Cooper/hercules Tires?

Irv · October 29, 2009

Like the title says, anyone run them before, any issues, good tread life?

From what I have read in the last half hour, they seem like a real decent tire with great winter capabilities and long tread life. Sounds promising?

thearborbarber · October 29, 2009

What you have read has been my experience. The wife has coopers on her car and they have been a great tire. I had hurcules tires on my 2004 2500hd when I traded it in. They were great too. Long tread life and good traction.

Irv · October 30, 2009

What you have read has been my experience. The wife has coopers on her car and they have been a great tire. I had hurcules tires on my 2004 2500hd when I traded it in. They were great too. Long tread life and good traction.

That's good to hear, thanks

I may be picking up a set of very slightly used 17" Aluminum GM factory wheels with the TPM's already installed and some new Cooper or Hercules snow/winter tires tomorrow?

The dealer where these these wheels and tires are, told me $1150 out the door, doesn't seem too bad especially after pricing out some plain old steel rims and tires for anywhere between $1300 and $1600 without the TPM's (Canadian, yea we get burned up here!)

jjrobo · October 30, 2009

On my old work truck (05 HD Duramax) I got 50k out of the Cooper ATR's and 30k out of the Hercules Terra Tracs. The Hercules performed slightly better in the snow and mud. About the time that I switched from the Coopers to the Hercules I started working in a different environment, and haven't been able to get more than 30k out of any tire since. I drive 100k miles or more a year for work and have never gotten the same tires twice. ButI liked the Hercules so much that I put them on my personal truck (04 1500) and have 30k on them, looks like I'll get another 10-15k before I will replace them.

kawtoy_77 · October 30, 2009

I ran Hercules Trail Diggers on my '84 2wd Chevy and loved them. The wife had Cooper Cobra GT's on her Grand Am, and loved them too. Both good IMO!

wurgs · October 30, 2009

we use cooper ATRs on our 2500hds at work and get from 55000-65000 miles on them. Been happy with traction also

masonbid · October 30, 2009

http://www.coopertire.com/html/products/ti...e=discoverer_ms

I got a set of these for i think 170 a piece and then 4 steel rims@140 = 1240 total

I havent put them on yet but they will be on soon. THE SNOW IS COMING!!!!

Irv · October 30, 2009

Well it seems like I made the right purchase so far as I keep hearing great things about these Cooper tires

Great to know people are getting 55 to 65,000 miles on them, that equates to about 100,000 klicks up here in Canada?

Can't wait for the snow to fly to give them a try. Thanks everyone for your input, I appreciate it very much!

(My new rims and tires)

JCARP4483 · October 31, 2009

My mother works at cooper tire and thats all i have run since i been driving. Never had any problems out of Cooper AT's. I am going with STT's this go around. Let yall know the outcome

Irv · January 9, 2010

Well it seems like I made the right purchase so far as I keep hearing great things about these Cooper tires

Great to know people are getting 55 to 65,000 miles on them, that equates to about 100,000 klicks up here in Canada?

Can't wait for the snow to fly to give them a try. Thanks everyone for your input, I appreciate it very much!

(My new rims and tires)

Just an update to let everyone know that I am completely happy with my Cooper Arctic Ice tires, they are working great and they have handled any snowy conditions I have put them through so far.

They grib well on ice too and give me confidence that they can handle most snowy/icey conditions that I encounter. Great tire so far.

thearborbarber · January 9, 2010

I have been running Hercules Xtreme Avalanche snow tires on the wife's car for about 5000 miles now. A great tire so far.

SierraGray · January 10, 2010

I've had my Cooper Zeon LTZ's for about 4 months now and they've been great so far. Great wet highway traction and pretty good in mud too. My brother has run Coopers on his truck for the last 10 years and he loves them. Funny thing is, they have a factory about 100 miles from here but they're the hardest brand to find in Memphis.

gforce_15 · January 25, 2011

Rather than starting a new thread, I figured I'd revive this thread as my question pertains to cooper tires.

A friend of mine would like to go to 35's on his truck, and he's offering me his 275/70/18 Cooper STT's with a good 70 percent tread left on them for $600 for 4 tires (~$350-$400 new per tire around my neck of the woods).

Anybody have experience with these tires and could share some opinions on them? Tread life, road noise, snow, rain handling, etc.

Also, how big of a leveling kit would i need to run these tires? I'd like to stay as small as i can, ie. 2" or 2.25" levelling kit or is it safe to go with a 2.5" kit and not destroy my front end components??

Thanks everyone in advance

G

dirtfan21 · January 25, 2011

Brad on here ran 275/70/18's on his Silverado with a 2" RC level prior to his BDS, I believe. From what I have seen and read, that is all that is needed to run that tire.