Help me select new tires - Which have you liked or disliked?

[cdthiker]

I will toss a vote out there for the Hankook DanaPro ATM.

I have run most of the other tires mentioned on this list and I like the ATM's better then all the others as an over all tire.
I just took a set of my tacoma that have just north of 70 k on them. They wear like iron and I bet there is still another 10-15 k left in them. I took them off because of all the ice and snow where I live. Thile there is still tread on the tires the rubber has gotten so hard they not worth much on glazed up snow when its 0 degrees out. They will be going back on for at least one more summer of highway, offroad, fire wood gathering and over all nonsense when I take my studded tires off.

I would say at least ten thousand of those 70k miles has been off pavement they are good at everything except deep mud. They WERE great in the snow till this year ( their fourth winter) and amazing on just plain dirt and gravel roads ( most of idaho)

cheers

 

[fortel]

I'm in the BFG KO2 camp. I'm running them on my Nissan Frontier. Great road manners, noticeably less road noise than the Cooper AT3s on my wife's SUV, and better off road than the original KOs. I ran two sets of KOs on F150s and got 72,000 miles out of one set and traded a truck with 67,000 miles on the other set, you gotta love that kind of treadwear. Wet traction and snow traction is great for a non-winter tire.

All that said, tires just seem to get better and better so any major brand offering should treat you OK.

 

[TwoTrack]

For something that will be good on the highway with low noise yet still be aggressive offroad, I vote for the Cooper ATP's.

 

[nucktaco]

running a set of bfg k02's in 285-70R17 on my Tacoma. went from the same size KM2 to this. great on the street, rain, snow, etc. snowflake rated too. had them aired down and never had an issue. had them on since march on 2015 and i cant see any visable wear. ive probably put 15-20,000 km on them.

would definitely recommend. i payed 1000 mounted and balanced out the door for a set of 4 too so couldn't complain.

 

[Clymber]

I have Maxxis Big Horn 255/85/16 and think they are really good. I have done desert, highway mud and snow with them and havent had any problems besides own stupidity with getting into snow to deep. Road noise isnt all that bad and I think they handle really good on the road. The one complaint I have about them was finding tires in that size. People will say that narrow tires are stupis and dont perform all that great blah blah blah I dont do serious rock crawling to have to worry about it enough to go wide and they stuff I have done I went thru with no problem and the ppl I have been with have had 35's and full lockers.
the biggest factor you should look at is what you want to spend on tires

 

[JCMatthews]

I have run BFG ATs KOs on my last two vehicles. I really like the tire for its performance in most terrains. What the BFG AT KO does is this. It is very good at most things, but not perfect at any one thing. It has good manners on the road and is quiet for an aggressive AT. It is good in the wet, it is good in the sand, slick rock and mud. However, like I said it does not excel at any of them, but getting a tire that is a good all-around tire is what most of us are looking for (unless you have a dedicated trail rig). I loved them on my Cherokee first in the 31 x 10.50 and then in the 33 x 10.50. In between I tried two different mud terrains, but both of them were quite worn at 35K. Not good on a daily driver. Then when I purchased my Tundra the first thing I did was get a set of BFG's. They performed just like I thought, but did not wear as long as I wanted. I replaced them at 45K with a set of Cooper STMaxx. I did this based on Jim65wagon's thread about how his were performing. They have been very good thus far. They even hauled us to Alaska last summer, which was mostly pavement. I have had them on slick rock, sand, snow, and in the mud this fall. As long as I air down a little they are great. I have no complaints except they are heavy. They are wearing just like they should and I expect 50K+ out of them.

 

[Watt maker]

For what you want to do, I would recommend the BFG KO2. I'm currently running this tire on my 2008 4runner and they are pretty impressive at just about everything. These tires are a big improvement from the KO's in regards to snow traction, road noise, ride quality. That's not to say the KO was terrible at any of those areas. In fact, I am still running KO's on my 2014 4runner. Over the years and trucks, I have tried many different tires but I always end up going back the BFG AT (currently KO2).

