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Did a little more of that on the way to the Crawl towing a trailer.....
These tires are superb.
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How are the Yokahomas on the road during long trips after owning them fr a while?I just put the Yokohamas on my cruiser after hearing about them and then stumbling onto this thread.
In the short distance I have driven them, they have been very quiet and smooth. I’m leaving for a 600 mile round trip to Arkansas today for the weekend and then out to Colorado on Monday so I will quickly be getting some miles on these.
My previous set of tires, Kenda Klevers (stay away), didn’t seem loud or rough, but it’s night and day with these new Yokohamas. The Kendas also had a lot of chunking and cracking going on along with some internal sidewall damage so it will be interesting to see how these Yokohamas hold up. I would expect the rubber used in these to be much nicer than the Kendas.
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How are the Yokahomas on the road during long trips after owning them fr a while?
Do you have the KM3's yet? If so can you offer a comparison? I am in need of three sets of tires right now and trying to make some decisions. Thanks.
I am running 7.5R16 KM3's on the City Racer Steelies. The City Racer wheels are phenomenal and the KM3's have been great both offroad and on-road. I've got no weird vibrations or balancing issues. I've only put about 2500 miles on them in the last year (probably about 150 of those wheeling/rock crawling) and I don't notice any appreciable tread wear. I can't speak to how loud they are because I have a 350 V8 in my 40 which drowns out anything but I don't hear a ton of road noise when coasting. I will say that the KM3's run VERY small to advertised size. My 7.5R16's should measure out to be about 32 - 32.5" and, on the truck, they measure out a full 2 inches smaller than that - they're roughly 31's, maybe a hair under.
I am running 7.5R16 KM3's on the City Racer Steelies. The City Racer wheels are phenomenal and the KM3's have been great both offroad and on-road. I've got no weird vibrations or balancing issues. I've only put about 2500 miles on them in the last year (probably about 150 of those wheeling/rock crawling) and I don't notice any appreciable tread wear. I can't speak to how loud they are because I have a 350 V8 in my 40 which drowns out anything but I don't hear a ton of road noise when coasting. I will say that the KM3's run VERY small to advertised size. My 7.5R16's should measure out to be about 32 - 32.5" and, on the truck, they measure out a full 2 inches smaller than that - they're roughly 31's, maybe a hair under.
Nolen said the same thing, which was one of the reasons he recommended the Yokohamas. But I thought he was referring to the 15" size but apparently not. It will be interesting to have an on road comparison of the two.
They are not loud at all but KM3s are the quietest MTs I’ve ever owned. That said, it’s because of the rounded side lug and that’s what I dislike about the looks of them.
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I just ordered some of these Yokohama MT's. Now that you have had them for a few more years how are they wearing?
I’ve about got 20k on mine. Still smooth but have gotten a little noisier. Still looking good, but no idea on an actual measurement as it’s 5 hours away from me in storage for the foreseeable future
What kind of tire pressure are you running Rhodes yokos on 40 at w the hard top on? I’ve been fiddling around w my pressure lately on 7.5 x 16 yoko on my 82 40. Owners manual recommendations have not been bad. Which is something like 24 front and 28 rear w hard top for “general” driving. Off road reccs goes to something like 22f 26r and highway to 26f 30r.They are not loud at all but KM3s are the quietest MTs I’ve ever owned. That said, it’s because of the rounded side lug and that’s what I dislike about the looks of them.
What kind of tire pressure are you running Rhodes yokos on 40 at w the hard top on? I’ve been fiddling around w my pressure lately on 7.5 x 16 yoko on my 82 40. Owners manual recommendations have not been bad. Which is something like 24 front and 28 rear w hard top for “general” driving. Off road reccs goes to something like 22f 26r and highway to 26f 30r.
thanks in advance, Mitch