.

 

[Jeepwalker]

Cool.. Keep us up to speed on how they run, handle and wear.

 

[mopar_man72]

My tires showed up as scheduled. They look like new tires. Only one tire has a liner repair, but I don't think this is going to be an issue. I've got an appointment next Tuesday to get them mounted.

 

[Atcer2018]

I have been eyeing venom power tires, they are made in the factory as cooper and I can get them for $875 shipped.
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They are only $187 per tire at Wally World. I run them on my 2018. Purchased, mounted and balanced at Walmart without issue. I have over 30k miles on mine and they are wearing evenly at 40psi. Probably get better than 50k out of them. They are very good on mild off road terrain and in the rain. No experience in snow as I live in the south. They are a very heavy tire so don’t expect your mpg to go up. Noise level is not as bad as I would have expected on a LT large lug tire. They are getting louder as they age but still barely noticeable with the windows up.