Cadillac Escalade-ext Tires

Introduced in the late 90s, the Cadillac Escalade is a full-size SUV that’s essentially an upscale, optioned-out GMC Yukon. The Escalade EXT was the pickup truck iteration of the Escalade and was designed to compete with the failed Lincoln Blackwood and Lincoln Mark LT, both of which were luxury trucks based on the Ford F150. The EXT and its stablemate the Chevrolet Avalanche were classified as “sport utility trucks”; the Escalade EXT was one of the worst-selling models in the US for model year 2013, with less than 2000 units sold. Both the Cadillac Escalade EXT and the Chevrolet Avalanche were discontinued after 2013. Like its Escalade SUV counterpart, the Escalade EXT sport utility truck was loaded with the kind of amenities, comfort options, and standard equipment you’d expect from anything branded Cadillac.

Here at SimpleTire, our team has gone through the catalog and picked out the best Cadillac Escalade EXT tires, including all-weather, all-season, and winter tire choices. We then used our SimpleScore system to arrive at a numerical value for the categories of traction, handling, and longevity for each tire. Ready? Let’s go in for a closer look:

1. Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive - Best All-Weather tire

All-weather tires might be new to you; they have a lot in common with all-season tires but are intended for improved performance in winter traction without any serious sacrifices in tread life, ride quality, road manners, handling, cornering, and braking. For decades, drivers have loved Pirelli tires for their performance, quality, and value, and the Scorpion WeatherActive is no exception. This tire is one of the newer additions to the Scorpion family and has the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service. In real-world situations where you need that tire to get the job done, the Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive is designed with a directional tread design and 3-rib pattern that’s rigid enough to avoid tread squirm during braking or cornering, a zigzag central groove, angled grooves that channel water and slush away from the contact patch to resist hydroplaning, and a tread pitch that’s randomized and computer tuned to keep road noise to a minimum by canceling certain frequencies and resonances. The tread compound of the Scorpion WeatherActive is designed to remain flexible and deliver winter traction when temperatures are below freezing but is still durable and tough enough for long miles and great wear characteristics. Pirelli backs the Scorpion WeatherActive with a 60,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty. After running the numbers for the Scorpion WeatherActive, we get SimpleScores of 9.8 for traction, 9.2 for longevity, and 9.5 for handling – all certainly pretty respectable, if you ask us.

2. Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT - Best All-Season tire

The Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT is a highway all-season tire that’s developed to pair year-round grip with Grand Touring-style standards of ride comfort, road manners, stability, and wear properties. Durability is at the top of the list with the Wrangler Steadfast HT, with a tread infused with DuPont Kevlar, a reinforced sidewall and built-in WearGauge indicators embedded in the tread face itself to give a driver a heads-up to uneven or excessive wear. Goodyear covers the Wrangler Steadfast HT from the factory with a 70,000 mile warranty. With that kind of long, even wear and resistance to damage from potholes and other hazards, we give the Wrangler Steadfast HT an unbeatable SimpleScore of 9.9 for longevity. A SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction is pretty strong as well, thanks to a network of sipes for winter grip, lateral/angled grooves, and extra-wide circumferential grooves that are designed as a system to cut the risk of hydroplaning and get through wet weather with ease and confidence. Cornering, braking response, and steering input are all predictable and correct, thanks to that proven tread design and a solid center rib – the Steadfast HT comes in with a SimpleScore of 9.5 for handling. Overall SimpleScore for the Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT is a very strong 9.7.

3. Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 - Best Winter tire

Next up is our choice for a winter tire, and the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 is a perfect option for winter performance for your Cadillac Escalade EXT. The Blizzak DM-V2 has the technology and design features to get you through some of the most difficult winter conditions without putting you and your passengers through a rough nerve-wracking ride. This purpose-built winter tire is loaded with next-generation features like an advanced winter tread formulation that incorporates Bridgestone’s multi-cell rubber compounds and a hydrophilic coating, ensuring that the tire stays flexible at subfreezing temperatures. The Blizzak DM-V2 maximizes rubber contact with the road with increased block edges in its tread pattern. Its tread compound contains “bite particles” that let the Blizzak DM-V2 get the best purchase in snowy, slushy, or icy surfaces, earning a SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction. That enhanced contact patch is designed to improve steering feedback and response as well as traction and control, bringing home a SimpleScore of 8.9 for handling. Durability is another plus with this tire; while most tires naturally lose traction as they wear down, Bridgestone designed the Blizzak DM-V2 with NanoPro Tech Multicell Compound for the first 55% of the tire’s tread depth. From there, the remaining 45% of tread depth is a standard winter compound that still offers excellent grip on snow and slush (SimpleScore of 9.3 for longevity). As you’d probably expect, the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 is Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rated for severe winter service.

While these are the best Cadillac Escalade EXT tires, there are plenty of other options to consider:

4. Falken Wildpeak H/T 02 - Great All-Season tire

Technically, the Falken Wildpeak H/T02 is classed as an all-season highway-terrain tire, but don’t be fooled – this is a durable, tough tire for light trucks and SUVs, complete with Heavy Duty LT designation. The Wildpeak H/T 02 is nothing if not resilient; it’s designed with a rugged upper sidewall, damage-resistant tread compound, “support bridge” tread blocks that add extra rigidity and stability, and up to a 70,000 mile warranty. Put it all together and it comes out to a SimpleScore of 9.7 for longevity. It’s designed for year-round performance, with a silica-rich tread formulation and a tread pattern that incorporates circumferential and lateral grooves with 3D Canyon Sipes, for a SimpleScore of 8.7 for traction. Steering response, braking performance, road manners, and cornering are all composed and precise, and we give the Wildpeak H/T 02 a SimpleScore of 8.5 for handling. Overall SimpleScore for the Falken Wildpeak H/T 02 is a very respectable 9.1.

5. Kumho Crugen HP71 - Good All-Season tire

Let’s wrap up our list with an all-season tire that’s been making a great impression on us, the Crugen HP71 from Kumho. Our team has thought for some time now that Kumho products in general deliver premium quality and performance, and the Crugen HP71 comes in with a very respectable SimpleScore of 9.1 for longevity. The advanced tread compound of the Crugen HP71 is durable enough for Kumho to offer a 65,000 mile warranty. Steering feedback, response, road manners, and cornering are more like what you’d expect from a performance tire, with a rigid center rib and shoulder blocks that resist the deformation and tread squirm that come with the forces of braking and cornering. SimpleScore for handling: 8.6. We ran the numbers and registered the Crugen HP71 a SimpleScore of 8.4 for traction with its circumferential grooves, micro-serrations, lateral voids, and full-depth sipes that help with solid, consistent grip on a variety of pavement surfaces in wet, dry or wintry conditions. The Kumho Crugen HP71 is also quiet and refined, keeping highway noise to a minimum thanks to a tread pitch that’s randomized and computer-tuned to reduce resonances and cancel certain frequencies.

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