Daisy needs appropriate shoes!
When I first laid eyes on her in JTW8's driveway, I noticed the 2008 date code & spider's web of cracks on the sidewall and told myself to replace them, pronto.
So a little over a year, 12 kayak trips & 2500 miles later, right front tar blew-out.
Tires in this size seem to be knobby beasts for trucks, kooky Chinese names, or old-school Cooper/Mastercraft. I'm leaning towards highway-tread LT tires, wouldn't feel right running on Tiananmen Square tires, and would like something "better/newer" than the same Coopers I ran on limos in the 90's.
Anyone here have recommendations for me?
As a show of appreciation, anyone who contributes - I'll cover your admission to the Giant's Despair hillclimb, this weekend!
I have the same problem. The tires on my '69 Delta 88 are 17 years old. I'm running 235/75-15s all the way around. The tires look great, but I'm not going to put much faith in them. Interested in seeing what you find.
I have the Cooper Trendsetter SE on my '75 Pontiac wagon and am very happy with them. They come in a 235/75R15.
Plus they sport a nice whitewall.
akamcfly wrote:
for real
More knobs than a door store, $143 each. Though they are made in US, not the right choice here. However......you still get free admission to hillclimb!
What about something a little shorter like the 235/70/15? You can get hte BFG Radial T/A in those and that was a great tire and better than the coopers. Or if you have enough wheel, some 255/70's to keep your OD correct.
David S. Wallens wrote:
I have the Cooper Trendsetter SE on my '75 Pontiac wagon and am very happy with them. They come in a 235/75R15.
Plus they sport a nice whitewall.
This. I even autocrossed my wagon with the Coopers, and they did well for what they were on.
Wal-Mart sells Goodyear wranglers in that size for like 70 bucks each. I've had a set last for 7 years under an explorer
Any flat-spot issues for the Cooper-clad crew? Daisy waits patiently for about 5 month, while winter saps my will to exist. Then the road salt is gone and she can take the etifosis on adventures with our boats and bikes.
Why am I concerned with tire noise when I have 2 kayaks on the roof?!?
I don't/didn't drive my family trucksters in the winter either, and had no issues with flat-spotting.
I have these on my Dakota in that size :
Yokohama Geolandar G056
Honestly, they are pretty nice. They ride great, and still look like I installed them yesterday. They are technically a "highway" tire, so you could probably get away with installing them with the blackwalls out. OR... go for that full size Pre-Runner look and mount them with the white letters out! 
235/75r15 Hankook on my pickup. Whitewall out. I've had very good luck with these tires, having had them a several vehicles that I've built. Damn cheap too.
Just put whitewall hankook's in 215-75-15 on dad's roadmonster, they look great and with how the hankooks are wearing on 2 different trucks i figured why not
Ha ha, just decided to follow the Trendsetters here............and they are no longer available! Looks like I'll go with Mastercraft AS 4 now.
Thanks to all you guys for your input and suggestions.
Oh, yeah.......I promised free admission to the Giant's Despair hillclimb this weekend! Here ya go!
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$365 installed, 4 mastercraft AS IVs. They are black, round,and hold air. I'd have bought something higher-end, but these tars wills age out before they wear out.
Dammit, they're Mexican-built.
Thanks again for all the input & suggestions. See you at the Giant's Despair!
Mental
Mod Squad
7/8/16 8:40 p.m.
I am so happy to see that wagon still in the GRM family
Daisy has taken us to kayak the Delaware & Susquehanna rivers, Gouldsboro, Tobyhanna, and Frances Slocum state parks. She's a Rock Star, I can see people saying "omigod!" and see jaws literally drop. My favorite is when there is only one person in the car, and they point!
Without GRM I would not be driving Miss Daisy. Thanks POs, especially brother JTw8!
Hencho en Mexico is alot closer than Made in Tiananmen Square tires.
