Well I just ordered a new set of 30x9.50r15s got the yokohama geolandar mt+. Any thoughts on this tire? Any thing I should know about directional this tire since its directional?Is it good in mud and sand? Just wanted to see if I made a smart buy. In hind site I shoulda asked about them before I purchased them but oh well....

 

well if they are directional, which is weird for an MT tire. it means that u can only rotate them driver side front to back and pass front to back. thats the only bad thing. i dont know about the quality of that tire. Are you sure they have directional arrows on the side wall??

i think you maybe alittle confused about the meaning of "directional"

That type of tire is usually found on sports car tires. if i missunderstood, i appologize.

 

They are directional, there are lots of directional m/t tires now days, mtrs, Baja claws, x terrains, the list goes on.

 

ok. but not in the way i'm thinking though. you can still cross rotate them, right?
i got cornfused.lol

NM op.

 

I'm not sure about the rotating, seems like if you swapped the sides, they would be backwards if I'm thinking about it right.

 

well you know how we rotate our tires? driver rear goes to passenger front. and pass rear goes to drvr front. then the 2 fronts go straight back.

i always thought that if you have " directional tires" then its rotation is as i stated above.

I don't know... now i'm really CORFUSED....

 

You are probably right, but the tires have to be taken off the wheels to rotate them.

 

thats exactly right with directionals. its gets expensive if you rotate like ur supposed to. thats why i was put off by the term "MT Directional"

i'm glad my duratracs aren't Directional.lol.

 

Your directional tires will clean out mud or snow better than non

directional tires. Some of my ATV friends tried mounting their tires

backwards to gain more traction, but they lost traction.

When rotating the directional tires, just keep it simple, go front to back,

same side...

 

If you rotate them, you'll just have to swap front and rears, keeping the tires on the same side. Not a big deal, the Iroks I have on my truck are directional (never rotate my tires though).
Ive never run Yokohama tires though, so cant tell you anything about those tires. I kinda like the tread pattern, always have wondered how they performed. But being directional isnt a big deal.

 

Its all good I am sure they are directional tires even check their site. Im glad to hear that they should clear out pretty good. Do yall reckon they will do ok on the beach ( i have very lil driving experience on the beach) and any idea how long the tread will last mileage wise?

 

I actually ran that exact size of that tire on a Dakota a while back, they do really well in the mud and for a narrowish MT they're also quite civilized on the beach as well. Only downsides are they're expensive and hard to find, and being directional they started to get really cupped and noisey really fast and short of dismounting the tires every oil change to rotate the tires semi-properly there was no way to fix it. As much as I liked their looks and performance I would not run them again because of it.

 

Noise doesnt bother my besides we drive a XJ lol and I have alotta wind noise cuz my roof is twisted from where I rolled it on its roof. I got the tires for 110 a piece so they are relatively cheap for a mud terrain. How was your tread life on the tires? Good to hear they arent that bad on the beach.