Yokohama Y742S Tire Review (photos work now!)
I posted this over at Expo Portal, but thought some of the 40/45/55/60 guys over here might be interested:
This is not much of a "review" yet, just initial impressions after about 400 miles. I'll add info as I get more miles on the tires...
I do land surveying work 5 days a week and sell land out in the boonies on weekends. The surveying truck gets 500+ highway miles for every 50 off-pavement miles. The land-sales FJ80 probably runs about 200 highway miles for every 100 off-pavement miles, and does it in a lot rougher country. All of that is to give some background and give you guys some idea of how these tires will be used.
These 742's replaced a set of Yokohama Geolanders in 285/75R16, which were really too large for this truck, but wore extremely well and lived through almost 50,000 miles without a single flat. The only tires we've had on these surveying trucks that have done that well are Toyo M-55's that a coworker has put about 40,000mi on. I'm with Redline in not liking the shallow center treads on the M-55's though. My buddy's center tread looks like a solid zigzag now, rather than two rows of individual lugs. When I saw a photo of these 742's on the net, I was thinking: "M-55ish aggressive AT tread, no shallow center lugs, Yokohama quality, almost $100 per tire lower price than M-55's, and it sucks that the largest size is 235/85R16."
I've been thinking about replacing the 255/85R16 Toyo M/T's on my FJ80 with a set of these Yokohamas, so when the boss decided to "overhaul" the surveying truck instead of buying a new one, I figured I could use that truck as guinea pig... with the boss' money.
My initial impressions/observations: The tires ride nice on the highway, but have a noticeable howl that seems to start as a growl at about 30 mph and rise in pitch (but not volume) until it becomes almost un-noticed at 70+ mph. Similar sound to the M-55's on my coworker's truck.
Sucks that 235/85R16 are the largest size. Did I say that already? I'd LOVE to have a set of these tires in 255/85R16 for my Cruiser, but it took Discount Tire a week to round up a set of 742's, so I doubt there's any plans on the horizon for Yokohama to market these and start making more sizes. I really like the tread design, though. Seems a good no b.s. aggressive AT style that would be hard to beat for the actual use that most of us put tires to. I guess mud-terrains sell better, though.
Sucks that 235/85R16 is the largest size though.
FJ80 shown below for size comparison between the 255 M/T's and these 235's.
I posted this over at Expo Portal, but thought some of the 40/45/55/60 guys over here might be interested:
This is not much of a "review" yet, just initial impressions after about 400 miles. I'll add info as I get more miles on the tires...
I do land surveying work 5 days a week and sell land out in the boonies on weekends. The surveying truck gets 500+ highway miles for every 50 off-pavement miles. The land-sales FJ80 probably runs about 200 highway miles for every 100 off-pavement miles, and does it in a lot rougher country. All of that is to give some background and give you guys some idea of how these tires will be used.
These 742's replaced a set of Yokohama Geolanders in 285/75R16, which were really too large for this truck, but wore extremely well and lived through almost 50,000 miles without a single flat. The only tires we've had on these surveying trucks that have done that well are Toyo M-55's that a coworker has put about 40,000mi on. I'm with Redline in not liking the shallow center treads on the M-55's though. My buddy's center tread looks like a solid zigzag now, rather than two rows of individual lugs. When I saw a photo of these 742's on the net, I was thinking: "M-55ish aggressive AT tread, no shallow center lugs, Yokohama quality, almost $100 per tire lower price than M-55's, and it sucks that the largest size is 235/85R16."
I've been thinking about replacing the 255/85R16 Toyo M/T's on my FJ80 with a set of these Yokohamas, so when the boss decided to "overhaul" the surveying truck instead of buying a new one, I figured I could use that truck as guinea pig... with the boss' money.
My initial impressions/observations: The tires ride nice on the highway, but have a noticeable howl that seems to start as a growl at about 30 mph and rise in pitch (but not volume) until it becomes almost un-noticed at 70+ mph. Similar sound to the M-55's on my coworker's truck.
Sucks that 235/85R16 are the largest size. Did I say that already? I'd LOVE to have a set of these tires in 255/85R16 for my Cruiser, but it took Discount Tire a week to round up a set of 742's, so I doubt there's any plans on the horizon for Yokohama to market these and start making more sizes. I really like the tread design, though. Seems a good no b.s. aggressive AT style that would be hard to beat for the actual use that most of us put tires to. I guess mud-terrains sell better, though.
Sucks that 235/85R16 is the largest size though.
FJ80 shown below for size comparison between the 255 M/T's and these 235's.
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