Falken Tires

[douglastic]

In case you need another opinion - get them

50k and counting on mine - still have lots of tread - and quiet too
Happiest I've been with any tire purchase

 

[Hnoroian]

By far my favorite tire +48,xxx miles and counting, of which it has seen their fair share of city/highway, dirt, sand, snow and a little bit of mud along the way.
~12k towing a 24’ travel trailer
~10k off road (mostly fire road access)


FWIW I will be replacing them again with the same

 

[Todd780]

Really did want these. Damn it. Hopefully the Toyo AT3's I just got are decent. Maybe next time around I'll be able to get the Wildpeaks in the size I need.

 

[Hnoroian]

I wouldn’t be bummed, I don’t think you made a bad choice. Kinda like Ford, Dodge, GMC, Toyota… whatever it is, it gets you from point A to B.

My choice came down to It is (or was at the time) the only 3peak rating which gives the CHP another reason why I wouldn’t have my chains on yet when it happens if they check.

I was the first around here apparently, the dealerships haven’t even seen them yet.

 

[MOAK]

Wow, thanks for all the replies. I didn’t mention, I’m shopping for 255/85/16s so there are only a small handful of options on the market. Called my tire guy and he can get 5 of them on for a little under 1400 installed. I think I’ll be treating the 80 to new sneakers after Christmas.

 

[gnel]

Wow, thanks for all the replies. I didn’t mention, I’m shopping for 255/85/16s so there are only a small handful of options on the market. Called my tire guy and he can get 5 of them on for a little under 1400 installed. I think I’ll be treating the 80 to new sneakers after Christmas.

I´m a big fan of 255/85/16s and am very happy with the Mastercraft Courser CXT (made by cooper). You might want to check them out.

 

[Trestle]

I had the Wildpeak AT3W in 265/70 R 17 E rated on a 2wd sprinter. The vehicle was at or near (occasionally over) GVW of 8550 for most of its tire life. Towed, lots of gravel roads, occasional sand/silt, and some snow. They had a 55k wear warranty. When I sold the van, I had put just over 68k miles on them. They were easily good for another 20k of safe driving.

I took that van in lots of places it had no right to be, and it did very will with the Wildpeaks. Maxxtracs to the rescue many times. So when I looked for new pizza cutters for the Land Cruiser (255/85 R-16) I was disappointed that I could only find the Wildpeak mud terrains, and three other mud terrains at the time. This was less than a year ago, so I'm actually disappointed that they AT3W were not out then in that size. I ended up going with the Cooper Discoverer ST Maxx. I've had decent experience with Cooper, and these were an aggressive terrain vs. mud (wife uses this vehicle to drive in snow, so did not want MTs). They're better than what I expected, but wish I had the option of the AT3W at the time.

I'll be putting the AT3W on the RAM if it ever shows up.

Other tires I have tried in the past as a comparison include:

• Duratrac - hated, easily punctured
• Hanook Dynapro AT - OK - too many better options now
• BFG MT - not the latest gen - OK - wouldn't purchase again
• BFG AT - not the latest gen - OK - wouldn't purchase again
• Bridgestone Dueler AT Revo - OK - wouldn't purchase again
• Goodyear snow specific tires, added studs - Amazing for their intended use
• No name ATs when I was young and poorer - got what I paid for

All of these on multiple different vehicles, so no constant to calibrate their relative performances other than my impressions.

FWIW

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

I´m a big fan of 255/85/16s and am very happy with the Mastercraft Courser CXT (made by cooper). You might want to check them out.

If you can find them. I’ve called/emailed Cooper several times and I keep getting told “soon”. BTW: exemplary customer service from them. I always receive prompt responses to my idiot questions. ?

 

[redthies]

I’m going to be the dissenting voice here I guess. I’ve heard people rave about these Falken AT tires for years now, and I have a brand new set of 4 on my Sequoia (Well, they have about 6,000 miles on them). I really don’t like them in snow. In fact, in 2 wheel drive, I can barely get them to move on flat ground with any type of snow on it. If anyone wants a set of 4 and you’re in the CDA/Spokane area, let me know. I’d trade them for a set of BFGs, Toyos, Coopers… anything beats these falken things (see what I did there??).

If I have to buy, I’ll go BFG KOs. Hands down the best AT in my 40 years of offroad experience, except on 3/4 or 1 ton diesels.

 

[plh]

I had the original version of the Falken Wild Peak A/T on my '05 Montero, kept them on it for 40K miles. They were always loud, but I am sure that was chassis type related, moved them over to my '92 Montero after that and were totally silent. Sold that truck, but kept the wheels and tires, still have them and really at around 50K miles still have great tread. They will be repurposed to something at some point. Excellent snow /mud/ sand traction. In fact I like the Falkens so much, I put the Wild Peak A/T Trails on my '14 Outlander excellent traction (winter) and very quiet. I had several sets of KO2s on my '05, also a great tire and very quiet on that chassis. Agree that as they age, they are not as sticky - also very good tread wear. In my opinion you cannot go wrong with either choice. Price would drive it for me.

 

[Alloy]

FORD's Superduty steering is known to wander. I tried a set of Wildpeaks on my F350 and the truck was all over the road. I suspect it's was the lighter (2ply vs. 3) sidewall. A steering stabilizer might have solved the problem but it was in the spring so I swapped to the summer tires on instead.

There's been no issue with the BGF (winter) KO2 or the factory (summer) Michelins.

I like the KO2 better than the Flakens for towing in 4" + and compact snow. The problem is KO2s are really good for the first 2 years. The 3rd year is OK but by the 4th year compound is hard so the KO2s don't grip.

The wanding came back after Michelins came off and the Falkens went back on (instead of buying new tires) since we're wating for 2 trucks. For 5hrs in 12-16" of snow with 1000lbs in the box it was hard keeping the truck straight. Ended up putting (not a great install) chains on. The KO2s I had were great in that amount of snow. The Falkens not so much. I seem to remember the KO2s clearing the snow from the tread but the Falkens don't.

 

[Alloy]

Really did want these. Damn it. Hopefully the Toyo AT3's I just got are decent. Maybe next time around I'll be able to get the Wildpeaks in the size I need.

Buddy of mine who I get my tires from has Toyo AT3's on his F150 and says they are great. I'll either put the KO2 or Toyo AT3 on our Tacoma when (if) it arrives.

Edit: Too bad the Wildpeak and the KO2 didn't get tested.

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[tacollie]

@Alloy I have had the exact opposite experience in when comparing are KO2 to the AT3W?. I'm betting the snow in Vancouver is different than the snow in Colorado. Luckily there are options.

 

[WVI]

@1leglance Which load rating are the tires on your van?
Thanks

 

[Alloy]

@Alloy I have had the exact opposite experience in when comparing are KO2 to the AT3W?. I'm betting the snow in Vancouver is different than the snow in Colorado. Luckily there are options.

It was 150 miles East of Van. and the temp was -11C (12F) so it wasn't "Vancouver" snow. I've been driving our Honda CRV AWD with 1/2 worn Michilen Defenders. It's allot more fun/capable plowing through snow than the truck is. The Honda is climbing hills I can't get the truck to go up in 4x4 and using the rear locker.