What will / won't rub

[SHoppe715]

Steve, why not go with a moreopen tread for your tire?

What made you pick that particular tread?

Now that the GB is up and running I want a less agressive tread for my DD. It sees about 95% highway miles and the reviews of the S/T seem pretty good. They also seem to be on the agressive end of the AT tire world which would probably suit this weekend wheeler (reality check) pretty well. Besides, I'm actually not a huge fan of deep, sticky mud holes. Down the road, when the "L"ittle "J"eep evolves further, it'll be a good trail rig for my kids to drive so I'll always have a buddy vehicle to go wheeling.

My take on the load range thing is more plys = stiffer sidewall = more durable sidewall but less footprint tread wraping around stuff. People say just air down farther with a stiffer tire, but you can only go so far before blowing beads. If I had beadlocks I actually wouldn't care as much about load range because I could air down way lower (just ask Eric). I've heard Goodyear actually uses different rubber compounds in different sizes of MTRs based on the expected use and weight of vehicles.