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I did have Goodyear Wrangler AT/S's on my truck. I'm guessing though that they were too worn. I did the old penny test, and they were beyond fine, but I do recall that the sipes were just about gone.

Originally Posted by VTISC007

There's one small detail to be adressed here. I spent many years in the tire business as a young cat so I think I'm pretty savvy with the tire info.

WATER SIPES.......Not all tires are created equal even if you have good amounts of tread left. Typically, most All-Terrain tires and more aggressive off-road tires have little or no water sipes. Water sipes are those little slices in the tread that look like they were cut out precisely with a razor blade or something. The more little cuts (water sipes) your tires have the better wet traction you have. As the tire rolls, those water sipes open and close open and close open and close (you get the picture). By doing this the tire is constantly trying to adhere to the road. Tread design also plays a big role in it's ability to disipate water. For example, the Goodyear Aquatread, it has water channels and roosters the water away from it allowing the rubber to stay in contact with the pavement. In southeren California, Aquatread tires will never be allowed to work like they're supposed to, it doesn't rain enough. Those tires belong on cars in the Pacific Northwest where it rains almost every day. There is not one tire that is not susceptible to hydro planing or black ice, just that some tires handle these conditions better than others. I have 33" Goodyear MT/R's on my 4Runner and those tires have no water sipes, when it rains I'm all over the place. I use 4X4 all the time, it seems to give me better traction when it rains; Nevertheless, I chose those tires, they are awsome off road and I'm glad it doesn't rain every day around here otherwise I would drive my new Silverado, it's much safer.

All this is just assiming that you don't have Cadillac tires on your truck. I'm guessing you have some kind of all-terrain. Just in my opinion, it surprised the hell out of me, the Goodyear Wrangler AT/S is a very good SUV tire. I've personally seen it rip through mud, sand, dirt, rocks and also it performs close to 100% better on road including rain than my more aggressive tires