Please tell me these are good tires.


Stopped by the local tire shop last week and asked my buddy(owner) to order me another set of Cooper ST Maxx for the old war pony.

He called the next day and said no luck finding Coopers nearby in that size but he got a set of Kelly TSR's on the way.

I sorta questioned the idea but he says these are damn good tires...


Never heard of them myself and it appears they aren't real common on the internet tire shops/reviews.

Huh, haven't heard the Kelly name in near on 30 years. Didn't realize they were still in business. Use to buy them for my first F150 4x4 truck back in the mid 80's. Always thought they were an economical brand back then. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

I reckon they are okay... If ya like Goodyears...

Kelly Springfield is owned and made by Goodyear.

We've had better luck with the Kelly branded stuff over a lot of what's in the Goodyear line.

Evidentially Goodyear bought them out.


I found a couple places online and they were priced within about $20 of the Coopers or Toyo R/T's.

Around $240 apiece for a 285/75R16 Kelly.


Limited reviews appear to be positive.

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Youse guys are in the know!

Sam, we ran a Kelly on a combine rear, tractor tread, for years, no problem.

Pickup tires?

They're probably alright.

Last you pretty decent on a ranch truck.

You ain't gonna get 50,000 miles out of any tire ranchin'...

Let us know how they do.

Ended up putting the BF Goodrich T/A's all around my dually the other day.

I like the low noise on the highway, and the thicker sidewalls.

Richard, yeah pickup tires. 2003 diesel F350 so of course I want the 10 ply.



Barry, what did those set you back?

Dad ran Kelly for years on everything - swore by them - but those were ancient days. A few years ago I got an extra set of wheels and put 245/16 Kelly fairly aggressive snow tires on for 4 months of worst winter driving - took them off for the other 8 months - they were excellent in snow/ice and good in mud. Used them for several winters, including some long runs to MN. No longer live at rough winter level, so just dismounted them and gave two good ones to a buddy who uses a lot of used tires on trailers. I would do it again.

I liked the T/A so much that I ran them on my Scout II, Ford Bronco, and Yukon(16 years), until I bought my 2015 Tahoe which came with a brand that lasted 40,000 miles for the original set, so I replaced those with another identical set. Guess I best check the pressures before running down to Junction next Saturday to pick up some taxidermy.
A one day 10 hour round trip cruise.

I liked the T/A so much that I ran them on my Scout II, Ford Bronco, and Yukon(16 years), until I bought my 2015 Tahoe which came with a brand that lasted 40,000 miles for the original set, so I replaced those with another identical set. Guess I best check the pressures before running down to Junction next Saturday to pick up some taxidermy.
A one day 10 hour round trip cruise.

I think they were about $200 a pop. Maybe $205.

265/70 R17's Load Range E.

They all balanced out great. Not much weight needed.

I went around feeling the sidewalls. Those were the thickest I could find...

Good deal.


I don't put on a lot of miles on any one pickup so if they last 30k miles that's fine.

Really curious how they hold up on gravel.

I put a set of these one my Duramax 3500 work truck and was pretty disappointed. They didn’t last 25,000 miles. Wore fast and got progressively louder as time went on.

We run Kellys on all of our trucks 3/4 ton Suburban and love them, they ride way better than then the Goodrich, and I'm not stuck in deep snow all winter !

I was pretty disappointed in my Michelin AT2's...

Got 30k out of them..

They were getting thin.

Wow! Just put a set of Toyo MTs on my dodge. I hope they hold up.

Just looked at my records...KO2's installed 35K miles ago

Chevy 2500 HD crew....nearly all highway miles...some gravel

There're purty much gone...pd $203 a pop few yrs back

This truck only sees 7K miles a year.....Next tires are gonna be............

either Cooper ST Maxx.....or the bragged about Falkin WP3's

Falken AT3W’s.......

Wife has those Coopers on her F150. Load range E as well.

Gotta rotate them often. They roar a bit too, going down the road.

She's got 27k miles on that pickup and they are still pretty beefy, tread-wise.

I just ordered a pair of 265/70r16 Cooper Discoverer AT3's to replace the Michelin AT2's on the front of my Tundra 4x4. At 20,000 miles they were getting thin on the outside edges, like yours. And they felt like they were cupping. The rears still look great, with lots of miles left to go. I never rotated them, so it's my fault they wore prematurely.

Cooper ST Maxx.......

purty beefy tire fur sure.......

I believe priced $231 a pop for my LT285-75x16 size

I was thinking about those as well, diggers!


