off-road and highway tires?

dictum · Jul 26, 2024

2013 Yukon Denali XL

Want a better tire which does not get the vehicle stuck on a rain saturated lawn. What I got makes the vehicle stuck real easy. It's mostly for highway/city driving but do not want to get stuck on wet lawns and dig deep into them while spinning the tires, trying to get out.

All purpose, all terrain? What is it I need? Brand / models? It's the 18" standard wheel.

Also want some load-rated capability in it. As I may do some towing with it.

K2 Kaiju · Jul 26, 2024

Continental Terrain Contact AT. The most street AT tire...

Marky Dissod · Jul 27, 2024

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/category.jsp?category=ON_OFF_ROAD

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/perfCat.jsp?perf=ONAT

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/perfCat.jsp?perf=OFAT

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/perfCat.jsp?perf=RAT

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/types/perfCat.jsp?perf=ORCT

Joseph Garcia · Jul 27, 2024

Michelin Defender tires are great for the road, and the NH winters have not stopped them. I believe that they come in load-rated capacities.

Doubeleive · Jul 27, 2024

look up the Nexen Roadian at
you won't get 60,000 out of them but they won't break the bank either and have very good ratings

Charlie207 · Jul 29, 2024

dictum said:
2013 Yukon Denali XL

Want a better tire which does not get the vehicle stuck on a rain saturated lawn. What I got makes the vehicle stuck real easy. It's mostly for highway/city driving but do not want to get stuck on wet lawns and dig deep into them while spinning the tires, trying to get out.

All purpose, all terrain? What is it I need? Brand / models? It's the 18" standard wheel.

Also want some load-rated capability in it. As I may do some towing with it.

Where you at?

If you can still find the Nokian Rotiva ATs, they are the bee's knees. Long treadlife, and good all-terrain performance.

Bigburb3500 · Jul 30, 2024

I think we need to start with where you are located. That will depend if you also need a snow rated tire as I would guess you do not have snow tires dedicated for winter use.

Next is budget. I think you have been provided some great options but they all mean bumpkis if they are not in your price range.

Finally, after that, do you want something that “looks cool” too? That’s where opinions start to REALLY take hold. Tires in general have a lot of opinions. I’m a BFG guy, I won’t even pretend otherwise.

Charlie207 · Jul 30, 2024

Bigburb3500 said:
That will depend if you also need a snow rated tire as I would guess you do not have snow tires dedicated for winter use.

I love listening to the mental gymnastics people around me go through in attempts to explain why snow tires aren't needed in northern New England.

These are the same people who can only manage 15mph during a storm, can't make it up hills (even with 4wd), and ask me to help them get out of ditches. They simply can't grasp that all-season (and most A/T - even with the snowflake) are never ever ever ever going to be as good as a snow tire with a specialized rubber compound with 10x the amount of treadblock sipes; these concepts sail clear over their heads.

Also, there is the financial aspect: Your fancy-pants A/T tires will last much longer if you only use them in the non-winter months. Buy the cheapest snow tires (skinny & studded is better than brodozer-wide hockey pucks) and run those during the winter, so you aren't spinning.

Then there are the people who get 2" of snow every three years, and want to chime in.

Trey Hardy · Jul 30, 2024

dictum said:
2013 Yukon Denali XL

Want a better tire which does not get the vehicle stuck on a rain saturated lawn. What I got makes the vehicle stuck real easy. It's mostly for highway/city driving but do not want to get stuck on wet lawns and dig deep into them while spinning the tires, trying to get out.

All purpose, all terrain? What is it I need? Brand / models? It's the 18" standard wheel.

Also want some load-rated capability in it. As I may do some towing with it.

Nitto terra grapplers are great tires and last a real long time! I liked them better then my Toyo at2s I had but both were good
My favorite I think would’ve been the ridge grapplers because of the aggressive sidewall but smooth quiet ride on road

Bigburb3500 · Jul 30, 2024

Charlie207 said:
I love listening to the mental gymnastics people around me go through in attempts to explain why snow tires aren't needed in northern New England.

These are the same people who can only manage 15mph during a storm, can't make it up hills (even with 4wd), and ask me to help them get out of ditches. They simply can't grasp that all-season (and most A/T - even with the snowflake) are never ever ever ever going to be as good as a snow tire with a specialized rubber compound with 10x the amount of treadblock sipes; these concepts sail clear over their heads.

Also, there is the financial aspect: Your fancy-pants A/T tires will last much longer if you only use them in the non-winter months. Buy the cheapest snow tires (skinny & studded is better than brodozer-wide hockey pucks) and run those during the winter, so you aren't spinning.

Then there are the people who get 2" of snow every three years, and want to chime in.

**caution sarcasm following this disclaimer**
Ya, I don’t need snow tires because I have traction control. It’s has gotten me out of course 10 FEET snow drifts after I swerved to avoid a rare albino snow deer. My AT are fine but everyone else should have them.

Back to reality: I do agree a cheap set of snow tires are much better than AT in the cold. I think there is a large group of not people replacing tires at the correct time too. Many tires are actually UV damaged that impacts effectiveness even though there is still tread life on the tire.

**edited. Added information and correction for legibility.

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