Falken Rocky Mountain ats tires
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Major design flaw of these tires: The longitudinal (not sure if that' the right term) tread voids are much deeper than the lateral ones. Like twice as deep, literally. The offshoot of this is that once your tires wear down 50%, they become like a tractor's front tire, with long longitudinal grooves and absolutely zero lateral traction--rendering them pretty much useless in snow, mud, anything but wet or dry pavement pretty much.
I'm sure they're great tires when they're new, but I would never again own a set of these. I think I've got a worn one in the garage, I'll see if I can get a pic.
:edit: This tire measures 10/32"
I'm sure they're great tires when they're new, but I would never again own a set of these. I think I've got a worn one in the garage, I'll see if I can get a pic.
:edit: This tire measures 10/32"
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Major design flaw of these tires: The longitudinal (not sure if that' the right term) tread voids are much deeper than the lateral ones. Like twice as deep, literally. The offshoot of this is that once your tires wear down 50%, they become like a tractor's front tire, with long longitudinal grooves and absolutely zero lateral traction--rendering them pretty much useless in snow, mud, anything but wet or dry pavement pretty much.
I'm sure they're great tires when they're new, but I would never again own a set of these. I think I've got a worn one in the garage, I'll see if I can get a pic.
:edit: This tire measures 10/32"
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So does that mean they will cure caster problems?
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Major design flaw of these tires: The longitudinal (not sure if that' the right term) tread voids are much deeper than the lateral ones. Like twice as deep, literally. The offshoot of this is that once your tires wear down 50%, they become like a tractor's front tire, with long longitudinal grooves and absolutely zero lateral traction--rendering them pretty much useless in snow, mud, anything but wet or dry pavement pretty much.
I'm sure they're great tires when they're new, but I would never again own a set of these. I think I've got a worn one in the garage, I'll see if I can get a pic.
:edit: This tire measures 10/32"
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That's not good. They're expensive too. They have a 50000 mile warranty on them.
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One of the big "expo" sites raved about them, likely a payed review, they couldn't have done much testing and came to that conclusion? So a couple of locals bought them and both were replaced before half tread, yep, that bad. Disclaimer, I have never run them, only observed, attempted to spot, them on other rigs. Likely depends on intended use, but the wheeling result was not good.
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What else then? I want a all around good tire. Mud, snow, sand, water, rocks. I've only ran bf Goodrich mt and super swampers before. The bf goodrichs were good except in mud. They had no lateral traction. The super swampers were great but super noisy on the road and wore really fast.
I just finished off a set of Nitto Trails that I really liked. Got 55,000 miles with tons of trail time. They never had a flat. Sold 4 of them to friends for spares cause they were still solid. Now I am on Cooper STTs. Have watched friends run the crap out of them with good results.
Maybe if you're driving through a cornfield and have paddle tires out back
If you're looking for a budget tire that falls between MT and AT, I used to run Cooper ATP and they did very well in wet and loose terrain, also passable (if not ideal) in snow and ice. I avoid mud like the plague, but I did run these tires on some tough trails on a rainy day and they impressed me. Cheap too. I don't know if if they make them in your desired size.
Then avoid them, they are a budget tire. I had them on my wife's JK and the center ribs were bald in about 20k miles. After that they absolutely sucked in rain/snow/ice.
The BFG AT KO2 on my 80 and her duratracs are worlds better.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have a set of four 37/12.50R17s that I will sell for $200 with 80% tread on them. Shipping is up to you and liability for turning your rig into a giant sled should rest with Falken, not me.
These tires were just fine on rocks and normal dirt. Any moisture under them made the truck horrifying. Thought it was all in my head for a while, but when I refused to drive to a buddy's broken rig down a narrow and snowy set of switch backs, he took the wheel and some suggestions were made as to what to name my truck as a result. These included:
Slippery Nipple
Greased Pig
SS Minnow
I was less than amused and I've probably stayed away from listing them on any classifieds because I honestly feel that the tires are dangerous to anyone wheeling in wet conditions.
But maybe you like to live life on the edge...maybe you long for the feeling of sliding into the ditch on a graded dirt road...maybe you like the way your butthole puckers up and sucks the seat upholstery along with it...if you do, PM me!
I have no such appetites any longer.
These tires were just fine on rocks and normal dirt. Any moisture under them made the truck horrifying. Thought it was all in my head for a while, but when I refused to drive to a buddy's broken rig down a narrow and snowy set of switch backs, he took the wheel and some suggestions were made as to what to name my truck as a result. These included:
Slippery Nipple
Greased Pig
SS Minnow
I was less than amused and I've probably stayed away from listing them on any classifieds because I honestly feel that the tires are dangerous to anyone wheeling in wet conditions.
But maybe you like to live life on the edge...maybe you long for the feeling of sliding into the ditch on a graded dirt road...maybe you like the way your butthole puckers up and sucks the seat upholstery along with it...if you do, PM me!
I have no such appetites any longer.