Colorado B/S Thread

[Hypoid]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I'll second the hankook atm rf10's. Great tire.

Where do you find that suffix, after the tire size? I have the ATMs, 112T after the tire size. They are older tires, I would call them "average" on ice.

 

[Kittrell]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Where do you find that suffix, after the tire size? I have the ATMs, 112T after the tire size. They are older tires, I would call them "average" on ice.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Hankook&tireModel=Dynapro+AT-M

RF10 is I think just the model number for the tire, not the load index and speed rating like you listed.

 

[in4aride]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

That^
For tires better on ice you start to cut into life of the tire and quality of tire on conditions other than snow/ice. IMO

 

[Fred]

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And there is the option of having them siped. It helps on tires with larger tread blocks.

 

[in4aride]

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The hankook is a very well sipes tire from the factory. And they are long deep sipes not just small surface ones that don't do a damn.
All around winter is the blizzaks hands down. Availability of size is hit or miss.
The attic claw is a great winter tire but wear fast, and not recommended for summer or year round use. Chunk a bit in the sand/Rock roads in the WP area. Also the sidewalls are less than stout.

 

[eflores]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I get 45-50k out of the rf10s on my 13k lb service truck
Great tire really

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I can't recall what tires are on the Liberty right now but they are siped. I may use them for a while but I eventually would like to get them swapped out for something that will be better for mild off roading.

 

[1-tonxj]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

was out on the back roads they were empty so I decided to play on the snow packed curves in the road...lol...lets say I took one curve way too fast drifting the curve in my school bus size pickup and could not keep the road so i turned the wheel to let it spin around completely since it was already to late to save so I was hoping it would just hit the burm sideways and stop ,which it did but my passenger fender just ever so slightly kissed and aspen and put a quarter size dent in my otherwise perfect fender ...it's a smooth dent ,but it's at or possibly was below zero and paint does not stretch at those temps so while I could pop the dent I can't easily fix the split in the paint...lol...so 10 minutes of fun will cost me about $200 to fix the ding ...lol...you would think at my age I would have learned better ,but nope ...I need to get my Jeep done so I can stop f-ing off in my pickup to get my stupid driving fix .

 

[DutchVDub]

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Good to see you are still kicking Dutch. I know life has been rough lately, but check in every once in a while anyway.

Thanks Tom, I appreciate it

Tires on the Liberty are no good in the snow but I am having a hell of a time finding anything like a BFG AT, MT in 235/60/18.

Nitto terra-grapplers are awesome tires

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

I have searched high and low and I cannot find a tire that is a more aggressive all terrain tire that comes in a 235/60/18.

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Nitto makes a Terra Grappler G2 in 255/55/18. How can I go about making sure a slightly different size will fit?

 

[rockfrog]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

2012 Liberty per Discount Tires.
http://m.discounttire.com/dtcs/tirePlusSizes.do?v=021702|2012&r=COSINT|pc|80923

 

[Kittrell]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

If you get a 255/55 might as well just get a BFG. Even the General Grabber has pretty good ratings.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surve...ratio=55&diameter=18&tireSearch=true&filter=y

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Thanks for posting that. I have a message into a guy over on Jeep forum to see if he was on stock suspension when he fitted some 255/60 Hankook tires. If he was then 255/55 should be even less of an issue right? Tire should actually be slightly shorter? And yes...I'd rather have the BFG in that case.

 

[riverfever]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

If I'm correct...the 255/55 should be about 3/4" wider than the 235 and pretty darn close to the same height if my math is correct.

 

[Kittrell]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

If I'm correct...the 255/55 should be about 3/4" wider than the 235 and pretty darn close to the same height if my math is correct.

Correct, just 3/4" wider and 1/10" shorter. The 255/60 is still about 3/4" wider but 1" taller.

 

[Hypoid]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

If I'm correct...the 255/55 should be about 3/4" wider than the 235 and pretty darn close to the same height if my math is correct.

Correct: http://victorylibrary.com/mopar/car-tire.htm

Did you ever find the GVWR sticker?

 

[riverfever]

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Mike the sticker does call for 235/60/18. I just looked up the tire size for the Limited Jet Edition and they run 245/50/20 on those. To my knowledge, those have the same suspension so a 245 should be 9.6" wide so if the suspension is the same we're now talking about less than half an inch wider if I go with 255. Seems like it should fit huh?

 

[Hypoid]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

Given that tire sizes are nominal, OK.

My purpose in looking for the decal is to verify the rated size, as opposed to the previous owner's budget or preference.

 

[xj-grin]

Re: The Colorado BS thread

This seems appropriate this week...