I'm going to bring up the General Grabber AT2's.
They don't make them in either of the sizes you've narrowed your choice to - so it may be rather moot - but I have to say I've had the old style BFG A/T's, some of the older Cooper SST's and the Duratrac's and I think for the conditions you've described the Grabber AT2 would be a contender.
I run the 31x10.5x15. 90% of my driving (or more) is pavement/highway. They are stable, quiet, handle great and wear very well. I've had them in rain,dirt, rocks, and snow and had no complaints at all. I don't expect they would do well in mud - but few AT's will, BFG's included. Biggest pro - for the performance they are one of the less expensive tires out there. Biggest con (IMO) is that it's a 2 ply sidewall where I think the BFG is 6. If I were overlanding or spending a greater amount of time off road that would weigh more heavily on my mind. But for what I do I love these and would say they are just as good performance wise as the BFG's I had while noting the difference in sidewall.
I had the Duratrac's and really liked them, until they wore to certain point at which time it seemed they unraveled quickly. Started cupping and humming and all that. Prior to that though I got a lot of miles out of them and beat them up properly with no complaints.
I had a set of old Cooper SST's when they came out with the puzzle-piece-looking tread design and hated them. They looked awesome and I was so excited to get them and then they sucked squarely in just about every condition. No experience with the new Cooper designs but that experience was enough the make me shy of Coopers in general - although I heard they make Mastercraft tires which many people are very pleased with, I've heard that more than once.
They don't make them in either of the sizes you've narrowed your choice to - so it may be rather moot - but I have to say I've had the old style BFG A/T's, some of the older Cooper SST's and the Duratrac's and I think for the conditions you've described the Grabber AT2 would be a contender.
I run the 31x10.5x15. 90% of my driving (or more) is pavement/highway. They are stable, quiet, handle great and wear very well. I've had them in rain,dirt, rocks, and snow and had no complaints at all. I don't expect they would do well in mud - but few AT's will, BFG's included. Biggest pro - for the performance they are one of the less expensive tires out there. Biggest con (IMO) is that it's a 2 ply sidewall where I think the BFG is 6. If I were overlanding or spending a greater amount of time off road that would weigh more heavily on my mind. But for what I do I love these and would say they are just as good performance wise as the BFG's I had while noting the difference in sidewall.
I had the Duratrac's and really liked them, until they wore to certain point at which time it seemed they unraveled quickly. Started cupping and humming and all that. Prior to that though I got a lot of miles out of them and beat them up properly with no complaints.
I had a set of old Cooper SST's when they came out with the puzzle-piece-looking tread design and hated them. They looked awesome and I was so excited to get them and then they sucked squarely in just about every condition. No experience with the new Cooper designs but that experience was enough the make me shy of Coopers in general - although I heard they make Mastercraft tires which many people are very pleased with, I've heard that more than once.
