Nitto 555R's
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Drag radials are a really soft compound tire. Under the weight of our trucks, they will get very hot with extended road use, and since the compound is so soft, the tread life will be horrible. I would guess you might get 1k miles out of a set if you ran them all the time. They're really a track only tire.
I see dennis Perry's boy using nitto 420S tires on his. Toyo proxes STII's are supposed to be fairly sticky
Nitto 555R's are treadwear 100 last time I bought some. My experience is only with cars. They like heat, but don't heat them on asphalt, only wet concrete. It glazes them somehow. Their grip is somewhere between a normal street tire and a slick. Not as good as BFG's, M&H, Hoosier, etc, but they will last a lot longer when used on the street.
Expect about 1/3 the mileage that you would see from the factory tires. They are dangerous in heavy rain.
Expect about 1/3 the mileage that you would see from the factory tires. They are dangerous in heavy rain.
Yup. I'll go with the toyo's most likely on mine but the yoko's mentioned were a decent looking tire also.
For some reason, we got a lot of flats on the Yoko's. They hooked well, but not noticeably better than the Proxies. They also did not last as long as the Proxies.
I recommend the Toyo Proxies or the BFG KDW's as the best of the "street/strip/dirt" tires. The Toyo's are a bit stickier, and the KDW's last a bit longer.
I recommend the Toyo Proxies or the BFG KDW's as the best of the "street/strip/dirt" tires. The Toyo's are a bit stickier, and the KDW's last a bit longer.