Tires

[HandyManJr]

Falken Wildpeak A/T3W are my favorite tires. They are quiet, offer great wet/dry traction, and look aggressive. The coopers are also really nice from what I've experienced.

10ply all the way! A lot fewer issues and the piece of mind is huge with a strong tire like a 10ply.

 

[browning2480]

Look no further than the Nitto Ridge Grappler and yes for what you are using them for, 10 ply is what you need. No matter what tire you go with

 

[Manigotapee]

Thank you all for the responses, this forum is GREAT!

 

[Mustang06]

Falken Wildpeak AT3s without question for your application. Quiet on the road. AWESOME in inclement weather including snow (snowflake rated). Really good on forest service and logging roads. 55k mileage warranty. Their TOUGH tires too! Sidewalls hold up awesome through the rocks.

FWIW I’ve run BF Goodrich, Toyo, Goodyear, Firestone, Coopers and Nitto in the past. I’d choose the Falkens over any model offered by any of the above makers for your application, period.

This is almost word for word what I would have written. I'd put the Cooper AT3 as second place.

 

[Ridley]

I’ve run Goodyear duratracs, BFG ko2, cooper STT Pro and now have a set of cooper st Maxx. The duratrac has weak sidewalls, they were E rated and they just split on me. The BFG didn’t impress me in winter driving. The STT Pros wore out really fast. For me the st Maxx has been the toughest tire I’ve ever had. Here is a picture of why I am a believer in the st Maxx, that is a screwdriver I picked up on a local highway…not an ounce of air lost and this tire is still going strong.

 

[roosiebull]

Starting to look for tires for the truck.

I drive a lot. I drive a lot of highway for work and also for getting to a hunting area. I work construction, so puncture resistance is a desirable trait. I drive 30k/year so would like some thing that will wear well. I am good about routine maintenance and tire rotation. Being from KS, I get all 4 (sometimes 6) seasons of weather. Snow/wet traction is important as well as off road capability.

I'm specifically looking for recommendations in an "all terrain" tire. What are everyone's thoughts on a 10 ply? Necessary or not?

Thank you!

BFG all terrain is still hard to beat for function, ride, performance and longevity… I just put them on my pickup, and they’re on my wife’s. We drive a lot to, we have been around 2500 miles per month on both pickups.

for my own pickup, this is the first time I have not got MT’s in probably 20yrs, and after 25k on my wife’s pickup with those tires, I decided to put them on mine too… MT’s get slick the last half of their life on wet pavement, which is more important on my small light pickups, the all terrain is maintaining traction and everything else.

when tires get slick, I swap them because I hate tires that don’t perform, I literally get new tires every year, and I think I will get more life out of my current tires based on how they have held up on the tundra

 

[roosiebull]

I’ve run Goodyear duratracs, BFG ko2, cooper STT Pro and now have a set of cooper st Maxx. The duratrac has weak sidewalls, they were E rated and they just split on me. The BFG didn’t impress me in winter driving. The STT Pros wore out really fast. For me the st Maxx has been the toughest tire I’ve ever had. Here is a picture of why I am a believer in the st Maxx, that is a screwdriver I picked up on a local highway…not an ounce of air lost and this tire is still going strong.
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The maxx are a great tire… my only beef with them is how bad they hold rocks… I drive a lot of gravel and those tires drove me nuts how they held gravel

if that’s not an issue for others, those are a great tire.

I wish cooper would bring back the regular STT mt, that was my favorite tire

 

[FLATHEAD]

Need a set for my ole FJ80. Looking at either BFG/AT's or Toyo AT3's.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

like a few others have stated i would highly recommend the BFG All Terrain T/A KO2, and yes you need 10 ply unless you stay on the pavement or you want practice changing flats

 

[cobbc03]

Falken wildpeak AT3 is a great tire.

 

[Mosby]

I have 2 ply Wrangler Duratrac's that came with my truck. They have worked well in some awful conditions in Idaho and Colorado. I will make a few more trips with them while things are hot and dry and will be switching out to 6 ply Falken Wildpeak AT3's before winter that I bought a few months ago.

10 ply tires are heavy and affect fuel mileage but they are great in rocky areas. It is what I put on my old Suburban but I have a lighter truck now and I decided to go with 6 ply instead of 10 ply for the extra fuel mileage.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

I have 2 ply Wrangler Duratrac's that came with my truck. They have worked well in some awful conditions in Idaho and Colorado. I will make a few more trips with them while things are hot and dry and will be switching out to 6 ply Falken Wildpeak AT3's before winter that I bought a few months ago.

10 ply tires are heavy and affect fuel mileage but they are great in rocky areas. It is what I put on my old Suburban but I have a lighter truck now and I decided to go with 6 ply instead of 10 ply for the extra fuel mileage.

u must have never traveled on any red scoria rock roads or you wouldn't have made if far with them 2 or 6plys

 

[HuntInWild88]

I've been highly impressed with my nitto ridge graplers and Toyo open country R/T. Not the A/T or M/T but R/T. They are a hybridized tire. I had them on my f350 and they were fantastic. If I could have got them in the size I needed for.my Cherokee I would have. So it got shoed with with the ridge grapplers.

 

[Titan_Bow]

I have always had good performance with BFG's. You gotta keep them rotated pretty religiously or they'll start cupping pretty bad, but man, I have gone places where I would swear I deserve a flat and never got one!

 

[PVHunter]

Another vote for the Falken Wildpeak AT3.

 

[oldillini]

Falken Wildpeak AT3s without question for your application. Quiet on the road. AWESOME in inclement weather including snow (snowflake rated). Really good on forest service and logging roads. 55k mileage warranty. Their TOUGH tires too! Sidewalls hold up awesome through the rocks.

FWIW I’ve run BF Goodrich, Toyo, Goodyear, Firestone, Coopers and Nitto in the past. I’d choose the Falkens over any model offered by any of the above makers for your application, period.

I second the Falken AT3's. I have 100K miles on my Tundra in 4+ years. Love them. Wear very well. For all-terrain style, they are very quiet. I just put my 3rd set on last week.

 

[jaycrooker_2]

+1 for General Grabber ATX. Same tread pattern as BFG KO2 and I'm seeing much better tread life than my previous pairs of KO2s. Oh, and many tire punctures can be avoided if you drive more slowly on shale

 

[Ridley]

The maxx are a great tire… my only beef with them is how bad they hold rocks… I drive a lot of gravel and those tires drove me nuts how they held gravel

if that’s not an issue for others, those are a great tire.

I wish cooper would bring back the regular STT mt, that was my favorite tire

They are good at picking up and holding onto screwdrivers too.
I don’t mind the rocks. I do have two complaints though, 1) they are heavy, and 2) they are pricey. But I’m good with that given their durability. I trust they won’t leave me stranded.

 

[dtrkyman]

I have had 4 or 5 sets of bridgestones, zero complaints!

 

[Mighty Mouse]

I currently have 57,900 mi on the 10-ply Cooper Discoverer AT3's on my F150 with 1/8" of tread left above the wear indicator. Mostly highway miles but also a fair amount on rough gravel and dirt oilfield roads.