new road tires needed for my 1975 chevy k5

[feregie]

Hi,
I have some pretty old tires on my vehicle and need some new tires. I am not into offroading. I just want to have some good tires for blazing around the city and safetly driving highways at 100km/hr.
I also want tires that are good in the rain as my Chevy tends to hydroplane after 70km/hr and it's not pretty.
Any recommendations? Hardly snows where I am. But may as well have Mud and Snow tires in case i go up the mountains.
I got quoted for some tires that will run me $1100 but that seems steep.
These were the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac
The current markings on my tires are as follows:
DOT BH60 AC7146
DOT BH60 AC7156
904
31X10.50 R15 LT M +S
109N
let me know what you think!!! I don't mind keeping the same size...seems to work for me.

 

[dremu]

31x10.50 on 15 is a normal, stock-ish size.

I like the BFG All Terrain (AT) for a street/4WD sort of truck; I think that Wrangler is in the same class in terms of tread. Might be a smidge aggressive for what you need, though. You could step down to like an "all-season" type tire, like a BFG "Rugged Trail" or "Rugged Terrain" or whatever they call them these days.

-- A

 

[feregie]

thank you

 

[runamok151]

x2 on the BFG ATs. IMHO it's the best all around tire on the market. They excel at everything except the nastiest mud. They were the first tire to pass the new M&S ratings and still have the highest score.

 

[nocok5]

I put some Falken Rocky Mountain ATS tires on my stock K5. Work really well and are pretty inexpensive. I don't do a lot of highway driving, but when I have they seem fine.

 

[snowdriver]

I used Goodyear wranglers on my blazer 31 10.50 and these particular wranglers had the mountain and snowflake stamp that made them a approved traction tire in the mountains,and are outstanding in the snow and rain