Come on, y’all, show some data.

Ok. For fun, add studdable snow tires, but w/o studs, to your discussions. GO!

Woot!

I had a pair of blizzaks on a sedan that didn’t require any weights on any of the wheels. My tire guy was impressed. I also drove the same car on a long length of the east side of the Sierra...

Thanks. Looked it up and learned something today.

But I’ve always felt while driving when a wheel is out of balance.

Why do you need to rebalance your tires when you swap?

It takes me longer than 15 minutes. 45-60 minutes (“door to door”). that includes getting my shit out, putting my shit away, using torque wrench on the nuts, walking between the flat-ish part of my...

I’ve had non e-rated blizzaks not need weights when new.

Looks like the tread depth is at the wear bars

My understanding is that the toyo link for calculating tire pressure that I posted upthread is standardized, not just for toyo. Based on experience at two small local tire shops, they do not know or...

I struggled to find tires in the size that I wanted that were c or d rate and went with e rate. Land cruiser. I explained upthread that the installer put them at 55 psi, but for no clear reason that...

I used this toyo doc to calculate the cold pressure for the new LT tires for my land cruiser. https://www.toyotires.com/media/pxcjubjs/application_of_load_inflation_tables_20200723.pdf

The shop...

Mr Crank, my personal experience, studs help more on ice than studless.

My fwd minivan has p-metric geolandar go15 as their summer tires. Good traction on the steep loose moondust dirt roads that...

I went with toyo open country atIII lt265-75-16 for my land cruiser. Found an indie shop locally based on recommended from my well guy. $1100. Currently inflated at 50psi. I haven’t read that toyo...

Thx. I’ve never bought tires from Costco, and their nearest store is about an hour away.

Anybody have negative experiences to the ko2 compared to the at3w, open country atIII, or general grabber atx? The deal from Costco for the ko2 ends today.

I've been learning myself a bit. I got a...

Toyo’s website for the open country atiii, describes three different tires: “floatation,” LT-metric, and p-metric. Looking at their tire specs for the different sizes, you can only sort of know...

I have read inconsistent information from tire companies and tire sellers about "LT," ply, and associated load rating. It seems like a lot is old semantics and marketing. "E" tires do not actually...

So maybe I need to refresh my memory, but isn’t load index the more accurate info over load range designation? When I look at the falken website, it looks like the at3 lt versus non-LT are likely...

Thx. I’ve seen those come up multiple times in my brief searches but i haven’t looked close at them. We have happily run their snow tires on two of our cars for years.

Aren’t the c-rate wildpeaks that you talked about getting p-metric? The roads that we frequently drive are also very rocky.

I was not aware of these. Looks like they come in 116 load index for the size that I’m looking for. Thanks!

Thanks. I believe the “W” of the Cooper At-W stood for “winter.”

The tire that I’m looking at is available in both p-metric and lt versions with the deeper tread and higher max weight being the...

I haven’t read reviews. Have the reviews or peoples’ experience gone past winter #1?

I have the cooper at-w, which was a 3PMSF rated AT tire as my “summer tires” to now be replaced. I was...

Time for new shoes for my land cruiser. What’s the score?

It often gets weekly off road use in the Sierra (and coast range) on non-maintained FS roads, but plenty of time of pavement. I use the...

I have winterforce’s with studs on my land cruiser. I bought because of availability, price point, and curiosity about using studs. I haven’t used blizzaks on the truck but have run blizzak versions...

I don’t even use a tarp, but that seems like a good idea to reduce exposure.

This is what I’ve done. Now my cooper AT tires are ready for replacement and my winter tires are still in good shape. I’ll be running fresh at tires next summer.

What do you all do about your full...

I’ll put the nittos on the list. Thanks!

I’ve been underwhelmed by the longevity of the coopers along with the durability.

They're on my list

The cooper atw that I'll be replacing have a few fully torn-off tread blocks. Has anybody else experienced that with Cooper at tires? I'm wondering if I should be considering...

i'm kinda in the sticks, but have been successful finding wheels used for my 3 vehicles. I used one of the websites listed upthread to figure out what OEM wheels will fit my vehicles. I have prius...

I seasonally change over tires on rims purchased via craigslist on all my vehicles. I have a battery-powered ryobi impact wrench, which is a pretty nifty tool.



Thanks. my question was...

My land cruiser needs new shoes. Please help me remember the diff between sl 4-ply and e 10-ply, in terms of functionality for a vehicle of that weight. Any real benefit in the e rate? I’m looking at...

You said that you would drive slow pulling a big trailer on plowed snow before stopping to chain-up. The point being made, at least by me, is that you should plan to chain-up before you’re pulling a...

This^^^

And you’re likely to chain-up in winter if the roads are slick.

I double checked. 4/32” left before reaching wear indicators.



I’ve kinda been there. 9 years ago, I tore a sidewall on a fwd minivan with worn all seasons on a fs road/trail(?) on July 4th....

Thanks. i was looking for a rule of thumb. Now i feel like i misread my gage regarding thread left before hitting a wear bar.

bump. this is probably buried in this thread somewhere, but when is it recommended to get new tires? current tread is at 6/32 or 8/32 left. about 2/32 left before reaching the wear bars. vehicle...

Flat brimmed hat, white tank top, and very baggie pants driving a llfted, blinged out truck... we call that look, “truck hop.”

I found this to be very helpful to figure out used wheels that would fit https://www.wheel-size.com/calc/

Site opened up for me what would fit. I found some cheap used tundra wheels for second set...

That makes perfect sense. A lot of other SUVs and trucks have a lot lower GVW. For instance, land cruiser is 6860 GVW.

I don’t know what kinda trucks you’re using, light pickups/suv, heavy loaded trucks, etc, but are you all considering load index for your tires?

looking at this test: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=249

makes me curious how load index versus "LT" and "P-metric" versus tire wear versus ride quality. that test used LT-rated...

you may have different results. i put in a generic aftermarket high flow muffler in my 100-series land cruiser and am getting 2mpg improvement. maybe the exhaust in the tundra is tuned better than...

I’ll measure full diameter of the tires when I get a chance. Visually, it’s a noticeable difference.

Following up, that ^^ statement is not correct. 265/65r18 are bigger tires (taller) than 265/75r16. At least 1-2” bigger. I haven’t measured. I have used tiresize.com to figure this shit out for...

tire shopping/educating seems to be a big time suck for me every few years (damn internet!). when our AT tires (Cooper AT-W) wear out, i may look at MTs or those hybrid tires. it depends on future...

Heavy towing is not regular, generally short distances, and not during the winter....

thanks for that info. it seems that there are not a lot of tires available at the moment. good times sorting this out. i think this has been beat to death before, but 123 load rating versus 114 or...