Tires

[Jmort1754]

285/60/20

Toyo at3
Or
Nitto exo grappler

 

[browning2480]

Instead of the Exo Grappler, take a look at the Ridge Grappler.

The Toyo AT3 are a good tire also

 

[Sandstrom]

I have had very good luck with the Cooper AT3’s. I have them on several of my trucks that we use for landscaping and plowing snow. They are great traction wise, I get good wear out of them, and they are pretty quiet considering the aggressive tread.
Ryan

 

[EastMT]

I have 46k miles on the AT3 XL in 285/17 load range E on a 3/4 ton (they have bigger lugs on the shoulder Of the tire). They are over 3 years old, have been all over Alaska, Texas, Montana, -40 deg to 110 deg. I just measured the tread depth as I always DIY rotate the highest tread to the right rear, they are all at 10/32-11/32nds after 46k miles and came with 17/32nds.

I’ll probably replace them with the same thing right before hunting season next year, sell them on CL for $80 for somebody to run till they are bald. So far knock on wood zero patches, pretty happy as the Denali highway, haul road, Montana backroads have some nasty sharp rocks.

 

[NABG Hunter]

I have had very good luck with the Cooper AT3’s. I have them on several of my trucks that we use for landscaping and plowing snow. They are great traction wise, I get good wear out of them, and they are pretty quiet considering the aggressive tread.
Ryan

I'm looking into a new set of tires as well, and I'm considering there. I hear they're on the heavy side and negatively affect mileage. Your thoughts?

 

[Sandstrom]

I'm looking into a new set of tires as well, and I'm considering there. I hear they're on the heavy side and negatively affect mileage. Your thoughts?

Yes, a heavier tire will be harder to accelerate and keep in motion... But, for all practical purposes, you won’t notice any difference in milage due to tire weight as long as you are comparing the same size. I just looked up a bunch of tires in the same size and compared the weights ( I have a comercial account with a distributor). For the size I looked up, 265-75-r16 load range e, they all varied from 45 to 54 lbs. The coopers were right in the middle at 50 lbs. I wouldn’t worry about it one bit!
Hope this helps,
Ryan

 

[EastMT]

I'm looking into a new set of tires as well, and I'm considering there. I hear they're on the heavy side and negatively affect mileage. Your thoughts?

Yeah I compared 285’s, looked at same size across the brands, low end weight was 51, high end was 60 for deep mud lugs, Cooper XLT were 56 with the extra side lugs/tread that I wanted, so in the middle as stated.

If you go with OEM size, I doubt you will notice any change unless you go up to a mud lug with really deep tread. Now if you compare weight to the cheap OEM tires they come with new, you may gain a few pounds.

The only way to make light tires is to remove rubber/tread, and that’s not always a good thing, thinner sidewalls, thinner casing, less tread, etc.

 

[Wrench]

I have those cooper at3's on a 450hp powerstroke excursion and am getting great wear and excellent rain/snow performance. My rig is 8300lbs so 6# of tire isn't a pinch of shit to it.

I'm going to put these on my dodge as it has mud tires on it with about 12/32 left and it jumped sideways twice last week at 70 in the wer roads.....not fun.

 

[Brownie0810]

285/60/20

Toyo at3
Or
Nitto exo grappler

General grabber AT’s have always done me well