Another tire question! - All terrain or not for new truck

[jharkin]

Good to hear Semi. the Dealer only had SR5s and a Sport to test drive, I definitely liked how the Sport took corners better ... ride is firm but Im used to an even stiffer ride in my Acura. I wanst sure how the OR would be on the highway but Ive read a lot of other opinions same as you that folks liked the OR ride better.

Agree on the scoop. I hate non functional scoops..

Reading up a bit on the A-Trac system makes me want to find someplace to try and challenge this thing just for fun.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

My tire experience
BF Goodrich: all terrain, work truck daily use 12 years plus and still going. Still 40% tread terrific tires.
Goodyear assurance on family SUV: 3 years old and shot dryrotted at 50% tread. Ill Never buy a goodyear tire again.

 

[bholler]

BF Goodrich: all terrain, work truck daily use 12 years plus and still going

are you saying you have 12 yer old tires on a daily driver? if so wow how did you do that? i am lucky to get 3 or 4 years

 

[Seasoned Oak]

are you saying you have 12 yer old tires on a daily driver? if so wow how did you do that? i am lucky to get 3 or 4 years

Thats just for the time iv owned it. I dont know how long they were on it before i got it but there was about 3/4 of tread left. By comparison the goodyears were dry rotted in about 3 years and 30K miles of a supposed 90k wear rating. I only put about 1500 miles a year on the truck. Lots of short trips.

 

[bholler]

oh that explains it i put a minimum of 20000 a year on mine
still impressive though

 

[Bret Chase]

BF Goodrich all terrain. Awesome all around tire, for the weather, small commutes, some highway, and some off road use you speak of you will be very pleased.

With proper rotation every 5000 miles and maintianing the air pressure very regularly, they have worn VERY well for me on my S-10's over the years. '91 Sonoma had 180 on it when it got rid of it. '01 S-10 ZR2 had BFG 31's stock, now has 32's. 03 Blazer ZR2 had 31 BFG Long Trail (highway 5 rib tread) from new. Those have about 80 K on them and are still ok for summer use. It has 31 AT's for the winter and pushes a 7'4" fisher Homesteader (poly) plow just fine.

I had a set of BFG A/T ko's on my old '88 Chevy K2500... I got almost 70k out of them, I was very happy with them. The duty cycle on that truck was severe... muddy construction sites, towing 7k+ lbs, unplowed roads, etc....

My wife's got BFG long trail T/A's on her 'burb. they do the job for the usage that truck sees.

 

[ironpony]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys... I'm going to go look at the AT2s and the Nokians and see which one I like.

In other news, still waiting on the truck. I had to special order from the factory and after more though I decided to switch the order from the TRD Sport to the TRD Offroad. Decided for basically the same money to go for capability rather than bling. They are telling me 2-4 weeks out and I cant wait to see what this thing is capable of!!

you are probably going to get BFG A/T now, that's what came on our Off Road Tacoma. we have 2 Sports and an Off Road, company vehicles. all have over 200,000 on them, no problems.

 

[jharkin]

Whats intersting is that in tire racks survey results the BFG T/As actually rate only mid pack. Obviously still the most popular choice given they have as many reportd miles as the top 5 put together. And maybe still the best off road, but for my use I can give up some off road to get good road manners.


Still interesting that the Goodyears are rating very high, though I know a lot of folks wont touch Goodyear with a 10 foot pole.

 

[bassJAM]

It’s amazing how quickly those ratings change. When I picked up the Revo’s, they were at the top. Then when I picked up the Scorpions, they were either 1 or 2 on the list. BFG tires have always been rated lower on tirerack, but since they’ve consistently stayed there I’d say they are a solid performer. I think the reason they are so popular is that for so long they were about the only decent A/T tire available, and they had a “cool” looking tread. And let’s be honest, a good looking tread is just as important as actual performance!

Looks like BFG must have changed the rubber compound a little. If I remember correctly they used to get really high treadlife scores, but pretty low dry and wet grip scores as well as low ratings on noise. They must have went with a softer compound with more grip to stay with the competition.

 

[Hogwildz]

I went from Goodyear Wranglers, which I was never fond of, to a set of General Grabbers HTS highway all season tires.
Was looking at the Michelin LTX MS2 tires, but just didn't have that kind of bread to shell out for tires.
The Grabbers have a 60k mile warranty, the Mich's is 70k.
The Grabbers were $200.00 less and so far very quiet, smooth ride. Handle fine in the rain, haven't had them in snow season yet.
Much better then the Wranglers, that I can say.
Good luck with your choice.

 

[bholler]

i have always had good luck with yokahama geolanders

 

[Light in the Dark]

I had some Goodyear Wranglers on an F150 years ago... was a decent tire. I can vouch for Nokians, in brand only (my parents ran them on a bmw years ago and it turned an awful vehicle into a nice little winter runner).

My personal choice would be the BFG All Terrains. Yes they have a bit more rolling resistance, so it is going to hurt your mileage just a touch more than the other choices... but they give great traction. Life for me has been OK. The pairs have averaged 40k miles on my 1 tons.

I ran the M&S, and thought they were OK all around... little slick in the winter compared to the ATs.

Oh, and I ran the Michelin LTX A/T (not the 2) version on a Bronco for a while. Those were really nice. I ran the A/T 2 on an F150 and was not as impressed as the original design. I think Michelin are one of the best tire lines on the road too.

 

[festerw]

Depending on your feelings on retreads, Treadwright has a tread pattern basically identical to the BFG AT.

I've run 3 sets now the Warden, Puma and currently have the Guard Dogs on my TJ. They are pretty good tires.

https://www.treadwright.com/individual-product/79/WARDEN-265-70R17.00-C

 

[prezes13]

When I had my Tacoma I replaced those crappy dunlops with Yokohama geolanders highway tires and they were great. Now I have a tundra which came with crappy hankook tires. Wen it will be time to replace them I will get yokohamas again.

 

[brian89gp]

I use BF Goodrich Commercial T/A Traction on all 4 corners. Slow wear, enough tread for offroad grip, relatively quiet on the road, and really good load ratings. With some weight in the back I was driving around in 12in of fresh snow in 2wd with an open rear without too much issue.
(broken link removed to http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/tire-selector/category/truck-tires/commercial-t-a-traction/tire-details)

 

[BrotherBart]

I use BF Goodrich Commercial T/A Traction on all 4 corners.

That is what I am running on the 3/4 ton Suburban and love the things. They turned it into a mountain goat.

 

[jharkin]

And the winner is....



Nokian Rotiiva!

I had decided against the A/T KOs or a really heavy duty tire like those commercial traction's. Etiher is much more tire than I need.

I was leaning heavily toward the LTX A/T2s....

But after some thought I decided to be adventurous and give those Nokians that johneh mentioned a try. The specs and what reviews I can find on these are quite impressive and they are one of very few all season/all-terrains out there that are also snowflake rated in a P-metric.

The tires themselves are surprisingly light and on the drive home from the tire shop I had them up to 50mph and there was no tire noise to speak of despite the fairly agressive tread pattern. INitial feel seems quite good but only time will tell as they break in.

Ill report back in the winter after Ive got some miles on them and get a chance to test them out in snow and ice. Im also interested to find out what the tread life is going to be since they are snowflake rated but yet still carry a 700AA rating which would usually indicate a fairly hard long life rubber.

 

[gpcollen1]

Firestone Destination ATs on my 4runner and loving them still aftr 30k

 

[cpttuna]

B F Goodrich All Terrain T/A you get what you pay for