Mike Melton reviews the Summit Trail Climber RT, a budget rugged-terrain (RT) tire. He notes the tire has noticeable road noise, a liked tread and sidewall design, small stone ejectors he considers ineffective, visible tread-wear indicators, and that typical mileage seen is about 45,000–50,000 miles. He also demonstrates that the tires mount and balance well (set up in SUV limits because they are not LT tires).
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About 45,000–50,000 miles.
No; the reviewer set the balancer to SUV limits because it is not an LT tire.
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If you want a cheap price RT tire, this is going to be the one for you. We go through thousands of these things every month, too. It's the summit trail climber RT tire. Now, as far as road noise, these definitely ain't the quietest. They do have a little noise to them. It's got a nice sidewall design on it. Now, I've always liked this tread. As far as mileage and stuff like that, you know, it all depends on the truck that's going on, how you drive them, stuff like that, how long they gonna last. But the most we're seeing people get out of about 45 to 50,000 miles. Now, if you look right here, it's got tread wear indicators. If you get down here, you know you need the tire. Now, it's got some stone ejectors, but they're so damn small, ain't no damn point in having them on there. And on the sidewall, it's got solid black letters. All right, so let's go ahead and throw these things on the balancer. They always balance out good. So let's see how this set does. All right, now, you know, before we bounce them out, what we got to do, we got to take that damn sticker off. I'm show you right quick. We got all the weights off. Let's see how she does. All right, we got the roller down, got it spinning. We got the thing set up in SUV limits because it is not an LT tire. Now, the roller coming on, let's see where we at. All right, look at that. We only at two and a quarter, one ounce. Only ten pounds of fours. As I say, these things always balance out good. So if you're looking for a cheap RT tire, this is it.
