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by Editors of Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports' editors test 14 all-terrain tires and find only two they can recommend. None of the tires tested is rated as "LT" or light-truck tires -- all carry a passenger-tire designation. The… editors' rationale is that most people who buy these tires and vehicles rarely venture off-road, and thus these tires are adequate. Accordingly, Consumer Reports tests the tires only on pavement, with no off-road testing. For the first time, Consumer Reports tests treadwear this year, along with rolling resistance, comfort, noise and performance on dry, wet, snowy and icy roads.
by Editors of Consumer Reports
In this report, Consumer Reports tests 20 all-season SUV and light-truck tires. For the first time, editors test treadwear. They find big differences between tires and sometimes, discrepancies with… government treadwear ratings. The tires are also tested on wet, dry, snowy and icy roads, with editors judging their comfort and noise levels. Consumer Reports is one of the few sources that tests rolling resistance, which can be a factor in gas mileage.
by Editors of Petersen's 4 Wheel & Off Road
Testers here evaluate new off-road tires as they come on the market. In single-tire reviews, they thoroughly explain performance in mud, on rocks and on the highway. However, editors almost always find some… reason to recommend each tire, and the reviews could be more critical. Editors do pit six monster tires against each other in one head-to-head test, and the Super Swamper LTB and Super Swamper Irok come out best overall.
by Editors of Four Wheeler
Testers here try out tires in hub-deep mud pits and on the highway, as well as on rocky jaunts such as Utah's Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Dozens of tires get thorough write-ups, but these are uniformly… complimentary and thus not particularly helpful for narrowing your choices. Testers do not usually rate tires against one another, except for one head-to-head test orchestrated by Hankook, which the Hankook tire wins.
by Contributors to Tire Rack
Tire Rack invites anyone to participate in its cumulative tire survey, which now boasts more than 140,000 contributions since 1997. Owners rate tires in up to 11 categories and are asked to rate their… likelihood of purchasing the same tire again. Winners among all-season truck tires are the Goodyear Fortera SL Edition and General Grabber HTS. Among summer tires, the Continental ContiCrossContact UHP and Michelin XPS Rib are noted, and among all-terrain tires, the Michelin LTX A/T2 and Firestone Destination M/T get top billing.
by Editors of Tire Rack
by Editors of NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires manufacturers to test their tires for treadwear, traction and heat resistance, and to label the tires with these ratings. Consumers can look up… tire ratings, either by brand or by rating. NHTSA offers thorough explanations of the ratings, but it does not recommend any tire over another, and several light-truck tire lines are left out. Defect and recall alerts are also posted here.
by Editors of Off-Road.com
by James Bergeron
Canadian reviewer James Bergeron accepts an invitation to Michelin's Alabama launch of the new LTX A/T2 light-truck tire. He admits he is inexperienced with trucks and off-roading, and he relies heavily… upon Michelin's corporate description of its tire in this review. He concludes, however, that the tire propels the test truck, a Ford F-150, nicely up and down extreme inclines, over rocks and through streams, while remaining as quiet and smooth on the pavement as a luxury touring tire.
by Jil McIntosh
Reviewer Jil McIntosh travels to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the launch of Pirelli's Scorpion ATR tire, to see if it really is equally at home on and off the pavement. A freak hail-and-ice storm… doesn't bother the Scorpion ATR on the test track, she reports. It has no problem holding a heavy Hummer on a muddy, nearly vertical slope. Although the trail test through Valley of Fire State Park never really strays from the gravel, McIntosh notes that the same can be said of most light truck and SUV drivers.
by Contributors to Offroaders.com
by Contributors to Offroaders.com
by Contributors to CarReview.com
by Contributors to Epinions.com
Nearly 400 tire models have accumulated reviews from consumers who post at Epinions. Several tires have just a handful of reviews, which are dated in some cases. Different tire types are mixed together --… snow tires, big off-road truck tires and standard car tires -- but if you have a specific tire in mind, you can do a keyword search. Five currently available SUV/truck tires have achieved a rating of at least four out of five points with more than 10 reviews posted: Goodyear Wrangler MT/R, Michelin Cross Terrain SUV, Michelin LTX M/S, BFGoodrich Mud Terrain T/A KM and BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A KO.
by Grant Davis
Writer Grant Davis installs a set of brand-new Goodyear Fortera SUV tires on his Toyota 4Runner and quickly becomes enamored with them following a two-hour wet-driving adventure. A summer storm convinces… Davis that the Fortera is a superior wet-performer that really resists hydroplaning. Davis notes that while other vehicles were stopped, he was able to continue driving the 4Runner at speeds up to 75 miles per hour. Although he appreciates the SilentArmor Kevlar layer, the wet performance of the tire is what immediately impresses him.
by Andrew Bornhop
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