Stupid tires.

[Ignored Member]

Bridgestone dueler AT's have been very good for me. Traction in the snow/ice a few years back was second to none, and they last as long as the warranty states.

Goodyear has been crap. No grip in inclement weather and they tear up quick. Nitto terra grapplers were **** too. Not only did they wear out quick, I slipped all over the place a few months back with that tiny ice storm, and ended up going to the tire shop the 2nd day of bad streets to swap back to Duelers.

 

[steelfingers]

I only trust Goodyear on my travel vehicles

 

[O4L]

Every set of goodyears I've owned separated on me.

 

[dennishoddy]

I bought a goodyear from walmart for my log splitter a couple of years ago. It hasn't gone 5 miles in that length of time. I was up there yesterday, and the tread is separated.
I'll take a pic tomorrow in the daylight. I gave up on Walmart and Sams tires. A little cheaper, but always have balance and tread separation problems.

 

[mtnboomer]

I've had Goodyear Wranglers on my pickup for the last couple of years. They go through hell at construction sites as I am a construction electrician. The only problem I've had was picking up a nail or screw here and there. They seem to be wearing well, despite the 3" gravel they've had to endure, and they're quite on the road.

 

[Catt57]

General Tire, Cooper, and Firestone/Bridgestone have always been my tires of choice. Currently on 3 fullsize pickups and a Suburban: 2 have General Grabber AT2, 1 with a General performance tire (I forget the model right now) and the 3/4 ton pickup has Cooper Discoverer AT3 load range E tires (10 ply). All American made and all handle very well on all surfaces and in all weather conditions. And for all terrain tires, both the Cooper and General tires are very pleasant on the Interstate. Driving for 3-4 hours at highway speeds is not an issue.

I have also used Bridgestone Destination LE tires as well, but are a little more noisy on the highway. And I ran trough 3 sets of the Firestone Indy Firehawk on one pickup when all it saw was blacktop before my needs changed to an all terrain tire.

 

[beastep]

I have had good Goodyears in the past and I think they do make some good tires. But their cheap ones just arent worth a crap on heavier cars. I ran the same tires on smaller cars like a Fiesta and Escort and they did fantastic.

 

[CBarCRanch]

Some tire manufacturers produce tires under several labels.

 

[Defcon Shooter]

The goodyear RV tires that came OEM on our toy hauler were crap. Switched to Carlisle HD's and much better luck

 

[nofearfactor]

From what I gather there are a lot of products sold at Walmart that are made exclusively for Walmart, tires being one of them. (At their headquarters in Bentonville they have offices across the street that are for the reps of the companies they do business with to work out of, I have an ex MIL who was an exec there). My wife likes her lil commuter Honda CR-V mouse mobiles and she always gets sets of Douglass tires from Walmart for them. Shes pretty rough on them too living rural and driving in to the big town and back daily to work putting a lot of miles on her vehicles but has never had a problem with them so far and they seem to last the life of the cars, or until she trades up.