Wild Country Tires

What is the best way to use Wild Country Tires, what terrain are they most suitable and more importantly can they really help your truck get better performance on the road?  Unfortunately the answer to all those questions is not a yes, well – not for everyone at least.  Wild country tires are very loud, extremely loud in fact.  The ‘whirr’ or buzz sound they make on the road is extremely loud and distracting.  The reason it is more pronounced in the wild country truck tires is because their tread design is thick and open.  The more dense the tire tread and the more space between treads means the rubber will hit the road more aggressively with each pass.

Who makes wild country tires?  Good question, the answer is complex.  The short version of the answer is that Wild Country Tires are a generic knock off of the more popular off-roading tires.  Similar to different food items that are actually made by the big name manufacturer like Bryers Ice Cream, and then sold as your local Albertsons brand.  Tire dealers all across the country will buy the generic knock offs to sell as their own brands.  Cooper Tires and Goodyear are both known to have made a line of tires called Wild Country Mud Tires, they sold those tires to Les Schwabb and other local tire dealers for them to sell on their own as their own brand.

This can be a little misleading in 2 ways.

1 – You think you are getting a tire made by the local dealer and it is sold as such.

2 – Now that you know the secret you are thinking you got screwed on your tire purchase.

Wild Country Tires are a good set of tires, you didn’t get screwed by the dealer, you were just misled.  The tires themselves are actually VERY highly rated when it comes to traction and control in the mud and snow.  They are not the best way to go if you plan to travel heavily on the highway but if you live in an area with a lot of snow during the winter these tires are an excellent option.  They are relatively cheaper than the name brand tires for reasons mentioned above, but their performance should more than make up for it.

You can expect to pay anywhere between $80 and $120 per tire depending on the size and any additional warranties you want to add to the tire.