Mike Melton tests Gladiator X comp MTS tires, showing how one customer got 62,437 miles from a set instead of the typical 40,000. He walks through pre-balance checks and a dynamic balance test, ending with imbalance readings of 3 oz and 3/4 oz, both below the vibration threshold.
62,437 miles
About 40,000 miles
1,200 pounds of force
Approximately 3 ounces and 3/4 of an ounce
Now this is crazy right here. These are the gladiator X comp mts. Now, they still got a little tread on them. They're little cups. And this is what they look like brand new. You can see a big difference right now. This one's gonna blow your mind. This customer right here got 62, 437 miles out of these tires. That's why he went back with them. That even blows my mind. Normally you see about 40,000 out of them, but this dude got almost double out of that. If you've never seen this tire before, it's got a crazy looking side lug on there. Huge tread blocks. Now, as far as noisy, now, y' all know these things ain't gonna be quiet. They're definitely gonna be noisy. And the reason being, you see how the side tread blocks are right here? They're wide, and the wider they are, the louder they're gonna be. But people don't buy this stuff to be quiet. They buy it because of the looks. Before we balance this big old thing out, always make sure you bounce by the lug hose. That way you don't have anything touching the front part of the wheel to damage that. Before we bounce this big old thing out, let's go ahead and take that damn sticker off. All right, now we got all the weights off. Let's go ahead and see what this thing balances out of that. All right, we got that roller coming down. You're not sure what that roller does. It puts 1200 pounds of force onto that tire. All right, now, we only got 3 ounces here, 3/4 of an ounce here, and it's way below that threshold. So you're not going to get any vibration from this tire. So if you're looking for a tire that doesn't cost you a lot of money, it's still pretty good. Gladiator X comp MC.
