Bridgestone Dueler A/T revo3 review on GX470

[tsukasa36]

I recently replaced the michelin LTX tires with Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo3 and took it on a trail near yosemite for a weekend ride (car is on 2" dobinsons lift). When I purchased this tire, I couldn't really find much information other than 1 comprehensive video from all-teraintires.com and one other guy who had it on a 4Runner. I mainly purchased them because they were on sale at Costco and were highly rated in rain and dry roads. I figured since I'll be driving them mostly on the road and occasionally off-road, why not get a tire that performs better on dry. I was cross-shopping with KO2s and I know KO2's capabilities having driven them on my friend's land cruisers .

the road that I took was called chowchilla mountain road near wawona and due to recent snow/rain, there were lot of muddy sections. At one point I was certain I was stuck but when I gave it gas in 4H just to see what happens, the car's ATRAC system kicked and I was out. I was actually more impressed with the tires than the 4wd system and would recommend them to people who daily drive them as they are pretty quiet for an AT tire on dry pavements. I haven't done any rock crawling or extreme mudding so I'm sure there are limits to these tires but for a tire that doesn't look that aggressive, they seem to do well in most conditions. just my 2 cents if people are interested in these tires.

 

[little_joe]

I've been running these tires in 255/75r17 Load Range C, 34-36psi for several thousand miles. They are excellent onroad in dry conditions, very quiet and great grip. I have noticed they really hydroplane when encountering standing water - a few times they've scared the s**t out of me. No experience with them in snow.

They also hold stones/pebbles in the tread. A lot.

To me, they are more of an all season (except for the hydroplaning) vs an all terrain. They did ok on the trails around here, but when our clay is wet no tire is "great" and ATRAC covers up some of the shortcomings. Tread depth even new is a bit shallow, but wear has been even and minimal. I also did not notice, prior to buying, they have absolutely no rim guard or protection. Thankfully, one took a really nasty rock that gouged my wheel pretty bad, but no damage to the tire.

These tires are ok and about as I expected. Very happy when it's dry out. Otherwise, when these wear, I'll be going to something else in a more pure all terrain.