MT/R kevlar experiences

[gotblazers]

I spent about an hour reading reviews on-line unfortunately i couldnt find many people who were any kind of a respectable wheeler reviewing it whining about
.Tire noise (its a focking offroad tire, Turn the radio up and forget about it like the rest of us)
.No good in wet road conditions, Some people say its amazing others say its total ****. Im not sure why people expected this to do great on wet roads no half respectable mud tire does.

My use is
1.street driving
2.Dirt trails of all kinds (loose dirt has proven the most dangerous almost rolling me down a 500 foot hill)
3.off camber climbing
4.Occassional mud although its probably going to be more common with winter wheeling time coming its hard to avoid on the trails.

I'll be running it on a 76 k5 with a 4'' lift
Tire size=33x12.5x15

 

[DuckTruck]

I had a set of 37"s on my H2 before I lifted it and went to 39.5"s.

The MTR's were a great tire, balanced well, and did not get noise until well later in their hard, long life. If you are looking for a tough, off road tire that is needed to perform well over half daily-driver duties, then it is your tire.

DUCK

 

[gotblazers]

I had a set of 37"s on my H2 before I lifted it and went to 39.5"s.

The MTR's were a great tire, balanced well, and did not get noise until well later in their hard, long life. If you are looking for a tough, off road tire that is needed to perform well over half daily-driver duties, then it is your tire.

DUCK

thats what i like to hear .

 

[2_wacko]

I have seen these tires on the military humvee's so yeah I would think there a great tire but, expensive.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I have seen these tires on the military humvee's so yeah I would think there a great tire but, expensive.

Isn't that a different Goodyear tire?

Yes, he's thinking about the older MT/R tread, not the newer Kevlar with the chevron-ish tread. I've got a couple thousand sets of them on and off of HMMWV's sitting here and nothing but the old MT/R style.

 

[miniwally]

I've had a set of sticky comp MTR Kevlar tires on the race car for a year now.
While they are a sticky tire they do share the same tread pattern, and basic tire design with the street version of the MTR. The stickys are just awsome in the way they grip. I ran them in KOH this year, At easter jeep safari, and agian at Blazer bash. The sidewalls hold up well, we did cut one at KOH but we think it was a piece of metal poking out of the side of the trail. I have ran all of the trails I normally run and been happy with the overall tire performance.

Bottom line is that I love them. I wouldn't change tires at all.

My brother runs a set of 42" MTR street versions on his blazer and I have been nothing but impressed with them from the first time I watched them work. The first day I got to wheel with him and the MTRs I was running a set of Irok bias ply 42" tires. If there would have been a goodyear tire store on the side of the trail I would have burned the Iroks for a set of the MTRs. Even in the street compound they stick well, the tire conforms and flexs nicely when aired down and seems to behave well all around. He was pulling lines that no one else could that day. He has made several comments that he thinks his tires are stickies even though the sticky compound didn't come out until 6 months after he got his. They are the normal street compound with DOT numbers on the sidewall.

I give them out of

 

[gotblazers]

Yes, he's thinking about the older MT/R tread, not the newer Kevlar with the chevron-ish tread. I've got a couple thousand sets of them on and off of HMMWV's sitting here and nothing but the old MT/R style.

Yeah im talking about the new kevlars.

I've had a set of sticky comp MTR Kevlar tires on the race car for a year now.
While they are a sticky tire they do share the same tread pattern, and basic tire design with the street version of the MTR. The stickys are just awsome in the way they grip. I ran them in KOH this year, At easter jeep safari, and agian at Blazer bash. The sidewalls hold up well, we did cut one at KOH but we think it was a piece of metal poking out of the side of the trail. I have ran all of the trails I normally run and been happy with the overall tire performance.

Bottom line is that I love them. I wouldn't change tires at all.

My brother runs a set of 42" MTR street versions on his blazer and I have been nothing but impressed with them from the first time I watched them work. The first day I got to wheel with him and the MTRs I was running a set of Irok bias ply 42" tires. If there would have been a goodyear tire store on the side of the trail I would have burned the Iroks for a set of the MTRs. Even in the street compound they stick well, the tire conforms and flexs nicely when aired down and seems to behave well all around. He was pulling lines that no one else could that day. He has made several comments that he thinks his tires are stickies even though the sticky compound didn't come out until 6 months after he got his. They are the normal street compound with DOT numbers on the sidewall.

I give them out of

Thats exactly what i wanted to hear . Appreciate the help man im going to go to work and pick up a set of em for 650 out the door. I work at a goodyear tire shop haha . Taking em to hollister hill for a t-day wheeling weekend party.

 

[owenst7]

My buddy down here in Reno has been running the 42"s for about a year. He says he wished he had bought new KM2s. He's cut sidewalls on them already and said they aren't as tough as his KM2s were. He also said he preferred the KM2s in the snow.

We run a lot of sharp rocks and deep (well, not like AK, but 4+ feet) snow.

I don't have any extended personal experience with either really. I run bias cuz they're cheaper and have thicker sidewalls.

At Stampede KOH qualifier I was working at down here in Sparks, it was around 50/50 between the BFGs and the Goodyears with the racers, with a handful of others thrown in there. I didn't notice one tire performing drastically different than the other with the red labels. There were tons of flats with both, but we're talking about rock racing here too.

I will also add that my buddy that's run both on his trail rig can tear up an anvil with a rubber hammer.

 

[gotblazers]

My buddy down here in Reno has been running the 42"s for about a year. He says he wished he had bought new KM2s. He's cut sidewalls on them already and said they aren't as tough as his KM2s were. He also said he preferred the KM2s in the snow.

We run a lot of sharp rocks and deep (well, not like AK, but 4+ feet) snow.

I don't have any extended personal experience with either really. I run bias cuz they're cheaper and have thicker sidewalls.

At Stampede KOH qualifier I was working at down here in Sparks, it was around 50/50 between the BFGs and the Goodyears with the racers, with a handful of others thrown in there. I didn't notice one tire performing drastically different than the other with the red labels. There were tons of flats with both, but we're talking about rock racing here too.

I will also add that my buddy that's run both on his trail rig can tear up an anvil with a rubber hammer.

Sounds like one hell of a guy.

I will definitley recommend this tire for my use which is mud/rocks/dirt clay mixture. The tire grabbed on anything and dug deep at a seconds notice, It cleaned it self out with ease in thick mud even in 4 wheel lo and drive. I aired it down to 20 and it didnt miss a beat all day. My only hinderance was my open differential i could not ask for a better job from this tire. Also i'd like to note i was wheeling with the tire pretty much brand new (60 miles on it by the time i got to the park). I will be using this as my exclusively offroad only tire except for driving to the wheeling spot. I wont say its better than the TSL Bias as the other 2 guys i was with were running TSL Bias's with lockers and did great also But i would say its much more streetable and its an even match with the TSL Bias for everything but maybe mud as i didnt get mine in any deep mud.

 

[Russell]

A friend of mine has a set of 37s on his daily driver Ford Ranger. Loves those tires, he participated in the Peterson's Ultimate Adventure this summer, and they did very well to bust parts for him down in the US, haha!