But heard they wear fast and are spendy.


Would love to get a set on a gumbo feed pickup.





Tikka, early this summer we bought a used F350 and it came with a set of nearly new Falken AT3's.


Haven't super tortured them yet but so far so good.

The question is: WHERE ARE KELLY TIRES NOW BEING MADE?

If China don't by them.

Cooper Maxx

Running Kelley tires on a freightliner running local 3-400 miles a day 5 days a week and they are holding up fine. Different tires I know but they are holding up fine for several trucks around here.
Ronnie

Pretty sure Made in the USA.



No fuucking way I would buy Chinese tires.






Tikka, that looks like a cool spot.



We've been dragging around stock trailers for the last week. Spun all the way to the top of a hill Thursday morning.

It warmed up, dried off and the getting around has become way easier.



Fan, good report, thanks.

I’ve heard the same, but I have 2 sets of wheels for the truck. I keep all terrains on there all summer. Most of the day to day stuff I’m driving the work truck anyway.

I put Cooper Discover AT3 4/S's on my Silverdo (half ton) this summer. They were great at first but now I have a heck of a roar going down the road. I've had these tires on other pick ups and never noticed any noise, I'm a little disappointed.

yep...purty kool spot......

trail above leads to the very edge....about 1K' sheer drop.....

Been known to have Kielbasa/Kraut over an open fire....

Along with a cold beer or two to wash 'er down......

Never was able to wear out a set of Kellys.

Kelly's.

Same on my Dually. Michelin Primacy XC’S. Fronts wore out at 35,000. Rears look damn good still though. Shop said I have so much weight in the utility bed it causes the fronts to wear? Who knows. Either way, bought a set for the front and figure they’ll last til the rears are worn and I’ll switch to Toyo’s?

Damn Chevy pickups anyway.

More likely that heavy assed diesel in front.

Rears don't have alignment problems like fronts do.

Haha! Fugghead!

Shakin my head..

What about Toyo Open Country M/Ts?

I put kellys on my 4x4 sorento this go round. Havent had any snow yet. They are US made which was a selling point.

They are quiet and seem to be really round. You cannot go across a broke off steel fence post though. right through the center of the tread.

Great traction, poor wearing tire, was my experience. I had them on a duramax. Oh ya rock slingers also, golf ball size, released from the tread about 50 mph! Suprised me the first few times, as they bounced along the under carriage!

These are the Kellys we run, MSR , but we are in 8 months of either snow or , mud from melting snow or just rain.
Sam these look like an older version of the ones you just got, I don't know about road miles as I don't drive that much roadway miles. But as for the mud and snow they kickass, they are quit and smooth, good luck

Mud and snow tires aren't a reality.

Mud tires are wide spaced and lugged to shed mud for traction, snow tires are designed to circumferally channel water and siped to retain snow for traction.

A friend of mine put Kelly tires on his truck last week. The dealer told him they were made by Cooper.

Nothing..........

jimy,

I dont wanna be a dick, but I guess Im being a dick...

I sell tires and hear mud and snow all the time.
They dont exist; most people have never had a set of actual snow tires to make a comparison.
Even the cheap ones make a huge difference.

That sounds great, but I don't have the driveway enough to have a truck for each kind of weather we get, I run those Kelly's year around, through mud and snow and by some wonder of God and the roundness of those non mud, or snow tires, they get me through a sh~tton of both, maybe next time I will just put tracks on it to be safe !

Jimy, those look very similar to the TSR, we will see later this week.

Well Sam did you guys get the mud and snow that we did?

How about them new skins, If been skidding logs with mine since that storm hit us, I don't know what kind of mileage you will get because I simply don't drive that many miles, but I impressed a few people with the log skidding I did last week !

This oak was a pain in the azz!

Jimy, I've had 'em on for a couple weeks.


Can't really give much of a report other than they have way better traction than my old wore out Cooper ST Maxx.

They are diggers!

And they throw rocks on gravel but any new mud tire is gonna catch and throw rocks.

Kelly tires are made by Goodyear. You have to look at the DOT plant code to find out which plant made them it is cast into the tire.
Codes MB, MC, M6, MJ, P1, PJ, 4B, and PC are all made in the US or Canada. Any other code is made overseas ....All over the world actually.

I forgot about the rock tossing, I pull out on the road slowly after being off road, they do launch some sh~t into the air, but I don't get stuck !

I don't know about your friends, but I would rather get caught with a kitten in my truck, than to call for a toe ! I know its tow , but that's not what will be talking about !