Venom Tires-anyone used them?

Gnomad

New member
I'm needing a set of tires for the Rescue Rover LR3 and found Walmart online has a decent looking AT tire, the Venom Power Hunter ATS. I have 19' tims so not a lot of choice out there and local shops won't mount new tires they didn't sell you so that leaves out Tirerack and such. They have the look I'm after with a AT tread, I do intend to take the critter off road too, and winter is coming.
I can't find my all time favoerite tire Hankook ipi;e RW11 anywhere. Those were amazing everywhere.
 

XJLI

Adventurer
There are a couple 19" options, if you need to get something from Walmart I'd go with these:

Nokian Outpost AT

A touch bigger than stock, but will fit no problem even int he stock spare location. XL rated, and Nokian makes a great tire.
 

LRNAD90

Adventurer
Are you looking for other 19" options, or bargain 19" options (never heard of the brand before)? Tire rack should have a list of installers in your area that will install tires, and accept them directly for shipping so you don't have to cart them from home to the shop as well.

Is it the stock 255/55-19 size you are after? Assuming so, there is going to be a limited number of options for AT style tires. The Venom Power Hunter ATS you reference doesn't look like a particularly aggressive AT style to me, but even Tire Rack only lists six (6) different AT style tires in this size. But honestly, most of the available tires in this size seem to lean more toward "All Season" than "All Terrain"..
 

Gnomad

New member
I'm kind of stuck with 19", since I'm in a outer reaches of roverland area and no 18" rims are available. Not really wanting to spend huge money on tires right now either, and the shops here don't mount tires they don't sell.
As for the cheap tires, I have a set of Sailuns on my 79 squarebody, my late father had them installed who know how long ago but they have actually held up very well. OTOH, I spent $300 a tire on a set of 5 for my 6G Bronco and discovered afterwards they were made in China...sure they are good tires but kind of hard to tell who makes what where so I don't if price even matters that much anymore. But yeah, not wantng to spend $1k or more on the beast right now.
I had some Cooper Zeons on my last LR3 and if I could find them I would get those.
 

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