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Review of the Pirelli ATR

3 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this video Mike Melton presents a hands‑on review of the Pirelli ATR tire, describing it as a hybrid between a highway tire and an all‑terrain tire. He notes that the sidewall is not overly aggressive, the tire is very quiet, and the extensive siping provides strong wet‑traction. Melton demonstrates the mounting process, explains that the tire is not an LT (light‑truck) model but is suitable for SUV limits, and walks through the balancing procedure using a roller that applies 1,200 lb of force. The final balance reading shows only 0.75 oz of imbalance (19 lb of force), which he interprets as indicating a ride quality comparable to a Cadillac.

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All right, it's Ford right here getting a brand new set of Pirellis. So this tire right here is the Pirelli atr. So they say it's like an all terrain tire, but it's really like a hybrid in between a highway and an all terrain. So it's exactly what he was looking for. Something's gonna be riding smooth now. As you see, we bounce it by the lug holes. You don't want to put anything to the face of that wheel. So as far as the sidewall, there's nothing crazy, too aggressive. He didn't want anything of that. Now, as far as being a quiet tire, this is a really quiet tire. Now, it's got a lot of siping in that tire, so it's gonna give you good wet traction. Now, before we balance this thing out, what we're gonna do, we're gon stick her off, son. All right, so this is not an LT tire. So this one here is going SUV limits. Let's go ahead, balance her out. All right, we got her spinning. All right, that roller's about to come down in just a second. What's that roller do, guys? It puts 1200 pounds of force on the tire. All right, so give it just a second. That thing's going to come off. Here it comes. Now. What's it coming out as? Here we go. We got 3/4 of an ounce here, 3/4 of an ounce here. It's only 19 pounds of force. So you know what that thing's going ride like a Cadillac.