In my experience, all but one set of Goodyear tires I’ve had got crummy on wet stuff while plenty of tread was left. Did you say you had forterra tires? My 2008 Jeep had those, and they were somewhere in the end of the pack, in mid-life wet traction. Mine hydroplaned badly and I swapped them out with about 30k on them. Guys in Atlanta were driving 60mph in the rain and I was sliding at 45.
the other thing is you mentioned your truck has an lsd. My last truck did too. It was 2wd and the lsd was subtle but very effective. One drawback is, in a wet turn, if the inside wheel spins, all the torque transfers to the outside tire and it spins too. So if there’s enough push to spin one, both break free and the back kicks out. In a gen 1 tundra, slightly smaller than most half tons, it was maneuverable and I could control the drift. In a real full-size, nuh-uh.
i didn’t realize how much work the LSD did until I traded it for a truck with an open axle. The unweighted wheel simply spins and the truck doesn’t go. That lsd was super useful, BUT added complexity in the wet.
the BEST wet weather ATs I’ve driven are the continental contitrac ATs, hands down. My current yoko g015 try, but they just can’t match the conti’s.
