Hankook Dynapro MT RT03 Mud Tire Reviews

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Hankook Dynapro MT RT03 Mud Tire Reviews

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Hankook Dynapro MT Mud Tire Ratings (1-5 Star)   Street   Sand   Rock   Mud   Trail   Snow   Available Sizes   Average Cost  Click for Rating Key

Review of the Hankook Dynapro MT   The Hankook Dynapro MT is a little above a "middle of the road" mud tire that does decent in various conditions.  Itslugs offer good mud traction with the help of large voidsspaced out enough to assist with the self cleaning of mud and debris.  Aired down the sidewalls flex good and are somewhat protected by a little extra rubber compound on across it's sidewalls.  In snow and sand this tire does a little better than average when compare to other mud terrain tires.  Highway manners are better than expected from a mud tire with less than moderate noise level however its lack of sipes in the lugs gives it poorer traction on wet or icy roads.  The tread of the designed to be able to add studs from better winter (and offroad) traction.  Tread life is also better than average.  Cost is on the low side of mud terrain tires.  Size availability is pretty good with sizes up to 40".

Manufacturers description of this tire: The Hankook Dynapro MT RT03 is a rugged tire designed for "true off-road drivers." The V-shaped tread blocks are tapered for better grip in mud or sand and you should see them perform in snow. There are "ejectors" built into the tread grooves to prevent stones from penetrating. Specifically designed shoulders keep dirt from building up and to help prevent damage from impacts. Manufacturer Info: Hankook Tire America Corp Phone: 973-633-9000 www.hankooktireusa.com Hankook Tire America Corp., with domestic headquarters in Wayne, N.J., distributes and markets a complete line of passenger radials, high performance tires, light truck, SUV and 4x4 tires, as well as medium truck and bus tires sold throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. From a series of regional offices, Hankook oversees 500 independent dealers with more than 3,000 sales locations nationwide. Hankook also operates state of the art research and development facilities in the U.S. and overseas.

