The Best Highway Terrain Tires

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With all the different types of tires now available for light trucks, it can be difficult to narrow down which tire is best for which use. If you’re one of the many light truck owners who has asked “What are highway-terrain tires?”, this blog will explain more about what characteristics make up Highway-Terrain tires, and why they could benefit you.

Fuel-Efficiency, Stability, and Premium Comfort

Highway-Terrain, or H/T tires, are specially designed with tread grooves that provide traction on paved surfaces, but minimize road noise and enhance ride smoothness for a premium-comfort experience. Although the H/T tires’ tread grooves are typically shallower than those of off-road tires such as Mud-Terrain or All-Terrain tires, the tread is designed to provide good traction on wet and dry paved driving surfaces such as highways or city streets. In addition, the smoother tread design of H/T tires causes lower rolling resistance, which improves the fuel efficiency of the vehicle driving them. Since H/T tires are designed for highway driving, they are usually constructed with long-wearing tread that extends tire life, and are constructed to provide extra stability for trucks that may be carrying heavy loads.

Are Highway-Terrain Tires Good in Snow?

Whether or not an H/T tire can be used in snow depends on the tread design and the tire’s ratings. Tires that are equipped to handle mud and snow will have a tread design that allows mud and snow to be evacuated from within the grooves, and a rubber compound which stays somewhat flexible in cold or freezing temperatures. For a Highway-Terrain tire that can be driven in snow, you will want to look for a tire that has a tread designed for extra traction on wet surfaces, and that carries the M+S Rating, which indicates that a tire has been tested and shown to maintain traction in mud and light snow. However, for severe snow conditions, a dedicated winter tire or Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) rated tire, or even tire chains, is recommended.

Choosing the Best Highway-Terrain Tire

The best choice for a Highway-Terrain tire combines a premium driving experience with enhanced stability, traction, and a long tire life. Landsail’s Roadblazer H/T CLX11 is a Premium Highway-Terrain tire that meets and even exceeds expectations with a Noise-Reducing Engineering, which blocks noise from the center of the tire, and a closed-shoulder design that even further reduces road noise, resulting in a smooth, quiet, and comfortable ride.
The tread design is designed with a consistent middle tread pattern, which increases driving stability for better handling and driving confidence.

The Roadblazer H/T was also specially designed for high traction, with Long Traction Grooves which enable efficient drainage, fast braking, fast acceleration, and stable turning on wet-terrain. For driving in muddy or snowy conditions, this tire is M+S Rated, showing that it maintains its traction in mud or light snow. With its combination of comfort and reliability, the Rangeblazer HT CLX11 tire has earned its place as one of the best Highway-Terrain tires available, and Landsail backs that up with a 50K Mileage Warranty, and Road Hazard Coverage.

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