Hankook Dynapro ATM vs. Goodyear Forterra HL (Cotton Lane Mountain Climb)

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No talk (just a bit), just action! Feel free to recommend suggestions for improvements! Thank you for watching! The Goodyear video is in my channel. I will combine them and try to get them side by side when I figure it out. The winner to me is clearly the Hankook tires. I haven't even compared them to my old videos yet. The climb was easily done at a much slower pace which means less chance for damage. Short but sweet. I think the proof is in the pudding. More to come on the mega Hankook ATM tire and Ford Explorer review. I should be endorsed by Hankook and Ford for this stuff I think. I mentioned in comments, the Hankook tires were causing some pull after rotation. I swapped the front tires and the pull was gone. I am about to rotate them again and hopefully they will be better this time. I have had many a tire pull, and need to keep my vehicles straight as an arrow. The Ford transmission will need some TLC soon as it has slowly gotten worse about shifting smoothly around 2nd gear.

Update 2-4-16: Tires rotated as per Ford instructions. No tire pull or vibrations noted up to 85mph. Makes me think one of the back tires has a slight pull. Discount tire measured tread depth at 10/32 front, and 11/32 rear. The tires show hardly any signs of wear. Also I have noticed mud turns the tires a blueish color, just like the Forterra tires. And I found a few small missing chunks in the tread after this.

Some good info I found below:

What's not so great about the Ford 8.8 rear diff? Weak stock carrier, replace with a carrier type locker like ARB or Detroit (not a lunch box type) this will cure the problem.


COT: Continuous output torque rating
MOT: Maximum output torque rating

(Numbers from January edition of Fourwheeler, page 60.)
Dana 35 rear axle COT: 870 MOT: 3480
Dana 44 rear axle COT: 1100 MOT: 4460
Ford 8.8 28spline COT: 1250 MOT: 4600
Ford 8.8 31spline COT: 1360 MOT: 5100
Dana60 semifloat COT: 1500 MOT: 5500

2005 Ford Explorer 4x4 P265/70R17- 34psi -1.75 F/R BTF strut spacer lift. 185,000miles