It's good that you know what's important to you because tire design is a compromise. That is, a tire has good points and bad ones, and improving the one costs the other.
I looked up the tire and it is about 10 to 20% cheaper if it was on a smaller rim, 20" is the 2nd largest rim they make that particular tire for, according to the Good Year website.
Yea man I looked at the Geolanders too. Couldn't justify the cost difference but it is a nice tire.
I have these on the Ram right now with 20 inch rims. They are only 32s but its a nice look.
35s are damn expensive. These were only about $155 a piece in my area.
I looked at Tire Rack.com just to see what was available in 35x12.5R18, I like the Wrangler A/T Adventure Kevlar but in this size its a Wrangler M/T R with Kevlar, listed at $390.00 each. I have on my truck( 2500 Dually) the Wrangler A/T Adventure which handle the weight well, steers accurately( no excessive tire squirm) not sure about tire life yet. My truck with camper is very heavy when on trips I check tire temperatures(thermo gun) and the back tires run cooler than the fronts.
I have these on the Ram right now with 20 inch rims. They are only 32s but its a nice look.
35s are damn expensive. These were only about $155 a piece in my area.
I hate to rotate tires so when I bought my truck new I never rotated the tires and a set of Michelins went 72k miles which I felt was pretty good for towing a 5th wheel around. Here in Montana they like using chip seal to resurface roads, my driveway has #3 rock, and potholes you really have to watch the secondary roads and the backroads (not paved) I try and not punish my tires but I not staying home either. When I bought tires for my truck the tire dealer said tires were rated for 60K miles, I doubt it, I hope for 40K miles. Tires run me about $1700 bucks for stock size. I do my own tire rotation on my truck, first check tread depth of six tires then select the best position for even wear. I don't trust my tire, dealer to do this for me, I know which tires wear the most on a dually truck( non-commercial) plus before every trip I check tire pressure. When I lived in California I achieved pretty good tire mileage but here(Montana) tires have a harder life. Everything you mention and the higher speed limits and hard braking for wildlife. My wife got hit by a deer that jumped into the side of her car, I hit a deer very early in the morning before sunrise it was hiding behind the K rail on the low side of the hill, never did see it until it jumped in front of me, I didn't even have time to say Oh____ in my mind. That's why we don't own cars anymore just not enough protection. We try not to hit any wildlife and so we drive a little slower.
This is one of the reasons I am looking forward to FSD. I want more safety but I know that when I drive I tend to be a bit on the faster side. It will be nice to be able at some point to remove myself from the driving and no longer worry about the speed, wildlife, obstacles, other drivers, etc. I’m not expecting this to happen right away. Even if FSD is declared complete it’s going to take me a minute to trust it. But once th hat happens I’ll be much more relaxed.
I think in my specific case it will do a bit better because I can let it drive at a slower pace and it’s reaction time will be faster than mine. But yes, overall wildlife tends to be difficult to see, unpredictable in action, and sometimes will just come out of nowhere for no predictable reason.
I agree that FSD will be better than people expect. But deer are also known to do things like staying completely out of sight till they come crashing through a passenger side window head first. My grandmother almost died from this exact case. FSD will be better than people. But even then it will not be entirely accident proof.
