John M
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Interesting on and off road tire test
http://expeditionportal.com/where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/
John M
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Udo
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Very comprehensive!
Will keep the information for future use.
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Excellent!!! Many thanks, JohnM.
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Agreed- good, comprehensive research & lots of new terminology/concepts to digest.
One note: It was published Nov. 2014, and they describe an April test, so this is over 2 years old.
Also, the newest BFG-AT KO2 was not available for their testing:
"Although we would have like to have tested BFG’s newest AT, the KO2, it was not available at the time of testing in early April. We will provide a
full review of that tire in the coming months after we get a chance to put the prerequisite miles on a set. Short term testing was conducted in Baja
and reported in the Winter issue of Overland Journal."
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Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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AKgringo
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Interesting comparisons, and I was looking at the Coopers when I bought my most recent set of Wranglers (Armortrac). Wranglers are not the tire I
would choose if I lived in San Diego or SOB, but I spend much more time driving on frozen roads than I do in the dessert, and they keep me on the road
pretty well.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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David K
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I have run Coopers many miles... on my three Tacomas.
I liked the Discoverer ATRs (good all around truck tire)
I disliked the Discoverer STTs (too noisy on highway, poor in sand)
The Pep Boys Definity Dakotas are made by Cooper, as well. Inexpensive, but short life.
They didn't test my current tire, and the second time using them, Hankook Dynapro ATM. Inexpensive and works great in all conditions: highway quiet,
sand, snow, mud, rocks.
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John M
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I disagree with ...
The two year old article describes great wear/tire life for the General AT2.
I had a set on my Tacoma about the time the test was done, they claim the tire had a 60,000 mile expectancy. I got 35,000. Due to other circumstances
I decided not to look into the "mileage guarantee."
John
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AKgringo
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Hankook, why not tested?
One of my Alaska based Kia's now has Hankook winter tires on it (not ATM's). I have not put enough miles on them under enough situations to give a
comprehensive evaluation, but I like them.
I like them better than the older BFG All Terrains, Firestone Destination, or Nokia winter tires that I have also run.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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BooJumMan
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Slightly outdated for sure.
Also, while Coopers are great tires (I've never owned a set, but have friends who really like them), Expedition Portal seems to have some sort of
sponsorship through them and might have a slight bias.
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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