BFGoodrich or Cooper?

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

Itali83

Full Access Member
Joined
Feb 7, 2015
Posts
575
Reaction score
1,078
Location
Maine
First Name
Ben
Truck Year
1982, 1987, 1987
Truck Model
K10, 'burban C10, Jimmy
Engine Size
350, 6.2, 350
BTW, I run both of those brands.

You must be registered for see images attach


You must be registered for see images attach


You must be registered for see images attach
What sizes are on the step side? I’m going to switch to a set of Rally wheels on my 2wd suburban. 7” in the front and 8” in the rear. Was looking at 275/60r15 for the rear and 234/70r15 for the fronts. My truck is stock height with probably a little sag from age. I’m now going to look at the master craft’s too and get a price from my dealer.

Thanks.

Ben
 

Octane

Full Access Member
Joined
Dec 31, 2019
Posts
2,038
Reaction score
3,629
Location
Atlanta
First Name
Eddie
Truck Year
1977
Truck Model
K10
Engine Size
350
I ran Bfg Long trail ta on a small truck.Two sets.Got a little over 100k from each set.
Bfg and Coke for me
 

Frankenchevy

Proverbs 16:18
Joined
Jan 3, 2018
Posts
6,076
Reaction score
7,743
Location
USA
First Name
Jeremy
Truck Year
Square
Truck Model
CUCV
Engine Size
Small
Uh oh, looks like they mounted your tires backwards! I bet if you get down there soon enough you could get them to flip them around for you and get them whites out like they should be ; )
The truck is gone. That’s the new guy’s problem.
 

Frankenchevy

Proverbs 16:18
Joined
Jan 3, 2018
Posts
6,076
Reaction score
7,743
Location
USA
First Name
Jeremy
Truck Year
Square
Truck Model
CUCV
Engine Size
Small
White lettering isn’t available on many tires anymore. I just got these for my older ram. They’d look good on the new one with a bit of lift too.
You must be registered for see images attach
 

AuroraGirl

Full Access Member
Joined
Sep 8, 2019
Posts
9,693
Reaction score
6,865
Location
Northern Wisconsin
First Name
Taylor
Truck Year
1978, 1980
Truck Model
K10, K25
Engine Size
400(?), 350
Uh oh, looks like they mounted your tires backwards! I bet if you get down there soon enough you could get them to flip them around for you and get them whites out like they should be ; )

I just bought a set of Nitto ridge grapplers for a truck. I was liking the coopers as an American made tire. They were acquired in 2020 by another company. According to someone who sells them, the QA on anything but the hybrid and mud tires is spotty. A lot of reports of some being hard to balance.

The good news is a decent tire shop will swap them out, the bad news is you may have some time wasted at the shop.

I had a set of 33” Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT. They seemed to wear decently, but one took a couple tries to balance at America’s Tire. I can’t vouch for the long term reliability though. When I put them on, the truck had 4,000 miles on it and I sold it with 25,000 miles. Looking back, I put 5 coopers on it…and a full eibach suspension under then sold it, lol. Oh well, still made money.

You must be registered for see images attach


You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach
You must be registered for see images attach

This is sad. I have never had a problem with goodyear, or cooper, but I know that other peopel have had them with goodyear(well, the wranglers that used to be on f150 were junk but they are cheap af tire).. and i also lost a car due to kelly tires blowing out... okay maybe I have, but either way,

notice the "goodyear expects to achieve $165 million in run-rate cost synergies within 2 years"
I dont care what anyone says, but this attitude and this behavior from companies "too big to fail" and in industries with low levels of true competition(how many different companies are there vs how many of those are owned by the same company.. yeah.)

This stuff always leads to corners cut, unecessary changing things that worked just fine or were better, and also a new, uncaring attitude that comes in and doesnt understand and it doesnt want to, getting rid of something or changing something because they have determined it was not necessary or it was too expensive and the company is just barely making it by, ya know? (Lol)
 

AuroraGirl

Full Access Member
Joined
Sep 8, 2019
Posts
9,693
Reaction score
6,865
Location
Northern Wisconsin
First Name
Taylor
Truck Year
1978, 1980
Truck Model
K10, K25
Engine Size
400(?), 350
“There are no immediate plans to close Cooper Tire facilities,” Grassian said.

