Alternate GoodYear/Cooper Tire choice, 265-70-16

I am at 11,800 miles of misery with my OEM Kevlar enforced Good Year tires. I have had them rotated and balanced, road force balanced, at dealership and at Discount tire, and the truck still has a shaking steering wheel at highway speeds. I have an Offroad 2WD.....I do not off road, I am on the highway 90% of the time.

Goodyear has replaced two due to bad workmanship but is willing to replace all 4. What is a decent tire alternative through good year and smooth on the highway that will balance out easily?

 

If you want smooth, Michelin is probably your best bet.

 

Oh I agree and know that........BUT...........Good year is willing to swap out with another Good Year, Kelly, or Cooper product........Michelin, the cost is on me!

 

I've had good luck with Cooper tires in the past, no recent experience though.

 

Gotcha. Don't go with duratracs. Mine have been terrible.

 

I have the goodyear you mentioned and have no problems with shaking steering wheel at 11000 miles . Maybe something else wrong?
Edit I have OEM tires .

 

Look at the list of recalled tires below for the last 6 mos. I would be careful with Cooper.

List of all U.S. Tire Association Member tires recalled from August 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018

TIN Range Manufacturer Brand Model Size Recall Date
5ALC327(2615 - 4116) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company AVON Viper Stryke 160/60R14 9/29/17
5AKX327(0115 - 1417) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company AVON Viper Stryke 120/70R15 9/29/17
5A4F327(3015 - 1417) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company AVON Viper Stryke 160/60R15 9/29/17
5AKW327(3215 - 1116) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company AVON Viper Stryke 120/70/R14 9/29/17
R7HYC28(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company COOPER Cobra Radial G/T P215/70R14 12/14/17
R7FCC28(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company COOPER Cobra Radial G/T P225/70R14 12/14/17
R7UUC28(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company COOPER Cobra Radial G/T P225/70R15 12/14/17
R7HLC2T(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company COOPER Trendsetter SE P235/75R15 12/14/17
R7ULC2T(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company COOPER Trendsetter SE P205/75R15 12/14/17
R7HLXH3(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company CORNELL 1000 P235/75R15 12/14/17
R7ULEK2(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company EL DORADO Golden Fury GFT P205/75R15 12/14/17
R7FCXBH(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company FUTURA GLS Super Sport P225/70R14 12/14/17
R7HLFEB(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT A/S IV P235/75R15 12/14/17
R7ULFEB(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT A/S IV P205/75R15 12/14/17
R7FCFF6(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT Avenger G/T P225/70R14 12/14/17
R70FFW9(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT MC-440 205/55R16 12/14/17
R741FW8(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT MC-440 225/60R17 12/14/17
R75MFW8(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT MC-440 215/60R16 12/14/17
R7X3FW8(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT MC-440 225/60R16 12/14/17
R790FW8(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company MASTERCRAFT MC-440 185/60R15 12/14/17
HB7D01CX(1616 - 1816) Michelin North America, Inc. Michelin Pilot Power 3 180/55ZR17 M/C (73W) 9/7/17
R70FLMU(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE RS-C 2.0 205/55R16 12/14/17
R70FLDJ(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE RS-C 2.0 205/55R16 12/14/17
R75MLDJ(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE RS-C 2.0 215/60R16 12/14/17
R7MFXKV(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE SF-340 P185/60R15 12/14/17
R7X8XKV(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE SF-340 P215/60R16 12/14/17
R7X0XKV(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE SF-340 P225/60R16 12/14/17
R72HXKV(0617 - 0717) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company STARFIRE SF-340 P215/65R16 12/14/17
R7FCT22(0617 - 0617) Cooper Tire & Rubber Company VANDERBILT Turbo-Tech G/T Radial P225/70R14 12/14/17

 

Personally, I'd choose Cooper over Goodyear 9 times out of 10.

The Cooper Discoverer AT3 if you're looking for something with some more bite for snow or light off road use or the Cooper Discoverer SRX if you'll be staying on road or don't see snow at all.

But that's just an opinion from someone in the tire industry.

 

AT3 would be my choice. Put them on daughters Liberty and no problems

 

Maybe have the alignment checked?

 

Cooper ATP, AT3, ST MAXX

 

What bad about duratracs and what size and load type do you have? I was going to get them but reviews are so mixed.

 

265/70 17 in c load. They've never been balanced, I gave up trying. For about 7-8k miles traction was good. Then they got loud, and traction isn't great. If I could do it over again I would have got BFG's like I had before.

 

Sorry to hear that. I was close to getting them but keep on debating between Duractracs, KO2 and Michelin LTX AT2. Looks like I’m down to the KO2 or Michelin’s.