Goodyear recommended it. Corporate. I did not ask if he was a engineer and would love a tire engineer to weigh in. This is the manufacture recommendation.
Long story but when I blew a tire this year coming home from Branson I knew it was time to put a set of new tires on and get rid of original tires. I ordered new tires from tire rack, but after delays of a month and a half I called Goodyear direct and they laughed and said i could get a set installed the next day at a Goodyear dealer in Tulsa.
I canceled my order at Tire Rack and just went to a Goodyear dealer.
Not passing judgement but think that TR just wanted to sell cheaper tires...