The combination unites the two tire companies with products that compliment one another, and also will bring services and capabilities under the Goodyear Umbrella.

In addition, the merged companies will abring an array of tire brands together under one roof, including Goodyear’s Dunlop and Kelly brands, and Cooper’s Mastercraft and Mickey Thompson brands.


================

Well hopefully this doesnt mean **** for consumers but something tells me it does
 

80BrownK10

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 22, 2019
Posts
1,878
Reaction score
1,247
Location
Greenwood, SC
First Name
Nate
Truck Year
1980
Truck Model
K10
Engine Size
350
I had cooper AT3s on my Highlander one set ago. I was NOT happy with them. They wore all wonkey, one had a belt that broke and eventually blew out after 6 months or so like that. The whole set probably wore out 10,000 miles before tread rating. I rotate tires and check air pressure band don't slam on brakes or peel out. Have mostly a 55 mph commute through the country on a straight road with like one steep curve in the road and I bear off right before the office on another road, so it's not like I'm taking curves at speed. Only reason I am not super mad is I think I got a pretty good deal on them. But for the price I could of gone with cheap china tires and got the same life out of them easy, saved over $100 a shed and. Ot had me teeth rattled for the last 10 miles.
 

bucket

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Posts
30,396
Reaction score
28,178
Location
Usually not in Ohio
First Name
Andy
Truck Year
'77, '78, '79, '84, '88
Truck Model
K5 thru K30
Engine Size
350-454
What sizes are on the step side? I’m going to switch to a set of Rally wheels on my 2wd suburban. 7” in the front and 8” in the rear. Was looking at 275/60r15 for the rear and 234/70r15 for the fronts. My truck is stock height with probably a little sag from age. I’m now going to look at the master craft’s too and get a price from my dealer.

Thanks.

Ben

255/70's at all four corners. I bought the set of Mastercrafts (that are on the wagon now) to run on the stepside, but later decided they might have looked a little too small at the current stock ride height. They are 255/60 and 275/60.
 

bucket

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Posts
30,396
Reaction score
28,178
Location
Usually not in Ohio
First Name
Andy
Truck Year
'77, '78, '79, '84, '88
Truck Model
K5 thru K30
Engine Size
350-454
1) power has all terrain TA,
You must be registered for see images attach

2) OP showed interest in what power had for tires on his truck,
You must be registered for see images attach

Then I already searched the tire size on tire rack, grit, and showed the AVAILABLE ONLY AS COBRAS AND RADIAL T/a’s, the. Asked if he would be more willing to move to a standard width to fit on his 15 ralleys since 235-245 prpbably has sizes available in at t/a
You must be registered for see images attach

4) Op has not shared any more thoughts since the clarifying question and that’s fine, just your observation and little tirade isn’t helping anyone since it’s not even founded I’m reality or in good faith

5) since you and I and everyone else has contributed shared experience, photos, you may notice a good chunk of them are AT tires, like at3 from cooper, at t/a from bf. Then I also see a couple other model tires here and there.

6) it is not unreasonable that I would both ask the op to clarify what type of tire he wants because both are offered owl, amd then when he is interested In someone’s all terrain T/a, to think he meant he wants a ducking at tire.
@Grit dog

You are only wasting your time, space on the OPs threads, and maybe some enjoyment to a tea drinker or two (god bless if they do I guess)

OP asked just about the 275/60/15 tire size. While not really any other useful info was given, that particular tire size is only available as a performance/street tire no matter what the tire brand is. And the selection has dwindled considerably in the last 15 years or so.
 

