Well, it's been all of two weeks since I put the Hankooks on. Maybe 3 weeks. But I can give some initial impressions and observations.
They come in two flavors, LT and P. You would expect the LT to have the higher load rating, they don't. The P series carries more. Weird. I have the P series. The P series is also about $40 cheaper per tire.
First thing I noticed when I handled these P265/70R16 tires was the thin sidewall. It's thin! Passenger car thin. I would not care to bark the sidewall on a rock.
No problems with balance. Minimal amount of wheel weights used, no problems with vibration at any speed (up to 80 mph sustained).
Dry pavement driving is very good. The tires are quiet and handle quite well. I am running 35 psi all around. Mostly because I tend to corner hard, and because of the soft sidewall. No problems with the tread blocks rolling over. Great feedback. The tire is not numb, it lets you know when you're pushing it, and how hard.
Wet pavement has been downright amazing. I almost hate to say it, but this may be the best rain tire I've ever run, bar none. And that includes all my cars and motorcycles. The tire channels water like I've never experienced. You know how in a heavy rain you get that vague feeling, especially on the highway? Not with this tire. You are solidly down on the pavement, and it feels like it. 80 mph on the highway in heavy downpours and the truck is rock solid on the road. I can feel the expansion joints in the roadbed, the tire track in the mirror is clear and dry, etc. Just plain wow!
Stopping and cornering in the rain are just as impressive. The tread blocks are very much oriented across the tread, giving lots of water channeling abilities and lots of block edge bite for stopping. It shows. The truck can stop hard in the rain.
Equally impressive is when it does lose traction. It does not just lose it and send you spinning and sliding. You lose *some* traction, but not all of it. And it's easily regained. So throw it into a curve to hard, or slam on the brakes hard, and you'll get some sliding, but it's very linear. Easily modulated and controlled. It's almost like how antilock actuators work. The tire is losing traction, but doing everything possible to re-establish it. I do expect this will fade as the tire wears down the tread blocks.
Offroading has not happened. Like most of us, my truck spends 99+% of its time on the road. About all I've done is drive into the field and such to offload feed. It did that just fine. Mmm, I did have to hook up and pull a heavy boat up a wet sandy hill for a little ways. Did it with no slippage in 4wd.
