Good A/T tires?

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Looking for a good reputable tire that has an offroad sensibility and has good grip in the rain. I live in Louisiana it rains plenty down here and the roads get slick and not to mention the drivers are not much better. I run a 285/75/16 on a '99 tacoma with a v6 willing to go up to 295/75/16 and a 305/70/16. They're

 

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Also please any opinion will be greatly appreciated thanks y'all

 

[Thundra]

BFG AT TKO's. Best all around tire for nearly any surface. They wear like iron and have low road noise. I've had them on 5 different rigs. My own opinion of course. Do you got a lift on that Taco?

 

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Yeah I have 4 inch procomp lift

 

[Jetboy]

I like the Michelin LTX ATs. I would generally take them over BFG AT's in snow and ice. Since that is my primary weather issue around here, that is probably my #1 choice of ATs if price is no object. (FWIW Michelin and BFG are sister companies and I would guess that the rubber compounds and casings are very similar if not exactly the same - so it's just a different tread pattern). I also really like the Goodyear wrangler ats as a long wearing all season/ AT tire. They are more road oriented, but they are a good value and are pretty solid in mild offroading. I would run far away from yokahama geolander ats. I have a set on wheels that came with my 4runner. One of the absolute worst wet or snowy weather tires I've owned.

I have Goodyear wrangler ats on my daily driver 4runner. I have bias ply TSL's on my fj40. Obviously my choices for offroad are a lot different from daily driver. The tire that's best for me might not be the best for you. Just depends on what your conditions are like most often.

Good luck!

 

[Thundra]

You should be able to clear up to 295's no problem with a 4" lift. Those 305's might rub a bit. They are very close in height to a 35".

 

[wrongway around]

my vote would be bfg at, pretty tough to beat all round wet country tire .

 

[bkfj40]

I like the general grabber AT2 ... I have had better luck with the sidewalls on them than the BFG. I pick my tires based on the ability to get up my driveway. A mile long with snow and ice up the side of a mountain. the Michelin LTX sucked ass.

 

[Haggis]

I have the BFG AT's on my Tacoma and 60 and Michelin LTX's on my 4Runner. Both are an excellent tire, I think for general Hwy driving with snow and ice, the LTX'S are the better tire but if trail running is more your thing the BFG's work great. I have never owned a set of mud tires, in regards to comparisons.

 

[BrotherRob]

I had BFG ATs on my Taco when I bought it. Hated them. Switched to LTXs on LX450 wheels, much better.

I've run Nitto Terra Grapplers on my 80 for almost 8 years. Excellent tires, I have nothing but good things to say about them. If I still have the Taco when the LTXs wear out, it'll prolly get NTG.

 

[Josie'sLandCruiser]

Hi All:

I see you live in Louisiana. I would suggest a street-able radial mud tire like the BF Goodrich MT, or an aggressive AT tire like Toyos or Coopers.

Tires like these will work in shallow mud, but are no substitute for a Super Swamper TSL or Bogger in the really sloppy goop!

Humm . . . . maybe the Interco TRXUS MT tire?

Good luck!

Alan

Looking for a good reputable tire that has an offroad sensibility and has good grip in the rain. I live in Louisiana it rains plenty down here and the roads get slick and not to mention the drivers are not much better. I run a 285/75/16 on a '99 tacoma with a v6 willing to go up to 295/75/16 and a 305/70/16. They're

 

[coveboy]

Cooper's all the way! Just took off a set of ATR's with 55k miles for a new set of At3's and I love em.

 

[98OzarksRunner]

Cooper's all the way! Just took off a set of ATR's with 55k miles for a new set of At3's and I love em.

+1 on the Coopers. I have a set of AT3s (load range C) and have 13K miles on them - still look new. Good warranty (I think 55K miles). Quiet, smooth, good offroad, wet roads. Great buy - I bought 4 265/75-16s for $640 + tax.

4X4 magazine (Jan) did their tire review and said the AT3s were the surpise for the year - great in everything they tested (no snow) even mud. The Aussies swear by Coopers and if you're 500 miles out in the bush, you want a tire you can swear by (not swear at ).

 

[98OzarksRunner]

+1 on the Coopers. I have a set of AT3s (load range C) and have 13K miles on them - still look new. Good warranty (I think 55K miles). Quiet, smooth, good offroad, wet roads. Great buy - I bought 4 265/75-16s for $640 + tax.

4X4 magazine (Jan) did their tire review and said the AT3s were the surpise for the year - great in everything they tested (no snow) even mud. The Aussies swear by Coopers and if you're 500 miles out in the bush, you want a tire you can swear by (not swear at ).

Sorry that's 4WD and Sport Utility magazine.

 

[Jetboy]

FWIW I've found coopers and procomps (same tires different tread pattern) to have soft sidewalls for more serious offroading. Of course you probably won't use them for that in an AT tire anyway, but I have ripped the sidewall out of a few of them. I worked for a couple years at a tire shop and I could buy them at costs - for less than $100 for 35" tires, I would run them. I found that the sidewall cords couldn't hold up to low air pressure well either. By half tread if used primarily for offroading I'd start to see broken cords protruding from the sidewall. Not so confidence inspiring...

Otherwise I though they performed pretty well and were a good value. Just not quite as high of quality construction as a top tier brand - but overall I think they were OK.

 

[coveboy]

I definitely agree, the sidewalls are a weak point for sure. Pierced one on my set of ATR's onetime in the middle of a bog hole, not a fun tire change. But the AT3's do have a thicker sidewall I believe.

 

[Dale in Spokane]

FWIW, I recently installed a set of Mastercraft Courser LTR's on my '97 T4R and really like them. These tires are made by Cooper, in the same factory as their AT3s, and are their fleet truck equivelent (I believe). I haven't done any heavy duty off-roading with them, but on 6,000 miles so far on asphalt, gravel, and some snow and ice. They are pretty grippy on wet surfaces. According to the dealer I bought them from the big difference between them and the AT3s is a slightly different tread pattern. I run 265/75R16s on stock rims without any lift.

 

[90FJ]

Lots of opinions here, I have run most all of the with the exception of the Coopers but my buddy loves his.

That said I now run Goodyear Duratracs on all our 4x4s, come factory siped, awesome grip in wet, dry, and snowy conditions, relatively light for an AT, looks aggressive but surprisingly quiet and have worn like iron on my Tundra and Pathfinder.

 

[ken_79-fj40]

If you're thinking something along the line of a BFG A/T check out the General Grabber AT2. Looks almost identical but the tread is a little deeper. I have had several sets of the BFG's but I put a set of the Generals on an 05 Tacoma I had a few years back and they were every bit as good on the road and actually better in the snow. I put 30-35k on them and they still looked new when I sold the truck. I'll be putting a set on my 96 before long. The crapco pepboy's scramblers the p/o put on it are terrible.