Another tire that was impressive, considering how cheap I purchased them, was the Hankook Dynapro AT. I ran those for 70k on my 4runner in just about every kind of terrain. They never let me down and I never had a flat with those.

Some other tires I ran on a variety of trucks include;
Toyo AT2 Extreme- Great traction in just about everything but very noisy for an AT and very heavy
Goodyear SRA- ok street traction, squirly when towing, inconsistent tread wear
Yokohama AT- so so traction, very soft sidewalls, squishy feeling on road. I don't recommend these
Pro Comp XT- more of a MT tire, good on the rocks, so so traction everywhere else, heavy, hard to balance
Pro Comp AT- quiet tire, surprisingly good in the sand, squirly feeling on road
Mickey Thompson Baja Claw- good on the rocks/sand/mud, terrible everywhere else, hard to balance

 

[MattKoch]

Grabber At2 Made in USA can't beat the price/quality

 

[FJR Colorado]

Goodyear Duratracs for the win.

Based on the OP's criteria, that would be the clear choice.

If you spend 95% of your time on the road, Yoko Geolandars would also be a fit.

If you spend a good deal of time off-road, step up to the GY MT/Rs. Absolutely great tires.

Personally, I am not a fan of BFGs.

 

[MCObray]

I hated the Duratracs, in which I returned in a matter of a week.

I liked the Toyo Open Country AT2s.

I loved my BFG KO2s.

I am intrigued by the General Grabber AT2.

 

[78f150tx]

I have Michelins on my wife's SUV and ko2's on my 78 F150 but Cooper Discover A/T3 hands down the best tires on a 4Runner IMHO. They are quiet on the highway (read I don't have to crank up my stock radio or loud talk to have a conversation at 75mph) and they perform great off-road.

I live in Wyoming and cover snow, ice, rock, sand you name it. Great over landing tire.


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[bijanjames]

Also check out the Cooper ST Maxx.

 

[_ExpeditionMan]

Wow, this really blew up! Thanks to everyone for all the information and opinions on all these tires. From what you all have said I will be looking at AT or hybrid style tires. I'll definitely be considering the bfg k02 and the cooper ST maxx. A few other on here are interesting as well but I haven't done any in depth research on them. I'll report back with what I end up getting in the next few weeks. Again thanks for the awesome responses.

 

[jkempton]

Cooper ST Maxx ******!

 

[cwvandy]

depends

Not too hard to conclude from all these great posts that it depends...depends on your vehicle and how and where you drive it. I have a built Tundra and live in the high desert outside Bend. Toyo Open Country AT2 Extremes have been great here ( previously ran MT's on my built Tacoma). The AT's were relatively quiet and ride well on road, great in sand, rocks, dirt terrain. OK in snow. Air down well. I have 30K on them and they still have mucho tread left. I have driven them on largely dry trips in Nevada, CA (Death Valley) and all over SE Oregon with intermittent snow conditions. I like them a lot.
Only caveat is I drove them Mexico to Wyoming on the Continental Divide trail last June, 1000+ miles off road, following the "great weather", late season snow we had at Expo in May. The heavy snow/rain made the trail a mess. Overall the tires were fine, but in the deep mud, sometimes 50-100 miles of really deep mud, these tires were not good at all. In these conditions I really missed my Open Country MT's. The tread just did not clear the mud and I drove on a several inch layer of muddy slicks. The loss of control was down right spooky at times. The AT's, as versatile as they were on the road and in other conditions, just were not designed for this type of driving. MT's on the other hand are a bit noisier, weigh more (and impact fuel economy) and cost more (at least in the Toyo line). But much better in mud.
Like most have pointed out, choice for me is a trade-off between MT's and AT's. The Tundra is not my daily driver, however, and this definitely should be factored into the decision.