Another 2 Thimbs Up for the Cooper ATR's!

[kdog55]

After much consideration and reading on this site, I just installed a set of 285's on my beast tonight and I am TOTALLY impressed with these things! We have a sloppy 3" of snow topped with another inch or two of sleet/freezing rain going on here in central PA, so I had a good test tonight.
I replaced a set of worn out Cooper AT's that I thought were OK at best. I went to the local STEEP hill that I usually spin up over in 4WD and gave it a try in 2WD. Climbed right up her!! Turned around and tried again, this time stopping mid-way and pulled out without a hiccup! My truck always SUCKED in 2WD. It didn't even want to get out of it's own way in the snow unless I hit the 4WD button, so all of this amazed me!
As I said, I didn't have any time with the plow hooked up yet, but I hope to soon and I will keep you all posted!
Thanks for the tip!!

[2_DJinn]

These threads about the ATR's here lately has been good to see. My Dayton Timberlines are worn out and I wanted AT's. Went to price them out and the guy told me the AT's were discountined. They kinda put me back on my tire search cause I was really set on those and had personaly seen how many miles guys have got out of them ect.


Im going to have to pull the plug and get some. I just want to learn a lil more about tire sizes. cause Id like to have a lil bigger tire on my truck. Seems the ones on there now just seem kinds dinky.

[cutntrim]

I just plowed for the first time with a new set of Dayton Timberline MT tires last night. Worked great. Excellent traction 2wd and 4wd.

[kdog55]

Hey DJinn, I easily fit the 285-75-16 on my stock alloy wheels in the wheel wells of my 2500. Check it out in my pic at my header. Thought about dropping down to 265's this time but opted not to as for some dumb reason the smaller 265's were slightly more expensive than the 285s!

[snonut12]

265s are more expensive because they are available in load range E, thus higher weight rating. There is no 285 with the E rating.

[GLS]

We recently bought 2 sets of the ATRs.

The '95 got 265/75/16 E for year-round use.

The '02 got 285/75/16 D for winter use only.

So far, so good. They seem to be doing great in the snow so far. We were going to get a set of the M&S but they were on backorder.

[2_DJinn]

Ok in terms of the load rating. Whats the difference between E and D ? Also will a bigger tire mess up my speedometer? Or is that only an issue when ya put big mud tires on?



I figured I would crank the torsion bars a few times before I got a new set of tires since I plan on getting a alignment done anyways.

Kdog do you have any bigger pics of your truck ?

[GLS]

Load range E is a 10-ply, D is an 8-ply.

The load ratings will be:
265/E = 3415
285/D = 3305

Speedometer will be off a little.
Stock 245 = 773.9mm height
285 = 833.9mm heigh
About 7.75% taller
So at 70mph it will be off by about 5mph

[kdog55]

Here is a link to a post with pics that I put up right after I got my plow installed. These are with 285 Cooper AT's, not the new ATR's, though.
http://www.letstalksnow.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9963

These were taken right at dusk, so the quality is not great. I will try to post some new ones when I get a chance to clean it up a little!

[Snowboy]

John the only problem with Mudders when its cold is they are harder. Sa,e with regular All seasons.

The snows are softer I know the coopers are I use them on my truck. Put close to the same weight of the blade your running in the back and you will be good to go. I got 320kgs of salt in the back of the truck in 40kg bags plus a 7'6 back plow. That should be close to the same weight as the 8' Fisher.

Even with the plow off and running around in the snow they are good with the weight in the back.

Dave.