AuroraGirl

Full Access Member
Joined
Sep 8, 2019
Posts
9,693
Reaction score
6,865
Location
Northern Wisconsin
First Name
Taylor
Truck Year
1978, 1980
Truck Model
K10, K25
Engine Size
400(?), 350
I had cooper AT3s on my Highlander one set ago. I was NOT happy with them. They wore all wonkey, one had a belt that broke and eventually blew out after 6 months or so like that. The whole set probably wore out 10,000 miles before tread rating. I rotate tires and check air pressure band don't slam on brakes or peel out. Have mostly a 55 mph commute through the country on a straight road with like one steep curve in the road and I bear off right before the office on another road, so it's not like I'm taking curves at speed. Only reason I am not super mad is I think I got a pretty good deal on them. But for the price I could of gone with cheap china tires and got the same life out of them easy, saved over $100 a shed and. Ot had me teeth rattled for the last 10 miles.
When was this? The early AT3 had quality issues, and were not as good as the revision AT3 which came out like 2018 ish I think, times been a few years but if you had the original with the edge of the tread having a continous border around the circumference, vs the models now have an alternating one,
the pic from @SK 99 is hard to tell but this may have been the one im talking about which didnt have the alternating.
You must be registered for see images attach
 

Attachments

  • 1647128008457.png
    1647128008457.png
    1.2 MB · Views: 64

Itali83

Full Access Member
Joined
Feb 7, 2015
Posts
575
Reaction score
1,078
Location
Maine
First Name
Ben
Truck Year
1982, 1987, 1987
Truck Model
K10, 'burban C10, Jimmy
Engine Size
350, 6.2, 350
255/70's at all four corners. I bought the set of Mastercrafts (that are on the wagon now) to run on the stepside, but later decided they might have looked a little too small at the current stock ride height. They are 255/60 and 275/60.
So to be clear 255/70’s are on the step side in the picture? But the master crafts are staggered at 255/60 and 275/60 ? Are the wheels on the step side 7” wide or 8” wide? I just don’t want to have tires that are too small looking on my burban Thanks

Ben
 

bucket

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Posts
30,396
Reaction score
28,178
Location
Usually not in Ohio
First Name
Andy
Truck Year
'77, '78, '79, '84, '88
Truck Model
K5 thru K30
Engine Size
350-454
So to be clear 255/70’s are on the step side in the picture? But the master crafts are staggered at 255/60 and 275/60 ? Are the wheels on the step side 7” wide or 8” wide? I just don’t want to have tires that are too small looking on my burban Thanks

Ben

Yes. The wheels on the stepside are 8" too.
 

bucket

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Posts
30,396
Reaction score
28,178
Location
Usually not in Ohio
First Name
Andy
Truck Year
'77, '78, '79, '84, '88
Truck Model
K5 thru K30
Engine Size
350-454
So to be clear 255/70’s are on the step side in the picture? But the master crafts are staggered at 255/60 and 275/60 ? Are the wheels on the step side 7” wide or 8” wide? I just don’t want to have tires that are too small looking on my burban Thanks

Ben

Here's another angle for you
You must be registered for see images attach
 

SK 99

Full Access Member
Joined
Apr 4, 2017
Posts
133
Reaction score
648
Location
Marysville, OH
First Name
Steve
Truck Year
1985
Truck Model
K15
Engine Size
350
When was this? The early AT3 had quality issues, and were not as good as the revision AT3 which came out like 2018 ish I think, times been a few years but if you had the original with the edge of the tread having a continous border around the circumference, vs the models now have an alternating one,
the pic from @SK 99 is hard to tell but this may have been the one im talking about which didnt have the alternating.

You are absolutely correct, I bought the tires in 2017, and the replacement tire they gave me last year when the defective tire failed is the "updated" AT3 and looks slightly different than the original.
 

Royal Sierra 454

Full Access Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2022
Posts
268
Reaction score
654
Location
Goodyear, AZ.
First Name
Scott
Truck Year
1976
Truck Model
15 GMC Royal Sierra
Engine Size
454
76 GMC 1/2 ton short bed 2WD. I thought that tire size would help. Just between those 2 brand of tires. BFG has the looks.
 

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
44,068
Posts
948,744
Members
36,136
Latest member
j20owner
Top