Review of the Goodyear Wrangler Authorty Tire
 

Well the BFG All-Terrains on the 06 are shot so it was time to upgrade. I happened to be at Wal-Mart Sunday night and something caught my eye. It was the new Goodyear tire named the Wrangler Authority. It tread looked like a good mix of on road comfort and light off road performance. And priced at $185 each for the 265/70R17E size I needed I decided they where to good to pass up. So I got 4 put on right then.

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After they got mounted I started home. Right off the bat I noticed that the truck would wonder all over and i had to work to keep it in my lane. two things popped in my head;

1. I knew the ball joints were bad. they destroyed the previous tire on the truck.
2. The minimum wage paid tire changer at Wal-Mart put 30psi in my tire like he does all the Honda's that come in.

Well a quick check with a tire pressure gauge showed that he put 50psi in the front and 60psi in the rear. Just like they needed. So with that knocked out I went ahead and got the 4 ball joints and put them in. After i took the truck for an alignment.

When I picked the truck up that night I was all set to enjoy my new tires. Well that did not happen. The truck still wandered and I discovered that if you swerved at all the truck would dance from side to side to the point that I thought I was taking a ride to the ditch real fast. If you angled the mirror down to look at the rear tire you could see the side walls flexing very badly upon hard turning.

Seeing as how the tires have a max psi rating of 80 I decided I would add some air to them to see if it helped. I brought the fronts and rears up to 75psi. The ride was a little better and the walking around not as bad but it was still there.

Also while airing up the tires I noticed something else. The rear tread was falling apart. The sipping on the tires was chunking off and I had LESS than 100 miles on the tires.

Here is the front tire, note the sipping lines in the tread blocks.
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And here are the rears. Notice how much wider the sipping is and the chunks missing. These tires have not been spun or abused. Just normal driving.
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After a little research on the net i discovered that this tire is made specifically for Wal-Mart. This tells me that even though it is a Goodyear it should be considered a low end tire... Very low end if you ask me... I would not recommend this tire to anyone with a 3/4 ton truck and a diesel, I feel its just too much weight and causes the floating feeling the truck gets. The tire is quiet running and looks to be a good tread. I would love to try a set on my 1/2 ton hunting truck. Lucky for me Wal-Mart made right on it and will be putting 4 brand new BFG A/T's on my truck next week when they come in.

i had bfgoodrich on my 08 from factory. i replaced them with mastercraft. a little softer ride but wanders around more. i wish i would have paid alittle more and got bfs. another thing these masters are rock slingers.

Which is why I NEVER BUY tires from Wal-Mart. Besides, they only carry 6 ply and under. On my 2nd set of Bridgestone Dueler Revo's and they are by far better than the stock Michelen's.

These are full on 10ply rated e range tires (only ones they had in stock). Just crap construction. The BFG's they are replacing them with are 10ply also. They dont stock them but they can get them.

yeah our local walmart has to order them in

I seen them the other day and thought they had a similar pattern to the old bias mud and snow tires and was going to try a set on my plow truck, glad I read this:c:

so do they pull ok need to try them at the truck pull before you take them back

Reverse Auctioning, WalMart Uses Very aggressive purchasing techniques , I worked at Anchor Hocking Glass Company , 80% of our sales was Walmart , We got bought out by Rubbermade Inc. , Walmart told Rubbermade that they will pay x amount of $$$ for anchor hocking glass , Rubbermade told them that they cannot supply Anchor Hocking glass to them for that price it takes more than that to produce. Walmart told Rubbermade .... We dont think you understand .... we are going to pay x amount for anchor hocking glass or we will drop it from our store as well as the rubbermade products.

Rubbermade changed our process , laid 1/2 the people off and we were making a horrible product , the anchor hocking glass name went in the shitter , rubbermade dumped it back on its head ruined its name and reputation and they just filed bankruptcy .

