I am looking for an E rated set of 265/75R/16's for winter. I dont want anything tooo aggresive just an all season. At tire factory they have Cooper Disco. ATR's for $166 a tire. That didnt sound too out of line, they are about the exact tire im looking for, I still have to hit Shwab before I make my desicion, anyone have any experience w/ these Coopers? Thanks.
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With the weight of the PS your not going to get 50K out of a set of coopers. Best I ever did out west on my coopers was 30K, but they were the STT's.
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another option for u could be the yokohama geolander a/t's we run them on all our work trucks (4-dr, super duty, psd's) and have been having great luck with them always been in the 50-60k miles had one set go 72k (dumb luck) and these are work trucks we use for road construction just my .02
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I ran a set of Cooper <font color="blue">DISCOVERER LT</font> size 255/85X16 (no longer available) for just over 70,000 miles on my two wheel drive 95 and currently have a set of 285/75 x 16 Cooper <font color="blue">DISCOVERER ATR</font> load range D (3305 lbs per tire) on mine and really like them. I have under 10,000 miles on these. They are much quieter and have a significantly better ride than the LT's did.
I have run coopers on several cars and a couple trucks and am more than satisfied with them.
Dave / Believer45
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I run Pro Comp A/T's... great tire and they ride great. tires have over 20K on them and they still look perfect. I drive it in the snow at home here and the tires really hook up under all conditions I have here. I will be getting another set when these are done. And they have a 50K warranty. I got them at 4 Wheel Parts.
LOOK HERE for them... I have the size you want and they are E rated.
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another option for u could be the yokohama geolander a/t's we run them on all our work trucks (4-dr, super duty, psd's) and have been having great luck with them always been in the 50-60k miles had one set go 72k (dumb luck) and these are work trucks we use for road construction just my .02
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Does Shwab carry Yokohama or who does?
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I run Pro Comp A/T's... great tire and they ride great. tires have over 20K on them and they still look perfect. I drive it in the snow at home here and the tires really hook up under all conditions I have here. I will be getting another set when these are done. And they have a 50K warranty. I got them at 4 Wheel Parts.
LOOK HERE for them... I have the size you want and they are E rated.
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Thats not a bad sounding deal on those tires, I did notice that under the 235's, and 245's it says E rating but under the 265's said nothing but you said they are E rated so yeah....
Another thing to ponder on, is syping (sp?) worth the extra $?
i think summit usta carry yokohama [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img] otherwise i get mine from a local guy up here (tire associates)
syping- in my experience thats a bad idea until the tires r down past half tread or they really get chewed up fast [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
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I'm running the Goodyear Silent Armor's on mine, quiet, good ride and in snow so for they been great. 50,000 mile warr. but the cost was a little steep 188 each for E's.
Jay
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I used to run Cooper Discoverers 235/85s but didn't get the wear out of them I wanted ~30K (I do change tires early though owing to the amount of winter driving I do). Right now I'm running some General Grabber AT^2s (235/85 again) and am super happy with them, ~20K so far and they look near new. Good traction in the snow/ice and okay off-road as well. IIRC paid 160/tire installed.
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With the weight of the PS your not going to get 50K out of a set of coopers. Best I ever did out west on my coopers was 30K, but they were the STT's.
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Been running Coopers on both PSD's for years. The 01 got a set of ATR's a while back.
You keep them rotated, keep the air right and take it easy from a stop and they'll give you 60-65k. That is with the older AT's.
I like the ATR's and will get a set for the '96 next spring.
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With the weight of the PS your not going to get 50K out of a set of coopers. Best I ever did out west on my coopers was 30K, but they were the STT's.
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Been running Coopers on both PSD's for years. The 01 got a set of ATR's a while back.
You keep them rotated, keep the air right and take it easy from a stop and they'll give you 60-65k. That is with the older AT's.
I like the ATR's and will get a set for the '96 next spring.
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Yea I am heading in Friday to get a set of 265's on it, for $166 a tire...
I just got a set of Discoverer S/T's for my truck, they were around $170 per tire but that is 10 ply, if you don't haul much you might be able to get away with a less beefy tire. I haul 10-15k lb stock trailer and if you have ever driven over Ryegrass (the pass between Ellensburg and Vantage) you know you don't want to blow a tire with a trailer on that SOB. They are a fairly aggressive tire but I haven't noticed too much road noise (of course we are talking a PSD) but the traction in mud is awesome!
I have had the A/T and LT also and I was really happy with both of those tires. about 50k-60K per set with rotation.
Coopers aren't the cheapest but the quality is outstanding. And when I compared them to Les Schwab they were actually cheaper! And the quality of the Schwab tires isn't as good (and this coming from a guy who used to work at Schwabs)
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