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Jim m.
Dodge Dakota
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12/24/2003
22:19:16
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Any suggestions on tires which have better wet traction than the oem tires?
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Todd
Dodge Dakota
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12/25/2003
15:27:00
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BF Goodrich Land Terrain available at Wal-mart only.
The tire is made by BF Goodrich for Wal-mart and Wal-mart carries the 50,000 mile warranty.
Runs under $100.00 each. I've had them on my Quad-Cab 4X4 for over 3,000 miles and they are perfoming better then the OEM Goodyear Wranglers and the General AW Grabbers (cheap garbage) I had on before.
Tread is similar to the BF Goodrich AT/KO but with road friendly edges.
They are a LT (Light Truck) tire and, I'm running LT265/75R16.
Wet weather and light offroading action is very good.
Hope this helps.
Todd
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daddio
Dodge Dakota
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12/25/2003
20:42:55
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i second the BFG land terrains. i have the 235/75/15's on my '00 QC 4x2. excellent wet traction, quiet & smooth ride.
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eddy
Dodge Dakota
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12/25/2003
22:24:15
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IVe always heard good things about the Dunlop Rover GTs and was contemplating putting them on the truck when the Goodyears wear out. I had Bridgestone Dualler APTs on my last truck. They had excellent snow and wet traction but they were a very floaty tire with low grip dry weather grip. Im thinking the Dunlops may be a better compromise between on road grip and handling and wet traction, but any input from anyone with experience with the tire would be appreciated.
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Matt03DAK
Dodge Dakota
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12/27/2003
12:48:45
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Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo's. I replaced the staggeringly worthless Goodyear Wrangler SR/A's on my new Dakota within a month of purchase. Go to thetirerack.com and read the customer reviews for this tire. Everybody loves them. I do, too.
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dodge_tech
Dodge Dakota
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12/27/2003
20:58:42
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Just put 4 yokohama Geolander AT II's on my truck, could not believe the difference on both dirt, and wet roads..
Snow traction isn't amazing, although it is far supierior to the badyears that came on the truck.
If I'd know what the difference would be, I'd have put them on 2 years ago when the truck was new.. ('02 reg cab 4x4 4.7 5spd).. May be picking up a new QC next week so I'll be putting them on it for sure.. lol.
Leo
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jaggy
GenIII
12/29/2003
13:22:57
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I just put a set of Revo's on my Quad 4x4.
I have to say this is an exolent tire. Exolent wet traction, fair mud (good self cleaning) and great snow. (studded tires would be only thing better)
I have heard nothing but great things about the BFG A/T K/O also.
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opie
Dodge Dakota
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12/29/2003
20:10:41
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265/75/16 BFG AT/KO filled up the wheel well on my '01 4X4 perfectly. I did a little front fender trim, but don't have any complaints. I couldn't handle how terrible the truck looked with the tiny stock Goodyears on it. I worked at Discount Tire for 5 years and never heard a bad thing about the BFGs (other than the price ($700 a set)).
I also found that the best way to combat the incorrect spedometer (as a result of larger tires) is an Escort 8500 radar detector. It'll have to do until us 4.7L guys can get hypertechs like everyone else...
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killthebunny
Dodge Dakota
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12/29/2003
22:01:50
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Hey opie the BFG at/ko 265 75 16 is the tire I'm looking at
how much trimming did you need to do? got any pictures?
01 4x4 qc
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jaggy
GenIII
12/30/2003
12:08:27
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I just put on the same size in my Revo's (265 75 16)
I trimmed the lower valence at the corners. Rounded them off. I also have mud flaps that fit over the fender flares. I trimmed those down so that the only part of the mud flap that went in the wheel well was the part with mounting holes.
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