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This is the best inexpensive All Terrain Tire!

12 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Mike Melton reviews the Summit Truck Climber (model 02s) as an inexpensive but effective all-terrain tire. He notes the sidewall is not aggressive, the tire is relatively quiet for an all-terrain, and that his shop moves several thousand of these tires monthly. Compared to premium brands (Toyo/Nitto) he says there is a large quality gap, but the Summit wins on price. Reported longevity: rated 50,000 miles but typical observed wear around ~40,000 miles unless primarily highway driving. In a live mounting/balancing demo he reports a balance reading of “six pounds of force, zero weight.”

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Summit Truck Climber 02s

"several thousand" per month (phrase used by speaker)

Observed ~40,000 miles; rated 50,000 miles (primarily highway driving may reach 50,000)

"Six pounds of force, zero weight." (spoken during live balancing demo)

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If you're looking for an inexpensive but you still want a good all terrain tire, this is it. We do several thousand of these tires every month. So if somebody knows how these things balance out and how good they are, we do. This is the Summit Truck Climber at 02s. Sidewall's not aggressive at all. It's got a pretty good bit of siphon in there. And to be an all terrain, this thing's pretty quiet. Now how does this compare to a toy or a nitto tire? Well, there is no comparison at all. There's night, day difference when you talk about quality. But if you're talking about price, this is it. Now how long do these things last? Now we're seeing people get around 40,000. You know, it's a 50,000 mile tire, but we're seeing people get around 40 out of them. But if you do mainly highway, you should get that 50. That's mainly highway driving. All right, now that we got it mounted up, we're going to go ahead and bounce these things out. Let's see how they do like all the other ones. Before you balance it out. What we're going to do, we're going to take that damn sticker all son. All right, rollers down. We going to cut it. We ain't going to edit none. Let's see where she comes out at. Look at that. Six pounds of force zero weight. And I'm going to show you there is no weight on this wheel at all. Told you.