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Hello,

I've read the previous posts in regard to questions about the $200.0 fee for All Terrain tires and the SR-A tires not being labeled as such nor do they look like a typical "all terrain" tire. I own a 2014 Silverado crew cab with the SR-a's and while I don't go off road I do drive & tow in severe snow conditions at times. Also a matter of principle, like anyone else I like to get what I paid for and my dealer has offered no help with this.

 

But I recently talked to a Goodyear rep who told me that the SR-A tire that has a "P" prefix letter, like "P265-65-r18" (which I have ) is not an All Terrain tire; the only ones that qualify for that rating are tires that have a "LT" prefix before the size. Just wondering if anyone has heard this or can qualify what I was told?

 

Also like to hear from anyone who has the SR-A tires that has driven their trucks in severe snow conditions and how the tires performed?

 

Thanks,

Don

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frenchsquared Enthusiast

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Mine worked very well in the snow going to Salt Lake, but they were 1 day old.

I am replacing them. General rule is they suck.

 

P is a passenger tire.

LT is a light truck tire.

 

P's will puncture easier, have less aggressive tread and a softer compound.

So, with that in mind a P is not as good of an all terrain tire. Where I live

a cactus will pop a P and will not hurt an LT. Everyone runs LT's

wurgs Senior Enthusiast

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I never heard that before. LT designation stands for " light truck" which is a tire that has more layers, typically "C" range are 6ply, "D" range are 8 ply, and "E" range are 10 ply tires.

Brian S. Enthusiast

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I have the SR/passenger Wranglers.

 

Drove up to Northern WI in the snow last week, put it in Auto, no problems. Drove around on frozen lakes with a foot of snow and slush on them, no problems.

 

Take them off paved roads down unplowed dirt roads every winter. (my cabin is a mile back such a road, as are some of my ice fishing spots.

 

Wouldn't be my first choice for off road, or leaving the Auto off, but they're fine for the sort of traction I need. (and a lot quieter than the ATs)

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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SR-A is junk plain and simple, they suck in rain and snow.

Agreed.. Sra are pure junk... I had them on my 2500 and after 15 miles they looked more than half worn

dagwood2001 Enthusiast

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i am one of the few peeps here who seem to like the SRA's. I got my truck in August of 2013, we had 4-5 feet of snow in the Philly Region last year, and it's fairly hilly terrain as well. Didn't have a single problem. Now, I know they have a reputation for not aging well, but i have 12,500 miles on mine and was looking at them the other day and they seemed fine-no wearing issues, cracking, any of that stuff.

 

Now for disclosure purposes, I did a 36 month lease that I'm half way into, so I'm not going to spend 1300-1500 bucks on Grapplers or something like that, but I plan on buying next time, and when I do that will probably upgrade the tires on that truck.


Agreed.. Sra are pure junk... I had them on my 2500 and after 15 miles they looked more than half worn

 

15 or 15K?

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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Based on comments in this forum, is was prepared to not like the SR-A's on the 1500. (my last truck was a 2500 and I drove direct from the GM dealer to my tire guy to install different tires). For what ever reason I decided to give them a try.

 

I'm in an area that often gets lake effect snow. To my surprise, I have been happy with the snow/ice performance of the SR-A tires.

OhmMega Enthusiast

OhmMega

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Goodyear in general are poor quality tires. Bridge stone/Firestone, BF Goodrich, Michelin are much better. DO NOT BUY FROM WALLMART!! They have theirs made cheap.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't done any mudding or had a chance to drive in snow yet, but so far the SR-As are pretty decent. Even if I didn't like them at all I figure that you still paid for them in the purchase price of the vehicle so might as well use them until they wear out.

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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I haven't done any mudding or had a chance to drive in snow yet, but so far the SR-As are pretty decent. Even if I didn't like them at all I figure that you still paid for them in the purchase price of the vehicle so might as well use them until they wear out.

 

Heck, I would avoid mud like the plague with the stock street tires. If you are not going off-road, stick with the stockers. Tread design aside, one of my biggest requirements on a tire is their puncture resistance. Fixing flats off-road is a pain at best, and a potentially critical situation if you loose more than one tire. I buy the best tires and most durable tires I can find for my uses. I've had very good results doing this...so far.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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Heck, I would avoid mud like the plague with the stock street tires. If you are not going off-road, stick with the stockers. Tread design aside, one of my biggest requirements on a tire is their puncture resistance. Fixing flats off-road is a pain at best, and a potentially critical situation if you loose more than one tire. I buy the best tires and most durable tires I can find for my uses. I've had very good results doing this...so far.

 

I've gone on plenty of dirt and gravel roads but when I say off-road I mean in the mud or actual trails that usually require 4x4. I sure as hell isn't going to do that in this truck. I went mudding and played around in my 98 even though all sets I had on it were street/highway tread tires. It took a little while but I figured out what the truck could and couldn't do with street tires. The only non-highway tread tires I had on it were BFGoodrich All-Terrain TAs and they were great except the grooves weren't wide enough for thick mud. I don't plan on getting even all terrains for this truck because I won't need anything even moderatly aggressive. My 98 with street tires didn't pretty good in snow even though it needed 4x4 when I could have it in 2wd with moderate aggressive tires. The amount of snow we get in NC any 4x4 can get around with street tires. I know everybody is loving the new BFGoodrich All-Terrains but I have no need for them so even my next set with probably just be street tires.

jamin87ss Senior Enthusiast

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Came on to start this exact thread, here in buffalo we are getting a good blast if snow, my plan was to replace these when I got truck, but when I got the truck money was tight, after driving around today I will say they are better then I expected based on this forum, they are not as good as my bridgestone a/t's were, so I'm gonna run them, I'm expecting them to wear out bye 25k, I just had a rental with good years, (impala) and i couldn't make it to work yesterday, next time I buy a truck I will go in and neg the tires before I purchase, my money will never again go to Goodyear, even in a indirect way

Tqjunkie Enthusiast

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Mine seem to be really good in the snow,after reading some of the comments on here I thought they were going to be treacherous when the snow came but not so they are quite good ,mine do seem to get flat spots when sitting over night in cold weather and they take a few miles to round out but not a big deal.

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