Goodyear Announces a new variant of the MT/R

[jfarsang]

Just took it up to Vedder mnt over the weekend.

I am loving them.

I was up there two weeks ago climbing one of the atv trails in 4x.

More than 1/2 the same track up I was able to do it in 2wd with MTR's compared to the BFG AT's/Nokian's.

After driving hwy/city in the rain and up in the mud, they are amazing tires.

I was skeptical at first, but I'm pretty sure Goodyear put in their R&D on these meats and came out with a solid tire for mud that rides like an AT on the road.

I'm sold on them.

Finally got around to testing them out on the road/rain/greasy mud.

They are not quiet so be prepared to turn up that radio. :sombrero:

They track straight on dry pavement and stop/corner much better than the last generation MTR in the rain/wet pavement.

Thin/wet greasy mud was good. They self cleaned very easily.

You can feel the low rumble from start to about 20mph. Of course I'm sitting above the tires in my rig so the sound/vibes are more pronounced being a cab over.

Will report back after a week or so of driving them around.

Running 38 psi on the road. Will play around and see what's the best to run. I do get a slight constant vibration at all speeds compared to the AT's I just took off. Same rims, nothing changed.

 

[Hilldweller]

I am loving them.
After driving hwy/city in the rain and up in the mud, they are amazing tires.

I was skeptical at first, but I'm pretty sure Goodyear put in their R&D on these meats and came out with a solid tire for mud that rides like an AT on the road.

I'm sold on them.

Ditto:

 

[Redline]

a solid tire for mud that rides like an AT on the road

Meaning they are quiet?

snip.........

After driving hwy/city in the rain and up in the mud, they are amazing tires.

I was skeptical at first, but I'm pretty sure Goodyear put in their R&D on these meats and came out with a solid tire for mud that rides like an AT on the road.

I'm sold on them.

 

[jfarsang]

I had them aired up too much.

Now they are comfortable and quieter.

I would rate them just a hair over the BFG AT KO's noise.

Not loud at all actually. I'm quite impressed with them the more I drive them.

 

[Hilldweller]

Meaning they are quiet?

Louder than an AT but the quietest tire I've used with this much bite. You hear the lugs dig in on the asphalt while cornering.
Let's put it this way: my wife (the critic) said, "oh, they're not loud at all..."

This is how I described them on the JEEP forum:
Big chucks of Earth heaving in dynamic rooster-tail ballistic arches heavenbound as I casually point-n-shot myself all over the place and listened to Skynyrd.
Not tractor tires but they're the best tire I've ever used that doesn't rattle my fillings loose on the highway.

 

[Redline]

That's an eloquent description

Louder than an AT but the quietest tire I've used with this much bite. You hear the lugs dig in on the asphalt while cornering.
Let's put it this way: my wife (the critic) said, "oh, they're not loud at all..."

This is how I described them on the JEEP forum:
Big chucks of Earth heaving in dynamic rooster-tail ballistic arches heavenbound as I casually point-n-shot myself all over the place and listened to Skynyrd.
Not tractor tires but they're the best tire I've ever used that doesn't rattle my fillings loose on the highway.

 

[Hilldweller]

That's an eloquent description

Redneck poetry...
:costumed-smiley-007

 

[ginericLC]

So how round are they? Are they taking a lot of weight.

I have the original MTRs in a 315/75/16 and they constantly take rebalancing and need a lot of weight.

Because I hate them they will last for ever.

The Kevlar sidewall really interests me as the old MTR get sliced like butter in the Idaho lava rock.

 

[Hilldweller]

So how round are they? Are they taking a lot of weight.

The sidewalls made them much harder to mount; alot like a low-profile go-fast tire. But they didn't take much weight and don't feel muddish on the street.
I went frolicking on Saturday on some sloppy roads and had it in 2wd to see how they'd work. I actually forgot to put it back in 4wd for the bad part and was surprised when I noticed....
They continue to impress me.

 

[UK4X4]

Interesting- the tire is definetly directional, all the pic's on good years site show the larger void side out......and they have black side walls,

You have white lettering out but are mounted the same way round...so they must make two versions, one with white and one without

I think I'll stick to my km2's.....black side out

 

[Hilldweller]

The 33's only come with big white letters for now.
Gaudiness was never a deal-breaker for me. But, then again, I grew up in northern NJ (fahghettabbouddit) and have a history of dating big-haired strippers...

 

[jfarsang]

Interesting- the tire is definetly directional

Sorry to burst the bubble but the MTR's are 100% NOT directional.

I have the 31's OWL. You can get different sizes with either OWL or black out.

They are round.

Took less than 2 oz per tire to balance and are wearing evenly so far.

Wet, dry, city potholes, highway... it spanks my BFG AT KO's.

The only one concern I have is just longevity. But raking on the miles will show the results. May take a while.

Other than wear, it's the best 'all traction' tire I've ever driven.

 

[UK4X4]

"Sorry to burst the bubble but the MTR's are 100% NOT directional."

err how exactly can it be unidirectional when the tread pattern is not symetrical ?

One side of the tire has larger blocks closer together than the other and so can only be mounted one way round.

 

[Hilldweller]

"Sorry to burst the bubble but the MTR's are 100% NOT directional."

err how exactly can it be unidirectional when the tread pattern is not symetrical ?

One side of the tire has larger blocks closer together than the other and so can only be mounted one way round.

They're totally not directional. The AT section is always mounted inboard. If they were directional, they'd have the same sidewall printing on both sides and you wouldn't be able to rotate...

Take a good look at my tires and do a mock rotation in your head. Notice how that rf tire that you just put on the lr is now spinning the other way and the AT section is still inboard?

 

[UK4X4]

Obviously we have an english - american language issue here

The tire is designed to work mounted with the AT tread side inner as you say.

So it only fits on the rim - one way round


Hence my use of the word directional in that it only goes on the rim one way round.

A standard "uni-directional tire" in UK English can be mounted either way around as it has a symetrical tread pattern.

like a BFG MT mounts any way around you want