Dynapro MT RT03 Size and Dimension Chart
					Maximum		Overall Diameter	Section Width	Tread Width	Tread Depth
S-Code	Size	Ply Rating	LI & S/S	Measuring Rim	Air	Load	inch	inch	inch	inch/32"
2000789	31X10.50R15LT	6	109Q	8.5	S 50	2,270	30.7	10.6	8.4	19.0
2000980	32X11.50R15LT	6	113Q	9.0	S 50	2,535	31.8	10.8	9.1	19.0
2000977	33X12.50R15LT	6	108Q	10.0	S 50	2,225	32.8	12.2	9.8	19.0
2001270	35x12.50R15 LT	6	113Q	10.0	S 35 D ---	S 2,535 D ------	34.8	12.9	9.8	19.0
2000978	LT235/75R15	6	104/101Q	6.5	S 50 D 50	1,985 1,820	29.1	9.1	7.2	18.5
2000981	LT215/75R15	6	100/97Q	6.0	S 50 D 50	1,765 1,610	27.9	8.4	6.8	17.0
2000976	30X9.50R15LT	6	104Q	7.5	S 50	1,985	29.8	9.5	7.6	18.5
2001220	LT305/70R16	8	118/115Q	8.0	S 50 D 50	S 2,910 D 2,680	33.1	12.2	9.4	19.0
2001219	LT295/75R16	8	123/120Q	8.0	S 65 D 65	S 3,415 D 3,085	33.6	11.6	9.0	19.0
2001295	LT315/75R16	10	127Q	8.5	S 65 D ---	S 3,860 D ------	34.8	12.3	9.4	20.0
2001027	LT265/75R16	10	123/120Q	7.5	S 80 D 80	3,415 3,085	31.9	10.8	8.2	18.0
2001028	LT285/75R16	10	126/123Q	8.0	S 80 D 80	3,750 3,415	33.0	11.6	8.7	18.5
2001283	LT245/75R16	10	120/116Q	7.0	S 80 D 80	3,042 2,778	30.7	9.9	7.7	16.5
2001285	LT225/75R16	10	115/112Q	6.0	S 80 D 80	2,680 2,470	29.4	8.9	6.9	16.5
2001286	LT215/85R16	10	115/112Q	6.0	S 80 D 80	2,680 2,470	30.6	8.8	6.8	17.0
2001287	LT235/85R16	10	120/116Q	6.5	S 80 D 80	3,042 2,778	32.0	9.5	7.2	16.5
2001297	35x12.5R17 LT	10	124Q	10.0	S 65 D ---	S 3,525 D ------	34.8	12.9	9.8	20.0
2001301	37x12.5R17 LT	10	129Q	10.0	S 65 D ---	S 4,080 D ------	36.8	12.9	9.8	21.0
2001269	LT265/70R17	10	121/118Q	7.5	S 80 D 80	S 3,195 D 2,910	31.9	10.7	8.3	18.5
2001222	LT285/70R17	8	121/118Q	8.5	S 65 D 65	S 3,195 D 2,910	33.0	11.5	8.9	18.5
2001223	LT315/70R17	8	121/118Q	9.5	S 50 D 50	S 3,195 D 2,910	34.6	12.7	9.7	20.0
2001298	35x12.5R18 LT	10	123Q	10.0	S 65 D ---	S 3,415 D ------	34.8	12.9	9.8	20.0
2001275*	37x12.5R18 LT	8	123Q	10.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,415 D ------	36.8	12.9	9.8	20.5
2001280*	38x15.50R18 LT	8	128Q	12.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,970 D ------	37.8	15.4	12.3	21.0
2001227	LT325/60R18	10	124/121Q	9.5	S 65 D 65	S 3,525 D 3,195	33.6	13.0	10.1	20.0
2001300	LT275/65R18	10	123/120Q	8.0	S 80 D 80	S 3,415 D 3,085	32.3	11.0	8.7	18.5
2001226	LT325/65R18	10	127/124Q	9.5	S 65 D 65	S 3,860 D 3,525	34.8	13.0	10.1	20.0
2001277*	35x12.50R20 LT	10	121Q	10.0	S 65 D ---	S 3,195 D ------	34.8	12.9	9.8	20.5
2001276*	37x13.50R20 LT	10	127Q	11.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,860 D ------	36.8	13.6	10.9	21.0
2001281*	38x15.50R20 LT	8	125Q	12.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,640 D ------	37.8	15.4	12.3	21.0
2001278*	37x13.50R22 LT	10	123Q	11.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,420 D ------	36.8	13.6	10.9	21.0
2001279*	40x15.50R22 LT	8	127Q	12.0	S 50 D ---	S 3,860 D ------	39.8	15.4	12.3	21.0

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SkyTran, a path breaking transportation company

Indian engineer Ankur Bhatnagar's startup skyTran gets investment from Google chairman Eric Schmidt

By Anumeha Chaturvedi, ET Bureau | 2 Sep, 2015, 10.34AM IST

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has placed his bets on skyTran, a pathbreaking transportation company which is cofounded by Indian engineer Ankur Bhatnagar.

NEW DELHI: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has placed his bets on skyTran, a pathbreaking transportation company which is cofounded by Indian engineer Ankur Bhatnagar.
Bhatnagar, a BTech engineer from IIT-Roorkee and an MTech from IIT-Kanpur is the sole Indian cofounder of skyTran, a Nasa Space Act company which is headquartered at the Nasa Ames Research Center. Bhatnagar told ET that Schmidt has invested an in a Series-A round in skyTran through his venture capital fund, Innovation Endeavors. He declined to reveal the amount invested.

The company has developed a "third-generation" Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) technology which hopes to change the face of public transport across the world. Bhatnagar expects it to be operational in India in the next two years and hopes India will emerge as its biggest market. He said skyTran can transport passengers above surface traffic cutting the journey between Mulund and Colaba in Mumbai or Bengaluru airport to Electronic City in 25 minutes. The company is in different stages of negotiations with state governments and is currently targeting PRT opportunities in Jaipur, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Kerala. skyTran will have a network of computer controlled levitating 'jet-like' vehicles which will transport passengers above surface traffic.

