2 yoko geolander at+ is finally showing their age but the 2 other ones are practically new. For the sake of trying new set of tires, I'll probably go with GY MT/R's. The 64k questions is, do I just buy 2 new ones and run the truck with the combo of at & mt? Most likely that the MT will be on the rear and the truck will spend 2hi on-road;TOD to be used only during off-road/incliment(snow) weather. Thoughts and/or experiences?

EDIT: manufacturer spec size for at is 33" while mt is 33.1"

<small>[ October 28, 2002, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: pinoy99 ]</small>

I have a friend that is running MTs in the back and ATs in the front. Hasn't hurt anything. The only thing is that if you want to keep the MTs in the back, you loose the ability to rotate the tires. If you don't care, then you can still rotate them. Either way it doesn't damage the vehicle any. When I bought my MTs I had 2 brand new tires and 2 fairly worn tires, but I went ahead and got all 4 MTs so that I could rotate my tires. I had 2 extra rims, so I put the 2 newest ones of the old tires on them so that I would have 2 full size spares instead of just 1.

Richard

The issue is whether or not the tires are the same diameter. That means measuring, not the size on the sidewall. If you run too big a differential in size while in 4WD you will have big problems. If the sizes are within a fraction of an inch in actual size, I see no problem.

To me that would just look odd (funny). I would try to get a set of used AT's for the front, run the rears down and buy 4 M/T's.

Or get four M/T's and either sell the ATs or keep them as 2 good spares (this might mean you'd have to buy an extra rim ~$35).

I agree with Richard it won't hurt anything as long as the height of the tires are close.

This is just my opinion, take it FWIW
Ashby

Will it hurt on the road, probally not. But I wouldnt want a different amount of traction front and rear if I was offroading.

Get another 2 at's for riding on the road. The mtrs are awesome tires, but their life could be better. I chewed through mine in probally around 25k 30k, I wasnt counting. They were painfull hard miles though for the tires, so I assume you could get better.

If your in NJ, why havent I ever met you lol. Where do you wheel?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans"> The mtrs are awesome tires, but their life could be better. I chewed through mine in probally around 25k 30k </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Jees, I've got more than 20,000 miles on my MTRs now and they barely show any sign of wear. And those are mostly highway miles. As long as you don't have a directional tire, rotating them will help extend the life of them.

Richard

Richard,

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DougH:
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They were painfull hard miles though for the tires, so I assume you could get better.

A lot of wheeling will definately chew up a pair of tires. I didn't get the rated 40,000 miles out of my tires, but I wheeled them a bit. Just a bit of info.

Tim B.
99 Rodeo

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Richard Saylor:
<strong>Jees, I've got more than 20,000 miles on my MTRs now and they barely show any sign of wear. And those are mostly highway miles. As long as you don't have a directional tire, rotating them will help extend the life of them.

Richard</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">So just for the record you don't wheel that much. Just wanted to clear that up since you seem to preach a lot about offroading and knowing a lot about offroading!

-mike

For on-road TOD use you need to have the tires within 1/4" Circumference. This means that even 2 tires of very similar wear and brand and model etc can be off (I had this problem when I first got my trooper) so be careful of that for onroad situations.

For offroad low traction it probably won't be a problem since slippage can occur but I wouldn't recommend it either way.

-mike

I had the same issue and received quite a few, conflicting opinions on it...

http://www.northeastonlinewheelers....=4;action=dis play;threadid=4117;start=0

http://www.outdoorwire.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=68;t=008542

In the end, I decided to play it safe and just get 2 more tires (total of 4 new ones.) I'm quite happy with them. That GY MT-R is an awesome tire, but was way out of my price range. I decided on DUNLOP RADIAL ROVER R/T's.

More aggressive then most AT's, but not quite as aggressive as an MT. Very heavy side wall, and at $76 per tire (235/75-15, a bargain.

<img src="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/images/dunlop/du_radial_rover_rt.jpg" alt=" - " />

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=Radial+Rover+R%2FT

<small>[ October 29, 2002, 08:22 AM: Message edited by: Sporin ]</small>