in case anyone cares i have just finished up a set of these. I totally killed them and they are terrible now. But surprisingly i would still recommend them. Mine have about 40,000 miles on them. They are cupped and worn badly but that is due to a set of spindles and wheel bearings that were worn. I had trouble diagnosing the problem but THINK i have it fixed. Tires got worn badly and shake like hell at 45 MPH turning. I think i will be going to a AT tire. But my 80 is amy DD and i am puting 20,000 miles a year on it. I live a nomadic life and more of my winters are involving more and more snow. A good AT I think makes sense for me.
All that being said i kind of like them. They are still pretty cheap right now which is a big plus. They were not really loud on the highway, even now they are not terribly noise even as bad as i messed them up. Kind of crummy in the snow but i imagine most MT are. Mediocre when you hit deep puddles on the highway but isnt anything? But they felt good on dry pavement, reasonably quiet, smooth when new (before i destroy them), all round pretty good on the road. Mine did have a lot of weight on them when i got them balanced. But who knows, might be old bent rims or something.
Off road i felt they were great. No complaints at all. Yes you could still get stuck in the deep mud and all that. They are not a magic tire. But i would air them down to 15 or so and no problems at all. Mostly had them in rocky trails up in Montana. Dont even have a scratch in the side walls. I will say that these felt really tough and inspired a lot of confidence with rocks on the side walls. I did like that. No problems from that with mine at all.
If i didnt put so many highway miles on my truck and need a better snow tires again i would probably get another set of these. I also had STT Pro and they were good, hard to say which was better. Kind of leaning towards the Yokohama.
