Yeah, I want something less likely to puncture a sidewall when I'm driving through rocky stuff. I don't get why that might be a bad thing.
E rated tires are generally heavy enough and have stiff enough sidewalls that they become more of a compromise (too much for many) for on road ride and dynamics.
Might be because the load rating doesn't predict weight the way you might think. In other words, it's complicated and doesn't indicate weight really at all.E rated tires are generally heavy enough and have stiff enough sidewalls that they become more of a compromise (too much for many) for on road ride and dynamics.
However when looking at charts such as the OP's, you see that there are some quite heavy, relatively, C & D rated tires as well as some lightish E rated choices out these days, so an E rating is perhaps not quite as meaningful (for stiffness & weight) as it used to be
i love those tires, most of my buddies have them, i have the falken wildpeak RT01s and love them as well
Well done.
Sure, but I do believe the Territory is the outlier for that tire size, its absurdly lightweight, hence why i had 5 punctures in the first year. If I was staying on pavement, I would have kept buying it. You can easily offset the weight of most tires with a nice set of aftermarket wheels. As for "it simply works": up until it doesn't but I agree for most folks it gets the job done.
You can go to aluminum forged and 60+ pound tire and end up with less unsprung weight and a better tire.
I work in automotive as supplier in different capacities and have far less reverence for standards. It is often more liability than profit dealing with tier 1 and Goodyear on all likelyhood has two version of that tire to seel to Ford and to sell to tire dealers.
I agree the Territory might not suit all. I run beaches primarily, so I'm good.
I work in automotive, bus and commercial truck.........R&D, production, sales marketing and after-sales support.
I likely will not buy again. I campare to a Pirelli EV tire and it is just floaty.
When one increases wheel-end weights by 10 to 15 pounds, that's a significant metric change. If I was frequently traversing rock in Arizona, I would have to seek another option. But for general all-around, the engineered-specifically-for-Ford Goodyear Territory MT checks all the boxes for me.
They are about same as newer but you are buying something to last 6 years and getting decade old tech by not waiting.
Going from memory the OEM SAS wheels are 34lbs, and the GT's tires are quoted at 52lbs but some folks weigh them closer to 54lbs.
