tires

THE BIGPUNN · December 12, 2001

i'm looking at 285's in either dunlop radial rover a/t, radial rover r/v, or the pirelli scorpion a/t. any input?

Shaners · December 12, 2001

Years ago my roomate from college had Dunlop Rovers as OEM on his Nissan pickup. They lasted a long time for him...

At that point in his life he was working as a tree planter and would drive back into areas where they clear cut in the middle of the woods and plant 1000's of new trees. He rarely got stuck, and I saw pictures of some of these logging roads and was truely amazed!!!

Suburbanite · December 13, 2001

Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly in passenger tires and Goodyear, Dunlop, Kelly and Steelmark in truck tires; are all related companies. While I don't have any personal experience with the Dunlops or Goodyears, from what I've read on various forums Goodyears don't wear very well. Don't know whether that would extend to Dunlops. Earlier post suggests not. My brother runs Goodyears even tho he knows of their problems but he has access to a lift & rotates his every oil change, about every 3000 miles. Problems I've read about concerned cupping & accelerated wear.

Good luck in your choice.

4x4S10 · December 13, 2001

My dad has a set of Dunlop Rover Rv's on his '89 K1500 and you can't beat them for the money. They are noisy though, but traction is great.

Smitty00Z71 · December 13, 2001

I just got Brigestone Dueler AT"s 285, I couldn't imagin a better tire, best thing I ever did for my truck.

Kansas Kid · December 13, 2001

One of our forum members (Hoot) has Dunlop tires on his 2500HD. You might send him a message asking what he thinks, since he has first hand experience with them. I've never run a set of Dunlop tires, so I can't really comment.

HillHound · December 14, 2001

My dad has Dunlops on his truck but I don't know anymore about what specific kind they are. I guess he has about 20000miles on them with no trouble from them.

siume99 · December 14, 2001

Another thing to consider with tires, is wear vs traction. Usually, when given the same tread pattern, a tire that wears faster usually has better traction and a tire that wears slower has less traction. It just depends on whether you want more traction for tricky spots or if you want more durability and less tire changes (and probably easier to burn out with )