Its called reverse auctioning , Lowes does it as well , why do you think a husky saw is $200 at lowes and $700 at a husky dealer ? and what are people doing ? they are buying the $200 ones and the real dealers are going belly up and the husky name is falling from grace.

Walmart wanted Goodyear Tires for x amount of $$$ , goodyear realizing the sheer mass of new sales ... made a product for that cost risking there good name to make a buck and it will cost them in the end because they are cutting down there own good year dealerships because the tires are $250 and more there and they are trashing there reputation

They go by the name Goodyear Territory at Canadian Tire. A spin off of the Duratec supposedly.

that's a shame.... good looking tire. too bad it's junk.

Thats unbelievable. Walmart is bad however you cut it.

so how did this end up Robert?:pca1::pca1:

Walmart put 4 brand new BFG A/T's on teh truck for no cost to me.

good deal you needed them the front was trashed

the rearsw were worse... :D

Thanks for the info. I was thinking bout getting a set of these. Think I'd be better off getting recaps.:ha:

You would be better off with almost anything...

Holy Crap, Bobby. Thank you. I was a little leary about those tires, but for the price (160.00 a piece at our Wally World) I was gonna do it. My truck was warming up to go get em and I ran across this thread. Phew. So now I'm off to the local tire guys for some BFG all terrains. :U:

thanks for the info guys
I've been looking at those same tires and thought they looked like what I wanted.
Now I know I like the look and that's about it..

thanks again :c:

nothing better than the feeling you just avoided some crap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I believe it, but it doesn't make sense to me:(

If wal mart keeps treating manufactureres that way, then eventually, they will run out of vendors to sell to them.

It's a shame that for the good off all concerned, the vendors don't get together, tell wallmart to KMA, vaya con-don't le the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya-Dios, and see how long they last?

Without vendors and supplies, they have little to offer. They don't MAKE chit, they just resell it.

On the flip side, it makes me wonder how much markup is really in the manufacturing and resale process.

IF both sides, manufacturing and wal mart could be reasonable, maybe people could get a decent item at a decent price, and everyone stays gainfully employed.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0070921x00003a

Looks alot like those. I am running them on my truck.

That Wal Mart story that DM talked about makes my blood boil...that's an American company just cutting down everyone else to make their own fortune. I can't believe what a bunch of ruthless pricks they are.

Oh to be blessed with a wee-little-bitty wally world with no tire/service dept. How did they align your truck with bad ball-joints thats a big no no any place I've worked.

damn they actually looked pretty good too

I liked the looks of the aggressive tread, but they should go a little further than 100 miles before the nubbins even wear off. DM is right on the money 'bout Wally-World. They are ignorant pricks.:madd: They as well as the LOWE's move into smalltown USA , undercuts all of the local businesses, (not just small businesses either) they go under , local people become unemployed,Gov. gives everyone a tax rebate to spend at WALLY-WORLD, however now it and your unemployment check doesn't go as far 'cause WALLY-WORLD just raised there prices 'cause they no longer have any competition. Unfortunately Joe Public doesn't see this until it's too late.:argh::argh::ouch:It's a vicious circle but greed breeds greed, and consumers always look for a bargain, not necessarily the best quality . Sorry for the long post, but that really TICKS ME OFF!!! At least they made it right by you.

there great tires and we put em on all the time only down fall no mileage warranty

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sorry forgot to add that i have never seen this happen

I meant afterwards I took the truck for an alignment, I did the ball joints 1st

I bet they would do great on a 1/2 ton truck. They are junk on a 3/4 or up. The tread is WAY to soft.

Glad I saw this....was looking at getting a set of these.

Hi guys, I know this is an old thread but there might be some life left in it.

I managed to get the same Good Year tiers at wall mart 2 days ago, my excursion now walks all across the road and vibrates really bad betwee 70 and 80mph. I have a total of 500 miles on the tires.
So I figured something had to be bad with them and I found this review. Am I'm completely stuck with them or is there a slight change Wal Mart might accept me to recall them?