Nitto Blowout

The Mad Norsky wrote:

gijoecam wrote:
That's strange because I've had the exact opposite experience with those same two tires. THe M/S's were great on dry pavement. On anything else, they were almost undriveable. In the winter, the tread pattern loaded up with snow and did not clear well. The AT2s, on the other hand, have never left me stuck in 80,000 miles on the Explorer, and the last 20k in my F150. (I even pulled out a stuck tow truck with them last winter!)

Actually not strange at all. Look at the weight of vehicle you are running the tires on. An Explorer and an F-150.

The AT 2's come factory on a lot of the newer F 250/350, 2500/3500 series trucks and it seems they are NOT lasting a long time, nor giving good traction as they wear down.

Those trucks are extremely heavy, a lot of diesel motors, compared to the two vehicles you have used the tires on.

That's why so many on-line reviews of tires are worthless.

Subject A has a heavy F350 type truck, but all the reviews they find are from folks driving much lighter weight vehicles, giving glowing reviews of such and such a tire. So Subject A buys them and finds out they are horrible for such a heavy vehicle as they own.

Understood... But also not the same tires either... C-rated on both of my vehicles versus the E-rated tires on the SD's. Given my experience with them, I am planning to put them on the Super Duty when funds allow as I only put 3-4k a year on her.

There is a magnifying glass that makes bigger to right of pic

Can email if you can't read.....

would be helpful to post the letter here so people that don't have an account at the truck forum can see it.

gijoecam wrote:
That's strange because I've had the exact opposite experience with those same two tires. THe M/S's were great on dry pavement. On anything else, they were almost undriveable. In the winter, the tread pattern loaded up with snow and did not clear well. The AT2s, on the other hand, have never left me stuck in 80,000 miles on the Explorer, and the last 20k in my F150. (I even pulled out a stuck tow truck with them last winter!)

Actually not strange at all. Look at the weight of vehicle you are running the tires on. An Explorer and an F-150.

The AT 2's come factory on a lot of the newer F 250/350, 2500/3500 series trucks and it seems they are NOT lasting a long time, nor giving good traction as they wear down.

Those trucks are extremely heavy, a lot of diesel motors, compared to the two vehicles you have used the tires on.

That's why so many on-line reviews of tires are worthless.

Subject A has a heavy F350 type truck, but all the reviews they find are from folks driving much lighter weight vehicles, giving glowing reviews of such and such a tire. So Subject A buys them and finds out they are horrible for such a heavy vehicle as they own.

Wow, so Nitto admitted fault and defect! Where are those early posters who basically trashed the op?

720Deere wrote:
I couldn't get rid of my Michelin LTX A/T2 tires fast enough! Absolutely no traction in snow, not much better on a wet road and forget about wet grass. The don't wear near as well as the LTX M/S tires that have enjoyed a great reputation for the last 20 years. If you want to hear a bad word on the Michelins, just visit a Ford truck forum and listen to the guys talk about the A/T2 tires that came on their trucks from the factory.

That's strange because I've had the exact opposite experience with those same two tires. THe M/S's were great on dry pavement. On anything else, they were almost undriveable. In the winter, the tread pattern loaded up with snow and did not clear well. The AT2s, on the other hand, have never left me stuck in 80,000 miles on the Explorer, and the last 20k in my F150. (I even pulled out a stuck tow truck with them last winter!)

2006blackmax wrote:
ABC from va. I did not hit anything, just because you sell them and have them on your truck you automatically defend them. They are junk and I will not buy anymore, you act like you were riding with me, sorry you were'nt there!

1 junk nitto does not make all nittos junk.

Just like 20 great nittos does not make all nittos the best tire ever made.

A blow out is always scary, and undesirable. I don't blame OP for never wanting to drive another mile on a nitto.

2006blackmax wrote:
ABC from va. I did not hit anything, just because you sell them and have them on your truck you automatically defend them. They are junk and I will not buy anymore, you act like you were riding with me, sorry you were'nt there!

When you consider the thousands of products out there-and the millions of products bought by consumers out there, you can see quality control is pretty decent.

Of course-if it happens to you......