After reviewing TP's excellent thread on tires, I am thinking about getting a set of Goodyear Wrangler for me 'eti.

Has anyone fitted similar tires to a Yeti? I am rather taken by the price and new thread depth (much higher than road tires, 11mm). I have reviewed some reports and the new EU energy CO2 noise chart thingy and it does not have as good fuel economy as others but has similar noise level and perhaps better snow/rain capability than other all weather?

Don't think anyone has run Wranglers on a Yeti that I know of, although I am aware of Yokahama Geolander HT/S and Michelin Latitude Tour being used. Thinking of the latter myself when the factory Conti's wear out; if I can find them for a reasonable price that is :wonder:

TP

No experience with Goodyear Wrangler, but have now done around 6000 km on Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S (G012). 215/60R16-95H. I think the A/T-S are 9,5 mm new in this dimension. Lower noise than expected. Feels a little soft in tight curves, but has never lost traction or grip. Did some research at tyretest.com before deciding. For my driving -perfect.

Thanks for the replies so far. Good to know the Geolander is 9.5mm new, is it much noisier than stock tires and do you think fuel consumption has worsened a lot?

Found some Toyo HT Open Country for 70 odd pounds in Camskill.

Edited 15 October, 201213 yr by My_Yeti

In fact, the Geolandars are less noisy than stock tires. Did not drive much on the stock tires (225/50-R17). Due to mainly short daily trips in between 50 and 80 km/h the tires does not affect the consumption noticably.

The softer Geolandars are great on the poorly maintained roads in and around Kristiansand/Southern Norway.

The Geolandars will now stay on Geiti through the first snow, would like to test them in snow and on ice before the Hakka7 are put on.

Used those Goodyears on my first Freelander and was very glad to get rid of them! Not that noisy but they didn't wear well.

I am wondering why you think you need a 70/30 All Terrain tyre though?

EDIT.

Read your OP again, and see you mention better snow/rain conditions.

In that case the answer is probably no. They are not a "winter" tyre as such, but could be described as an all year round tyre, but would not be as good as a true "winter" tyre.

Mmmm...in that case, might not consider the Goodyears. There are certain reasons why I want to get off road tires:

1. Deeper grooves (new tyre at 11-13mm rather than 8mm) - last longer?

2. Wide grooves good for rainly motorway driving which I find the current Excellence are far from excellent (really rubbish to be honest)

3. Cheaper than car based all season tires

I would like to get a set of winter wheels but they are not practical in my case (no storage).

From experience the fact that they have deeper "grooves" does not mean they last any longer. The grooves are deeper to clear mud and although they will obviously shift more water they are also more pliable, so are more "wobbly". I ran Kumho All Terrains on my Freelanders after getting rid of the Goodyears and they got me no better mileage than the more road based Goodyears.

If you are not going to be taking your Yeti off-road then you do not want to be considering off-road tyres. A standard "winter" tyre is designed to shift more water, which is one of the reasons it has lots of little snipes in it's tread. If you don't want to go down that road then some of the particular "rain" tyres might be better for you.

I run my 4x4 Yeti on Kumho tyres that are what some here describe as "summer" tyres, but they cope perfectly well with all the nice Welsh wet weather with no problems at all, plus they get regularly taken off-road, and have never got me stuck wet. I might consider a set of All Terrain tyres but that is because of the things I do, and for no other reason.

The original tread depth is not decisive in determining how long a tyre will last. If you want long life from your tyres you should research actual users experiences. A deep tread for off road use may well wear a lot quicker than an initially shallower tread if used on road-the compound may be softer and the effect of road use may be to make the tyre overheat and accelerate wear.

Some tyres are designed for better water dissipation so may make wet use more secure but their life may be no longer than standard pattern road tyres.

Off road tyres can substantially improve off road performance but if used for ordinary road use they will do no good and probably last less well than road tyres.

London Taxi tyres are designed for long life and have standard tread depth-no one suggests fitting them on standard road vehicles-they are optimised for urban motoring and low speed manoeuvring.

I think you may be operating under a misapprehension which approximates to equating original tread depth with anticipated tyre life.

You give your location as London, if so it may be you are looking at entirely the wrong kind of tyre.

You give your location as London, if so it may be you are looking at entirely the wrong kind of tyre.

The last thing I'd want to do would be to turn my Yeti in to just another Chelsea Tractor.