Title says it all. Looking for a set of four tires to replace the
OEM Michelin Cross Terrains on the Sorento. After 34k, it is time,
nearing the wear bars and tread is highly non existant.

So here is the deal, Cross Terrains, while not a BAD tire, will not
be mounted on the vehicle again. Too soft of a compound, tread, and
sidewall. That would explain the good traction we experienced in
virtually all conditions, rain, snow, ice, dry, sand, etc. Not to
mention these tires are more than my MT/Rs on the Amigo!!!

So the needs:
Stiffer sidewall (reduced tire induced body roll)
Slightly larger (OEM P245/70R16. Plus 0 is a P245/75R16)
Slightly harder compound (want 45k+ out of them)
Budget friendly (~$4-500)
Possible to hit minor trails, sub 6 rated (AT slanted type)

Here are a few choices that I have found that might work out, I am
open to suggestions, opinions, experience that you may have with
them or another model.

Pirelli Scorpion A/T
Yokohama Geolander A/T or A/T II+
Dunlop Radial Rover A/T
Toyo Open Country A/T
Bridgestone Dueler A/T or A/T REVO
Pathfinder AT/S
Dayton Timberline A/T

I am sure there are dozens more, but I have checked into these.

Let me know your thoughts. I may just go tire shopping tomorrow
since Tia's allergies are acting up again.

Take care and thanks!
Keith

Just to add to the confusion:

I have a '91 Trooper II and have mounted DTC's store brand - a tire made by Cooper, but without their name on it - and am very pleased with them. They are called Dominators and were very reasonably priced (less than $70 per 31" tire). They've handled well in all the conditions in which I drive them. And, since I live in Colorado and commute with my vehicle, as well as camp and transport my mtn. bike, you know the tires have encountered a wide range of conditions. In fact, I have also equipped my wife's CR-V with the same tire and she has been very happy with it. And to give you a rough idea of what that size tire cost, her tires came in under $50 a piece. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Of couse, I know the guys at my local DTC, so they may have been giving me some deals...

I've had the Geolander AT II's for over 6 months now and am very pleased with them. Quite good wet traction, fairly low highway noise, and cost a total of $456 installed from discount tire ($104/tire), including the lifetime warranty, if that's actually worth anything. I went from the stock 245's to 265's and am quite happy with the appearance as well. I did price them online at about $90/tire at the time but I figured with installation from a local shop I was getting a decent deal if I just bought them locally anyway.

Happy hunting.

I will throw another vote up for the geolandors, mine have done very well in the wet climate that is washington state <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and they have been nothing short of awesome in the snow/ice

Even pulled out the local cops F250 Super Duty last january <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />:D

After reading needs, I think the yokos or toyos are best. After that, I'd look at bridgestone or dayton.

Before my switch to the TRXUS MTs, I had the Toyo Open Country ATs. Great tire, excellent wet weather tread, and performed well for me on & off road.

Sounds like you have some good options to choose from. Good luck.

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I have had the Yoko Geolander AT+II for about a year now, and they are very nice tires. Very quiet and well behaved on the road wet or dry and extremely good in the snow. Also, I think for an AT these are one of the best deals out there for price. I have 255 70 16's and I think the total cost mounted and balanced was just over $400. Good luck in the search.

K-Dog, you KNOW how i felt about my Yok's. If I were gonna put yok's on that truck i would make damn sure you got the ones with a C-rating. D's are just simply TOO stiff for a daily.

I didn't really have my Revo's to be able to be really objective about them, but the tread seemed to last a little better than the Yok's, and snow traction was FAR superior to the Yoks (which IMO were VERY good).

Consider this a thumbs up for the REVO, which i think will be at the top end of your money spectrum, but take into account the incredible Bridgestone warranty. 5 years, unlimited mileage, no pro-ration, just replaced tire.(this was the warranty when I picked mine up...it may have changed by now.)

Okay, well thanks for the suggestions and replies...

If this was turning into a trail rig, the REVOs would be my first choice for occasional trail use duties, however the price was out of reach right now.

I ended up going to Discount, and have always had good luck with their service, etc.
If you need tires and are local, go see this man... Discount Tires Iliff & Buckley. Talk to Steve aka Rico (CO4x4.org).

So, we went with the Dominator Sport C/T. Basically a rebadged house branded, Cooper Discoverer H/T, Mastercraft HTR. This also has the same basic tread pattern as the Michelin Cross Terrain at a fraction of the price. Out the door @ >$450. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
The Toyo was my first choice but the Dominator was a good choice at this time. I have 30 day trial period, and I can always trade up to the Toyos within that timeframe if we decide to go that route.

I am like the looks of the increased aspect ratio from the 70 to 75 series. Kept the width the same @ 245. It actually normalized my speedo, which was ~3-5% off.

With the snow, I will tell you this. The Sorento (with the TOD system) is by far the BEST snow vehicle I have ever owned. It handled the blizzard of 03 without an issue and was all good up to ~ 18-20", then I decided to ground it and let the Amigo take over extraction duties...

No trouble with tire wear per se. The Cross Terrains wore evenly, just prematurely IMHO @ 33500. I would have expected a 520AB UTQG rated tire to hit it's 65k mile warranty rating, essentially 50% of their rated tread life.
I have had no issues with the Sorento thus far, it has been a good vehicle with a couple minor warranty repairs.

Conti sportivas are cheap got mine for around $100 a piece mounted that was for 31's and have abused them badly and they work great. No complaints <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />