Tires with Kevlar

I had the Good Year Kevlar tires on my last truck. Had two flats in 8 years both times the tire had to be replaced because the flat caused damage to the inside of the tire so it could not be patched. I don't know if that had anything to do with the Kevlar. I liked the way the truck looked and drove with them. I also hauled a lot of heavy weight around with them and never a problem. I will suggest getting the road hazard.

woodhog wrote:
>The only Kevlar tires I see are Goodyear Wranglers, three types..

Got a flat from a puncture on my Kevlar Goodyear Wranglers. On I-405. In Renton, WA. In traffic. Not fun. Never did figure out what caused the damage.

That said... I had another 5k on those tires before they were due. I was going to do that camping trip and then replace them all. So I simply expedited the replacement in the middle of the trip. I stayed with the Goodyear Wranglers. Not so much because I was sold on the Kevlar, but because they had the highest weight rating I could find. IIRC, it wasn't by much, 50-100lbs more, but they were the best I could buy so they went back on.

-Eric

:) Hi, my truck takes a similar sized tire. LT 275 / 65 / 18. Whenever I look for Goodyear tires for my truck, it makes me wonder why the Kevlar tires are less expensive than the others. If it's truly a better tire, why would they cost less?

Kevlar in tires is a stupid marketing gimmick. Get the tire that matches your proposed use and take a spare.

If you need Kevlar in trying to find a bullet proof sidewall. I suggest you look for different places to camp.

Jim
The way it will help is that Jeepers run more Kevlar than any other group on or off road. Those are the best users to answer his questions about Kevlar. That was what his questions were about. Personally I wouldn't try to go that route. They are too expensive for the benefits.

Even Kevlar is 55 years old, its full potential seems still to be on unknown side and beside mentioned sail failure - Montreal got big hit with it when it had to replace Kevlar roof over its stadium.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIA and from my experience - when Kevlar tensile strength is superior in making structures with resin application - it lacks resistance to bending and sun.

I am no tire expert just know what has worked for me, the way I drive, on my vehicles and uses

First not sure you are going to find many choices kevlar or not in an 18 tire with a load range of over 3700lbs. There are some out there but certainly not a lot. Toyo AT II has a couple in 18 that is 4080lbs as does their MT line but not in oem size they are bigger in one way or another ie height and or width. Cooper discoverer at3 xlt also does but same as toyo not quite oem size. There may be a few others out there as well.

I have run the Goodyear Silent armor pro-grade which are kevlar and liked them but they really pared down the size selection and had to quit running them as they no longer made the size I needed and still don't with my newer truck.

I then tried the Goodyear Adventure with Kevlar pro-grade. The pro-grade does come with the severe snow/three peak rating as well as little higher speed rating compared to the non pro-grade version in my size. Their max rating is 3640 in 18 inch. If you are willing to go to 20 inch they do have a couple at 3750 lbs. In any case the Adventurer pro-grade has been a great tire for me. It does well on road, off road, rain and snow. If it lacks anywhere it is in the mud but I have yet to find a great mud tire (well tire I am willing to buy as I am not willing to buy an MT I feel I give up too many other things I like in a tire but again that is for my needs and uses) for an 8k+ lb truck and over the years I have tried quite a few. It is one of the best tires I have used on my trucks for the last 500k miles. I am now on my 3rd or 4th set of them and none have disappointed me.

Not with tires, but sails. I found out the hard way that all the strength in Kevlar fibers is in the warp - with the strands - and it takes nothing to break it across the grain. I would say that a Kevlar belt wound around the tire would be best, but if wound in the direction of rotation would not take a hit on the side.

The local fleet champ was one of the first with a Kevlar mainsail. The sailmaker said that if you took good care of the sail and didn't let it flog, it should last 2 seasons. The end of the last race on the second season, the main came apart. There wasn't a big enough piece to wipe your butt.

I would think Kevlar tires would be superior to those with metal when it comes to rock mining. The kevlar wont suffer but the steel bands corrode and fail.

I know you're talking about TV tires but I have to say, my GY Endurance tires are terrible for rock mining. Small rocks go right through the rubber, exposing the silver bands. About the only gravel they see is some fine stuff where I park at home.