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CT-Truckster · 02-25-2003, 07:48 PM

just thought i would throw in my two cents worht about the avid st's. i been running a set of 295/50-15's on my 10" wide wheels for three years now, but prob only have 20k miles on them and they still look like they have plenty of tread and are in good shape. they seem to have excellent tire wear, or they do in my case anyway, but they don't get traction for crap, especially on wet pavement. you can forget that quick pullout in traffic when it's rainng. they have these two large grooves in the tread pattern which i figure helps to shed water to avoid hydroplaning. the groove to me just looks like that much less rubber for traction that is making contact with the pavement. i had a set of BF Goodrich radial ta's size 275/60/15's before that and the radial ta's got lots better traction on my truck than the yokohama's did. the comparison i'm making is when i had the tires on my 76 with the 383 stroker. the yoko's are now on my 84. they seem to be great tires but in my opinion don't hook up like the radial ta's. At the 1/8th mile drag after i put the yoko's i never ran as fast again as i did with the ta radial's. had lots more wheel spin off the line with the yokos, i couldn't get on the gas as hard with the yoko's as i could with the ta's when i left the line. the next time i buy tire's i think i will just get the ta radial's. iv'e always had pretty good luck out of them and they aren't too expensive.

I'm not saying the yokos are bad tires and not to buy them, i just dont' think they are good for traction as the ta radials, but for the price you can't beat them at all. my yoko's cost me $240 bucks for four 295/50's to my door three years ago and i will have to say i have definitely got my moneys worth out of them.

02-25-2003, 07:48 PM	#40
CT-Truckster ? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dyersburg, TN Posts: 471	just thought i would throw in my two cents worht about the avid st's. i been running a set of 295/50-15's on my 10" wide wheels for three years now, but prob only have 20k miles on them and they still look like they have plenty of tread and are in good shape. they seem to have excellent tire wear, or they do in my case anyway, but they don't get traction for crap, especially on wet pavement. you can forget that quick pullout in traffic when it's rainng. they have these two large grooves in the tread pattern which i figure helps to shed water to avoid hydroplaning. the groove to me just looks like that much less rubber for traction that is making contact with the pavement. i had a set of BF Goodrich radial ta's size 275/60/15's before that and the radial ta's got lots better traction on my truck than the yokohama's did. the comparison i'm making is when i had the tires on my 76 with the 383 stroker. the yoko's are now on my 84. they seem to be great tires but in my opinion don't hook up like the radial ta's. At the 1/8th mile drag after i put the yoko's i never ran as fast again as i did with the ta radial's. had lots more wheel spin off the line with the yokos, i couldn't get on the gas as hard with the yoko's as i could with the ta's when i left the line. the next time i buy tire's i think i will just get the ta radial's. iv'e always had pretty good luck out of them and they aren't too expensive. I'm not saying the yokos are bad tires and not to buy them, i just dont' think they are good for traction as the ta radials, but for the price you can't beat them at all. my yoko's cost me $240 bucks for four 295/50's to my door three years ago and i will have to say i have definitely got my moneys worth out of them. Last edited by CT-Truckster; 02-25-2003 at 07:55 PM.