Bhatnagar said he is in talks with states and industrial groups to build networks which can significantly reduce intercity and interstate travel times in India.

"The average speed of travel in cities is expected to be 120 km/hour. That means a user can expect to travel from Gurgaon to Noida in less than 25 minutes, for example. The speed of travel would be 250 km/hour on intercity routes. A journey between Delhi and Chandigarh or Delhi to Jaipur would just take an hour," said Bhatnagar who is designated as VP for skyTran in India. skyTran had previously received funding from US department of transportation.

The company's inventor is Douglas Malewicki, a graduate of Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois and Bhatnagar chanced upon him around ten years ago and later came on board.

"I was hoping to start my venture in the public transportation space using mobiles and came across Malewicki's idea and requested him to take me on board," said Bhatnagar, who is spearheading business development for skyTran and had previously worked with Wipro and PwC.

He further added that the skyTran system can help alleviate deteriorating issues like congestion and pollution in India, and can help India build highspeed rail systems at one third of estimated costs. skyTran routes traffic in small packets, or small vehicles, at high speed just as internet routes data. The company promises all seated travel with no jostling and personalised routes. The vehicle will travel using magnetic levitation over the network on the user's personalised route directly to the destination non-stop.

5 Indicators That Contradict India’s GDP Figures

5 Indicators That Contradict India’s GDP Figures

By
Debiprasad Nayak
and
Anant Vijay Kala

@anantvkala
anant.kala@wsj.com


India registered 7% growth between April and June on Monday, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, according to official data.

But other key indicators of economic vitality aren’t as positive.
The Wall Street Journal made with Datawrapper

Vehicle sales last quarter didn’t show the kind of growth you would expect from an economy expanding at a rate of more than 7% per year. 

Car, truck and two-wheeler sales are good indicators of consumers, corporate and farmer sentiment respectively. Overall vehicles sales barely budged last quarter, rising just 1% to 4.89 million vehicles. 

Passenger vehicle sales were up 6.17%, commercial vehicle sales were up 3.55% and two-wheeler sales were up just 0.64%.

Indian officials had hoped for a pick-up in overseas demand for Indian-made products as Western economies gathered momentum. But the country’s exports have fallen for eight months in a row through July, underscoring continued stress in global economies.

In the year ended March 31, India’s exports totaled $310.5 billion, falling about 9% short of the $340 billion target. In the first four months of the current fiscal year things haven’t improved: goods exports have recorded a 15% decline–compared with the same period last year–to $89.83 billion. China’s move to devalue its currency has given its producers a competitive edge, damping export prospects of other economies, including India. In addition, the sharp drop in global crude oil prices, while good for India’s import bill, has come as a major downer for Indian petroleum product exports, which make up a big chunk of the South Asian economy’s total shipments.


The Indian currency hit a near two-year low against the dollar last week in the midst of the global selloff and was among the worst performing currencies in Asia. Fear among investors that the slowdown in China could cause a global slump was the main drag on the Indian currency. Analysts say the depreciation in the rupee is necessary to keep India’s exports competitive. They expect some more weakness later this year, depending on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on lending rates. Foreign investors became big sellers in the Indian debt market in August, putting pressure on the rupee as they took dollars out of the local market.


The benchmark Sensex index was one of the top-performing indexes last year, but so far this year it has failed to shine. Since mid-2014, investors bought stocks on hopes that the economy would rise faster and boost profits. But that outcome has been elusive and analysts have started cutting their Sensex targets. Ambit Capital now sees the Sensex falling to 28,000 points, down from its earlier target of 32,000. If the Chinese devalue the yuan again, the Indian stock market could fall further.

Profits at big companies have barely budged since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in India last year. The chart above shows the percentage growth of profits of companies in the benchmark Sensex index compared to a year earlier.

According to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report, the profits of Sensex companies rose by only 1% during the April through June quarter, compared with 24% growth in the same period a year earlier.

Utilities and cement companies have dragged the average earnings growth as big private sector and government projects remained stuck waiting for government approvals. Metal and refining companies suffered due to the decline in oil and commodity prices.

–Eric Bellman contributed to this post.