Goodyear Wrangler Radials

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Anybody have any experience with these tires?

Looking for new tires. I had one of the 20 year old 'car tires' up front split along it's tread in two places. Had a tire of the right size I found in the barn that is probably 25 years old and had that mounted so the truck could move at least. Not really driving it much right now cause of the mismatch.

I love the classic look of these, This tread design has been around since the 90's at least. They were originally an all terrain tire, but today this is considered a hwy tread. However Goodyear themselves call it an all terrain tire still. I'll be primarily driving on gravel roads.

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Seems to be the spiritual successor to this tire:
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Too bad you can't get Trackers anymore...
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I’ve had a few sets of these over the years and they’re good tires. Good traction in weather and not too noisy when on dry pavement :)
 

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Since you asked, back in the day my first set of steel belted radials were Wranglers on my '74 K5. I had some issues. After many miles (they wore well) I got some bumps in the sidewalls. Then driving home one night a got an air bubble in the side wall. Could feel the bump while driving, so I got out and looked. Tire still had air, keep on driving and the bubble popped. The tire was still up, finish the drive home. Next morning the tire is flat.

Put the spare on, but before I could get new tires I had a high speed blowout on the right rear. This was a little scary but no other damage. The inside sidewall had shredded. This is when I switched to B.F.Goodrich TA's. They were still glass belted radials at the time. The TA's did not wear as well, but you could run them until the cord was showing with no sidewall issues.

I'm sure Goodyear has a better steel cord design now.
 

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They are a decent tire. The modern versions tend to run a bit narrow for their labeled size. Tread depth is about like any other street tire. Sidewalls are a little weak for a truck tire.
 

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I've had 3 sets of Goodyear Wranglers. Great tires. They just got too expensive for me.
 

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I did not like wranglers. Two side wall punctures and noisy. Cooper tires worked much better.(E range on both)
 
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I'm assuming you would be getting 15" tires, so make sure to get LT load range C tires if you are driving a lot of gravel. They will hold up better (less flats) than P metric standard load tires.
 

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I did not like wranglers. Two side wall punctures and noisy. Cooper tires worked much better.(E range on both)
I agree. I hate goodyear as they wear too quick and i had them on a 2000s s10 blazer and they sucked balls in snow. Ill never buy good year. I prefer bfg
 

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We ran those on a few of our police SUV's (9C1 Tahoe and some special service Expeditions). I would bet they were P-metric and not LT tires. I didn't like the way they handled on the road. They kind of wandered. I'm sure if they were LT's they would have handled better. We carried a lot of equipment in the rear of our SUV's.

Pursuit driving sucked!!
 

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Just got 5 of these for another truck. Quiet and nice riding for an E rated tire. Have had some rain days and traction was good. No mud yet. 60,000 mile warranty. Made in USA!

Went up 1.7” in overall diameter, from a P-rated to an E-rated and mileage has only suffered 1/2mpg. I call that a win.
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These will be what I get when I switch the square from 33” to 35”
 

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In my experience? They suck absolute donkey trash and had no traction, were noisy, and we're bulging.

Now, the disclaimer, they are 10 year old Tires with a couple thousand, yes you heard me, miles and they sat on the truck outside.

So my experience may be blugenoned by the fact they were so old and dry rotted and stiff. Stiff rubber gets terrible traction.
I can take a picture of them if you would like, 8 just replaced them with a newer tire and still have the back 2 that were on my pickup. I was gonna tube em and put em on a trailer that don't leave my property since they match and are wide and basic tread design
 

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Just got 5 of these for another truck. Quiet and nice riding for an E rated tire. Have had some rain days and traction was good. No mud yet. 60,000 mile warranty. Made in USA!

Went up 1.7” in overall diameter, from a P-rated to an E-rated and mileage has only suffered 1/2mpg. I call that a win.
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These will be what I get when I switch the square from 33” to 35”
I worked in a tire shop. Can confirm most of Cooper's line up are high quality and worth their salt. ESPECIALLY at3
 

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I haven’t put enough miles on Wranglers to speak definitively on the subject, but a lot of online reviews back up the negatives that you’re seeing here: bulging, blowing out, wearing out faster than the treadwear warranty. I’ve seen Goodyear marqued tires other than Wrangler go to hell in a handcart before their time, and I think I’d seek out other options, namely Firestone, Cooper, or Uniroyal.
 

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Just got 5 of these for another truck. Quiet and nice riding for an E rated tire. Have had some rain days and traction was good. No mud yet. 60,000 mile warranty. Made in USA!

Went up 1.7” in overall diameter, from a P-rated to an E-rated and mileage has only suffered 1/2mpg. I call that a win.
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These will be what I get when I switch the square from 33” to 35”

Those were what I ran and was happy with off-road or highway.
 

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The truck isn't a daily, just a once in a while cruiser on the gravel roads around the county.

I am more interested in how the tire looks than performs. These goodyears can be had for less than $100 each.

Honestly, I'd get bias ply tires if they didn't flat spot so easily, cause they all come in awesome old school tread patterns.
 

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