daugen
Super Star Member
I've been a reader of TireRack.com for many years and find their site remarkably helpful, even when I don't buy from them.
If you need an on road off road tire for your pickup, you will likely be surprised that the number two ranked truck tire
is made in South Korea. From the very good company with the strange name, Kumho. I put the Firestones on my Suburban and
am very happy with them, particularly when running at 70psi. And from my experience, the Firestones are slightly quieter than the number three
pick here, the Michelin, which I had on my prior truck, a Nissan Frontier.
Firestone Destination A/T 1 100% 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.7 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.5 7.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 24,491,770
Kumho Road Venture SAT KL61 2 98% 8.0 8.5 8.6 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.7 8.5 7.6 8.9 8.7 8.4 1,649,146
Michelin LTX A/T 2 2 98% 8.0 8.7 8.8 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.2 7.7 8.7 8.6 8.8 9,657,678
well, that didn't work.
if you want to see the whole comparison: Consumer Survey Results By Category
At least Goodyear came in fourth. Only US company of the bunch. Firestone's profits go to Bridgestone in Japan, Kumho's to South Korea
and Michelin to France of course. One of the nice things about this site is that when you drill down to the specs, you can find the manufacturing country of origin.
So your Michelin might be built in the U.S. Every little bit helps.
I've always been a "car nut" and pay a lot of attention to tires. A couple of times I slipped or planed on OEM tires in the rain, which got the old ticker thumping, and it taught me to
do my research and get a better tire for the car or truck, and not wait two or three years of driving low quality oem tires. I also really don't like getting stuck in snow, was a fireman for too long
going out in the worst weather, and have pulled many, many cars out of a ditch simply because I had better tires on my vehicle. The other car was just going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. And I pulled a lot out with a 2wd vehicle
too. Had four Goodyear snow tires on a rear drive Ford twenty+ years ago, with limited slip rear, and that thing was just unstoppable. I always got to the scene with it; back then we were all coming from different directions
and often went to the fire or accident directly. Now it's to the station first. Haven't been in the firehouse in a few years. A really fun memory, and good for training in high water, snow, ice, whatever.
All pretty irrelevant for your Aunt's Prius...she'll stay home.
I've never done any true offroading and likely won't. I just have fun going up a one mile dirt path to a friend's cabin in the Catskills, and have done that trip for forty years.
We don't go up when there's a foot of snow on the ground any more, we did that when we were younger, but it can get pretty wet and muddy and I am not walking up that hill.
For you guys in Texas, or Florida, your needs are different. Just lots of unbiased info here. Many of you know this site already, I'm just making a point about
how advanced South Korea's technology has come. You Kioti guys already know that, right?
If you need an on road off road tire for your pickup, you will likely be surprised that the number two ranked truck tire
is made in South Korea. From the very good company with the strange name, Kumho. I put the Firestones on my Suburban and
am very happy with them, particularly when running at 70psi. And from my experience, the Firestones are slightly quieter than the number three
pick here, the Michelin, which I had on my prior truck, a Nissan Frontier.
Firestone Destination A/T 1 100% 8.5 8.7 8.8 8.7 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.5 7.7 8.8 8.7 8.6 24,491,770
Kumho Road Venture SAT KL61 2 98% 8.0 8.5 8.6 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.7 8.5 7.6 8.9 8.7 8.4 1,649,146
Michelin LTX A/T 2 2 98% 8.0 8.7 8.8 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.2 7.7 8.7 8.6 8.8 9,657,678
well, that didn't work.
if you want to see the whole comparison: Consumer Survey Results By Category
At least Goodyear came in fourth. Only US company of the bunch. Firestone's profits go to Bridgestone in Japan, Kumho's to South Korea
and Michelin to France of course. One of the nice things about this site is that when you drill down to the specs, you can find the manufacturing country of origin.
So your Michelin might be built in the U.S. Every little bit helps.
I've always been a "car nut" and pay a lot of attention to tires. A couple of times I slipped or planed on OEM tires in the rain, which got the old ticker thumping, and it taught me to
do my research and get a better tire for the car or truck, and not wait two or three years of driving low quality oem tires. I also really don't like getting stuck in snow, was a fireman for too long
going out in the worst weather, and have pulled many, many cars out of a ditch simply because I had better tires on my vehicle. The other car was just going zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. And I pulled a lot out with a 2wd vehicle
too. Had four Goodyear snow tires on a rear drive Ford twenty+ years ago, with limited slip rear, and that thing was just unstoppable. I always got to the scene with it; back then we were all coming from different directions
and often went to the fire or accident directly. Now it's to the station first. Haven't been in the firehouse in a few years. A really fun memory, and good for training in high water, snow, ice, whatever.
All pretty irrelevant for your Aunt's Prius...she'll stay home.
I've never done any true offroading and likely won't. I just have fun going up a one mile dirt path to a friend's cabin in the Catskills, and have done that trip for forty years.
We don't go up when there's a foot of snow on the ground any more, we did that when we were younger, but it can get pretty wet and muddy and I am not walking up that hill.
For you guys in Texas, or Florida, your needs are different. Just lots of unbiased info here. Many of you know this site already, I'm just making a point about
how advanced South Korea's technology has come. You Kioti guys already know that, right?
