Cooper Highway Terrain vs Grandtreks

Thanks Stan
Yes its a Prado. I want to stay with a highway terrain tyre, already have a set of Wrangler A/TRs on spare rims that I throw on when I do an off road trip, otherwise, its a city car and I want a tyre that handles better than an A/T. I've found the Grandtreks to be far from crappy, have gotten thru some very slippery mud without drama and they have been great on-road, just thought I'd try something different..

NICE rig by the way, Stan!

This is the link to the USA tyres review site. You will notice that Grandtrecks
are 62nd on the list....

LINK

Interesting list! It is the Grandtrek AT/20 that comes in at 62, the ones on most Prados (TG35) including mine is at 33 - not so bad... but at least the list gives a heap of other alternatives to try and source -so thanks Stan! I'm still waiting to hear from anyone with Cooper H/T experience....

Hi all . That list does not make one mention of ' Cooper Tires' the advetising says they are Americas most trusted tyre, whats the go?
Regards Ken.

Interesting link ...... I was surprised to see how well Firestone rated, after the debacle I had with Cooper STs, I vowed I wouldn't spend that sort of money on tyres again & fitted Firestone Firehawk RMTs @ $175 each, & I couldn't be happier!
They do everything the Coopers did with no chipping or lug tearing.

Thanks Pedro - I guess I have nothing to compare them to in the ROAD tyre area, only my Wrangler AT/R's (noisy, lumpy and squirmy on bitumen roads, not too confidence-inspiring in the wet) which I am saving for the dirty stuff. I did read a review somewhere yonks ago praising the Grandtreks as a very underrated tyre, very good on-road and surprisingly effective off road - I have to agree. Maybe I don't get quite far enough off-road but I have been up some pretty crappy, muddy tracks that had the Prado slipping around a fair bit but at no time did it look like I was gonna get stuck. If I'm gonna do a trip where I will expect more slippery stuff, i will throw on the AT/Rs. At the moment, I just want something for the city/freeway miles...

Hiya Muddy - are they really that good on road? In the wet? I have 3 kids and a wife that I really want to keep around me for years to come... I'm would even consider something along the lines of what gets fitted to ML series Mercs etc - as you can see I want a ROAD (i.e. bitumen) tyre as opposed to an OFF-ROAD tyre. But I'm not ruling anything out yet! I may end up with the Cooper AT/R's, as long as I KNOW they are a great ROAD tyre.

Cheers and more beers
Rich

Hey Muddy - I just checked out the Cooper website and I think I jumped the gun - I was expecting the AT/R to be much closer to the S/T range. My apologies for being hasty - I will try and check them out - thanks again

No Worries,

I got them as a good allrounder. I had Cooper A/T (and they were good) but the ATR was a new pattern and are much better. I have hit an inch of water at freeway speed (unexpected patch of water on the freeway) and they did not aquaplane or lose direction and I was able to pull up OK so I was most happy. They are smooth and quiet on the road and I would definately buy them again. Just that bit tougher than a H/T but not all that agressive so are still a good road tyre.

Muddy

Hi Muddy

I've taken the plunge and bought the Cooper AT/Rs, have only driven them in the city for about 15k's so far but they seem to handle very well, turning into corners nicely, quiet, good ride etc etc...

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers
Rich

Good stuff. Let us know what you think in a little while after a bit of all-round driving. I am very happy with mine.

Muddy

Just took a pair of opats off the pajero. 68,000k. Grip as good as the coopers but better milage, only got 55,000k off the cooper ATs. And cheaper, got them for $180.00 three years ago. I do push it in the corners.
New price though is a lot higher. So gone for Simex road trekkers, $145.00.

following this and other threads on tyres for 120 prado with great interest as I am well overdue for replacing the Grandtrecks that came with mine. I am in absolute awe of anyone that can make them last 85,000: I rotate through the 5 tyres religiously at 10,000K; keet their pressures to specs and do mostly highway miles towing a camper trailer or a float. I got about 43,000 out of them. Agree that they gave a good ride at the beginning but would expect much better mileage for the price. Am currently looking at Toyo Opats as a good price, performance& durability compromise.
Cheers
Peter