Finally Found a Tundra for Me(!) & I have a ? on Tires

[highcj5]

No advice on the tires. But nice truck. I’m starting to look right now too. Leaning towards a 2014-2016 double cab. Getting ready to sell my first gen. I love my first gen but want to have a little more horsepower for pulling.
Congrats on your find. And if you don’t mind? How much you pay?

 

[Agross]

No advice on the tires. But nice truck. I’m starting to look right now too. Leaning towards a 2014-2016 double cab. Getting ready to sell my first gen. I love my first gen but want to have a little more horsepower for pulling.
Congrats on your find. And if you don’t mind? How much you pay?

It’s in his original post.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Stock falkens on my 25, will prolly replace em with 35s in falken at4 or the Toyo open country at. I have the open country on the wife’s gx550, they also wear like iron.

 

[Mtndawger]

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After nearly a year of searching for the right used Tundra Double Cab Limited (2014-2018), I finally found THE one and bought it! It is a used vehicle buyer's dream, the proverbial "old man's truck." It's a 2015 Limited with only 49k miles on it. Was owned for the last 7 years by an elderly gentleman who passed away in March at the age of 86. He lived out in a midwest farmland area and pretty much only drove it into town a couple times a week or so. It's super clean. The passenger and rear leather seats look like they haven't been sat in. Maybe best of all, I got it for $29k, which was a very good price for what I'd seen in my search. I plan on keeping it for at least a dozen years and it very well might be the last truck I buy (i'm an old guy!)

One thing, it will need new tires in less than a year. I anticipate that the truck's use will probably be no more than 10k miles/year, distributed roughly as 75% city, 20% highway, and 5% off pavement. I don't want pure street/radial tires that wouldn't be very useful off pavement but I don't need something with big tread lugs either. I don't want to spend a fortune but I do want something that will provide good tread life.

So, what do you guys recommend? Thanks in advance.

I’ll second that price. Very good price for that.

 

[thisguy]

I've ran the Cooper Discover AT3, Toyo Open Country AT3, and Falken Wildpeak AT3. I like the look of the Falkens the best and they haven't let me down yet but neither did the other 2. They have a bit more road noise than the Toyos. I would choose the Toyos over the Coopers for mostly pavement driving.

 

[DisplacedHusky]

BFG KO2 fan here and I would also recommend getting some smaller wheels. Less unsprung weight and better as doing truck things.

 

[LongWayAround]

I had the Michelin AT2 at one point. I think they're a good option for mostly pavement with some gravel or off-road.

 

[Crusader]

Thanks for all the good suggestions, guys. I'll start doing my research on them so I know what I want when the time comes.

A couple of you had mentioned going to 18" (or 17") rims, with one of the commenters giving a reason. Can you all expound more on why that rim size would be preferable? I think my truck has 20" rims, which I guess is standard for a Limited trim?

 

[Jason Snyder]

Smaller rims = less weight, more tire sidewall. More sidewall equals more protection for the rim off road, greater ability to air down, better off road ride.

 

[Stache Attack]

For something seeing little gravel I would still say Falken wildpeak but possibly the rubitrek a/t from Falken would fit your use case better. Probably don’t need new rims but certainly improves ride quality being more rubber

 

[7mm-08]

Although they don't have the (somewhat controversial) history of the BF Goodrich KO2's, the newer KO3 might be worth looking into. I would also endorse moving away from the 20-inch rims for the same reasons Jason Snyder cited.

 

[WyldGoose]

Maybe stick with 18” wheels, I’ve heard that not all 17” rims will clear the brake calipers on these Tundras…

 

[Wrongside]

Maybe stick with 18” wheels, I’ve heard that not all 17” rims will clear the brake calipers on these Tundras…

That’s true. Definitely do your research before going 17”.

 

[Wrongside]

I have the ATIII on right now too. Good tread. Weak sidewall. I’ll be going to something different next time.

I hadn’t heard that about the Toyo AT3 sidewalls. Certainly others, like the old model Duratrac. Good to know tho. Thanks!

Smaller rims = less weight, more tire sidewall. More sidewall equals more protection for the rim off road, greater ability to air down, better off road ride.

100%

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

Smaller rims = less weight, more tire sidewall. More sidewall equals more protection for the rim off road, greater ability to air down, better off road ride.

Once you spend a day riding forest roads aired down it’s hard to go back!

I’ve been using the EZ Flate Case compressor and their 4-hose (coil version) setup for over a year now. Fantastic little system. Takes 5-6 minutes to air down, 10-12 to air up, and I didn’t have to find a place to mount a compressor or run wiring. Been going down to 17 PSI with the AT4W’s and 17” wheels.

Edit: one negative. Since you have to pop your hood to connect to the battery, people think you’re broken down and stop to ask if you need help. Putting a positive spin on that…you know you’re in a friendly area when people do stop! And you can ask them if they’ve seen any (insert what you’re hunting) haha.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Once you spend a day riding forest roads aired down it’s hard to go back!

I’ve been using the EZ Flate Case compressor and their 4-hose (coil version) setup for over a year now. Fantastic little system. Takes 5-6 minutes to air down, 10-12 to air up, and I didn’t have to find a place to mount a compressor or run wiring. Been going down to 17 PSI with the AT4W’s and 17” wheels.

It’s amazing the snow drifts you can get across and through when you’re at 18 psi versus 37.

 

[Bassman]

+1 for BFG KO2 (now KO3). Very quite for what they are in my opinion

 

[sndmn11]

95% road says Michelin

 

[mrhalibut]

Ran wildpeaks on my Tacoma's and now run them on my F250. Great tire but they have caught up with the competition in price.

 

[Bama67]

Baja Boss AT master race checking in.

Seriously I have owned almost every popular all terrain tire made or ran them on my company trucks and the BB AT is what all tires want to be when they grow up.