Dueler H/T dry rot

[etlsport]

well i heard too many bad reviews about the goodyear fortera tripletred wearing badly, from a few different people ive been hearing they get really hard as they wear and loose traction quickly.. so i actually got a good deal on a set of 285/60/18 Falken ST/Z04s its a really nice looking tire, pretty good reviews from the UHP market.. and ill be paying about $100 less per tire.. they arrived today.. will be mounting sunday

[Grif]

Thinking about these:





Hancook LT285/75R16E1 127R W

[VX KAT]

well i heard too many bad reviews about the goodyear fortera tripletred wearing badly, from a few different people ive been hearing they get really hard as they wear and loose traction quickly.. so i actually got a good deal on a set of 285/60/18 Falken ST/Z04s its a really nice looking tire, pretty good reviews from the UHP market.. and ill be paying about $100 less per tire.. they arrived today.. will be mounting sunday

Hey etl those aren't too bad! Falken Ziex ST/Z04s. They came on my VX in 255/55-18 at about 90% tread remaining when I bought it in Dec 08...took 'em to Moab this year...didn't get stuck once (oh, well, if you count that one time when I was teetering on my tx case skid plate and Moncha came & lifted me off - but that wasn't the tires fault)...'course I did only go on 2 trails....but they did me proud on my stocker. But, nonetheless, after I saw y'all with the 285 Nitto TG's I just had to get something beefier, so I got those Cooper Zeon LTZs. I'm ready for next year!

As a side note, I got 23 MPG (hwy) to/from Moab on those Falkens.

[circmand]

when i last purchased tires finding th eright size was hard. I wonder if they are a little used size causing them to be slower sold

[etlsport]

yep the size is definitely a problem.. not much in that size... i cant even order the dueler HT in a 245/60/18 anymore, only the dueler HL. its easy to up the size of your tires though to a more common size like 255/55/18 (no difference in overall height) 265/60/18 (small difference in height) or a 285/60/18 (pretty big difference, but little to no trimming required

[circmand]

I got OEM tire 2 years ago at tiresavings.com for $85 each pl;us $15 each S&H. I have 2 years on them and they are wearing good so I will be happy to settle for them. Better than the $228 each including mounting and balancing at Discount tire. At $228 what exactly is the discount? The next lowest was $168 at Walmart

[Riff Raff]

According to the factory website of Bridgestone-USA, the 2000/2001 VX-OEM tire of Bridgestone - Dueler H/T-D689 in P245/60R18 is no longer manufactured. However; there is plenty of old warehouse stock in this tire still available, although perhaps now dry-rotting on their tire shelves. The 1999 VX-OEM tire in 16" diameter is still being manufactured by Bridgestone-USA.

For those die-hards considering the common Nitto - Terra Grappler would do themselves a serious injustice if they didn't also consider the new Cooper - Zeon "LTZ" in 285/60R18, as was selected by fellow VX member VX-KAT. A visit to the photo gallery of VX-KAT is highly recommended to view this new radical tire of the Cooper - Zeon "LTZ" mounted on the VX. A word of caution-- Cooper makes multiple Zeon version/series tires, so look specifically for the "LTZ" notation (very important).

[etlsport]

got my new tires on! pics to follow...