Wild Country TXR tires?

[ashooter]

Does anybody have first-hand experience with the Wild Country TXR? Free shipping from tirefactory.net, made by Goodyear, look like a pretty good "all-terrain" tread design...

Kind of an off-brand though, so I won't be the first kid on the block to try 'em!

All I could find searching the net was that they are sold by Les Schwab and some people say they're great while some say the tires are hard to balance and they had uneven tread wear patterns that went away when they switched back to BFG/Cooper/Toyo/whatever.

 

[Bomar]

Are you still looking for 255/85/16.

 

[Corbet]

We put them on vehicles for resale at the dealership. Very mild AT. Have not seen any problems but I don't see them long term.

 

[ashooter]

Are you still looking for 255/85/16.

Yeah......

I've ruled out everything other than the Cooper S/T and BFG KM... I had about 99% decided to go with the BFG, since the Cooper's tread is about an inch narrower (235ish) and the BFG has a better reputation around my part of the world for holding up in these jagged/sharp rocks.

Then I stumbled onto this Wild Country tire on the net.

The Wild Country tread design looks like more what I'm after, but I don't remember ever having heard of Multi-Mile tires before. Just thought I'd ask around and see if it might be a viable alternative in that size.

 

[Bomar]

Why have you ruled out the Maxxis Bighorn? That is what I am looking at. They are $596 to the front door for 4 of them.

I have heard nothing bad about them but if you have let me know.

 

[sseaman]

i had them on a heep in the past and they did very well for mild offroading, and around town

 

[shep]

I've run them on a couple of different rigs with good results. They wore well and worked great for a dual use tire. No balance problems for me. In the Northwest you can't go wrong with Schwabs as they are everywhere and will take care of their customers.

 

[Cj80cruiser]

I had the TXR's on my 91 bronco for about 2 years. They seemed to wear fairly well and didn't notice any irregular wear. If you want a mildly aggressive all terrain get them. If you want a good highway/good offroad tire that's a little more aggressive than the TXR's I'd get the Cooper S/T or Mastercraft C/T. If you want a good mud tire get the Maxxis Bighorn or Maxxis Mudder. All these tires should be around the $150 mark or less.

 

[Salue]

I had them on my 4runner and I really liked them. It had 35,000 miles on them when I sold the 4runner and they still had plenty of tread left. They were quiet on road and worked well off road. I don't think you will be disappointed if you go this route.

Salue

 

[ashooter]

Why have you ruled out the Maxxis Bighorn? That is what I am looking at. They are $596 to the front door for 4 of them.

I have heard nothing bad about them but if you have let me know.

Nothing bad other than they are noisy and have even more void than the BFG muds... also, the rubber compound is supposed to be softer than the BFG, so the Bighorns will stick better, but wear faster (probably). I don't need traction so much as puncture/cut resistance, which is why I would prefer a more AT type tread design, but am solidly stuck on the idea of the size being 255/85R16.

The Toyo M-55 has seemed to be the BEST option, but also $100/tire more expensive than the BFG and extremely difficult to locate.

FYI - I'm told that Toyo is making (or will be soon) their Open Country M/T in LT255/85R16, load range E... specs below posted at expeditionportal.com:

Toyo Open County M/T 255/85R16E specs:

Overall diameter: 33.5 (how's that for a tall skinny tire!)
Overall width: 10.2
Static loaded Radius: 15.6
Wheel Width: 6.5-8 (7.0 measured rim width)
E-load-range: 3,415 @ 80-psi
Revolutions per mile: 619
Weight: 60-lbs
Tread Depth: 19/32"
Speed Rating: P (93-mph)

I'm sure they won't be cheap, or easy to find, but if I pinch pennies for another month or two, these are the tires I'll lay my money down on. Looks like my wishy-washiness is gonna pay off!

 

[agomez]

I'm running Remington wide brute mt's in the 255/85....give this tire a look very good looking tire and tread pattern...

 

[fish2live]

I had them on my '92 80 and loved them for my use case. A touch loud but not too bad. Good in the snow and dirt and cleaned pretty well in mud. Decent on road.

 

[bigndn]

I've run them on a couple of different rigs with good results. They wore well and worked great for a dual use tire. No balance problems for me. In the Northwest you can't go wrong with Schwabs as they are everywhere and will take care of their customers.

That's been my experience. They're a mild AT that wears well. I didn't notice any noise issues. I'd recommend them.

 

[Bomar]

FYI - I'm told that Toyo is making (or will be soon) their Open Country M/T in LT255/85R16, load range E... specs below posted at expeditionportal.com:

Toyo Open County M/T 255/85R16E specs:

Overall diameter: 33.5 (how's that for a tall skinny tire!)
Overall width: 10.2
Static loaded Radius: 15.6
Wheel Width: 6.5-8 (7.0 measured rim width)
E-load-range: 3,415 @ 80-psi
Revolutions per mile: 619
Weight: 60-lbs
Tread Depth: 19/32"
Speed Rating: P (93-mph)



Sweet that is an awesome tire. If they do make this tire then maybe Cooper will also.

Thanks for the info.

I am in a holding mode also since my BFG AT's are in great shape.

 

[LC80Ducati996]

My LC has some wild country tires on it.. Not very aggressive but they have worn funky and I think they are crudola.. Knuckle brearings, wheel bearings, tie rod ends and alignment are all 100% on the truck so has to be the tires..

A friend has better wear pattern on his treadwright/hi-tech recaps...

So guess what? I ordered 5 315/75R16s from treadwright in their D-mud tread.. $475 with shiping $570...