Highway Tires on an OR

NO KIDDING - you may be prophetic...a close friend has a relatively good size (5-6 bay)tire/mechanic business, been around 25 plus years and is profitable...he has approached me to see if I would buy him out. I am NOT mechanically inclined - so I'm apprehensive about being in a business I am not familiar with...but to your point my tire bill would decrease. HAHA! Have a great day!

 

I'm a little upset right now, because Simple Tire doesn't have these in a 265/65-17 right now.
Anybody got anything good to say about the Toyo Open Country A30 or the Kumho Crugen HT51?
Hell, I may just stick with my decision to get a set of Toyo Open Country ATIIIs.

 

old thread i know but if it were me i'd find a set of sport take offs (i know they are out there)and run those rims and tires..

 

MPG dropped fairly dramatically after installing the Michelins, AT FIRST. 16+mpg was common. Could partially be attributed to winter blend gas, or something, but there was not any major changes in weather so I doubt it. Possibly some sort of break-in outer layer on the tire maybe?

This lasted several weeks, then it began to climb back up again.

Now, I am averaging about 1 gallon more per gallon (without putting effort into it) than I had previously with the Wranglers (typically when I really watched and worked at getting MPG up).

I imagine if I really worked at it, I could get my MPG up more. Maybe it will continue to get better as is.

For the record, I am currently averaging 18.9 mpg. I used to struggle to get 18. Stock '17 OR.

 

Just an update. 20 mpg (20.5 actually) is the norm now, without even working on trying to conserve. That is a huge improvement over the OEM Wranglers.

Yes, they are quieter too, although that only makes it easier to hear all the other squeaks and rattles.

So, yes, these seem to be an excellent choice for my application. Thanks for the recommendations to move to the Michelin Defender M+S.

I am now wondering if that mileage will go up with the addition of a tonneau cover. I've heard arguments both saying it will, and saying it won't improve. I needed one anyway, so I will soon know.

Thanks again all!!

 

might have just sold me on the ko2s i live in fl too but drive up north sometimes, i need magic tires that do good in the rain/heat and cold/snow lol

 

Check out www.simpletire.com
They have good deals on re-labeled tires.
And they ship to Firestone for free

 

With my tonneau cover, i get about 10-15 more miles per tank.

It does make a difference with my setup

 

Yes, I added a cover too sometime back. It did make a noticeable difference. Am usually in the low 20s now. up to 25ish on long, long highway trips. 18-20 when running the auto start a lot in the mornings on those cold, cold days. Am quite happy with my set up.

As far as the Michelin's, upon moving to Duluth and all the snow packed roads with this winter... these tires are doing great!

Had asked the dealership their opinion of them for winter, when I got here. They said I was "good to go" and that they are actually ones they highly recommend.

In the absolute worst of it, with 'wet & greasy snow pack', I've only had the back end slip around a street corner once (5 x 60lb sand tubes over the rear axle), and even then they grabbed traction back rather quickly. Have slid a few (literaly just a few) feet stopping (only on the back roads I take very early in the mornings and late in the evenings), maybe three times over six weeks, and that was when I realized I missed my turns at the last minute and got a little heavy on the brakes.

I've even pulled out the plow guy several times, when he's gotten his plow truck stuck in the greasy snow!!

Once, I backed too far into a ditch, turning around on a heavily snow covered back road where there were no other tire tracks previous to me driving it, while turning around (took a wrong turn, while still learning the way to a new job/project). It took a few minutes, with the rear lockers engaged and using the heaviest setting on the Multi Terrain Select, but these tires found traction and pulled me out. The roads were so bad that morning, they actually closed the job down that day before I got there!

At highway speeds in high winds, when even the long time locals complained of how slippery the highway was (same one I took), these tires did amazing! I won't say that I couldn't tell it was slippery out, but these tires held the road and kept me between the lines without issue.

I can't speak for their use "off road", other than for pulling out the plow guy and getting myself out of that ditch, but for road use,... these Michelins are the champ!!!