A/T Tire Question

[AKLespaul]

I know how you Massholes drive. Get the Baja Boss and be done with it. Go Sox, though this year is a wicked pissah.

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[Retired Jeeper]

I'll throw another tire out there for consideration, the Yokohoma Geolander AT. I ran them on a TJ and did many Colorado and Moab trails with no issues. Road well, pretty quiet, and solid in wet and snow. I put them on my Ram 4WD pickup and also run them on my Grand Cherokee Overland. From the description of your type of driving, I'd definitely check out the Yokos. They are great all around tires. I run 37" Yoko Geolander MTs on my Wrangler and really like them but I think they'd be overkill for you.

 

[azjl#3]

Wildpeak on wife's Gran cherokee, its a mule and takes the corners very well

 

[The Last Cowboy]

This is an enthusiast site, among the things we are enthusiastic about are tires. However, it seems that you don’t want to stray too far from a smooth and quiet tire. Based on that, exclude the BF Goodrich tires from your consideration. They are difficult to get balanced, and after the first 10-15k miles, the wet traction decreases as noise increases. They do great in sand though.

So my recommendations are Toyo Open Country AT III, and the Hankook Dynapro AT2. Don’t forget a matching spare.

Question for you, are you considering a slightly larger tire since it’s time for new ones?

 

[AmericanPatriot100]

Mickey Thompson Baja boss A/T! I have them on my JL. I have the KO3 on my Escalade and they’re junk. Absolute junk. If you look back in other threads you’ll see my utter disgust for the KO3. I have the stock KO2s on my rubicon and they are leagues better than the KO3. But the Baja boss will be the only tire I will purchase from now on like another poster said until they stop making them. My next tire is the Baja boss AT in a 37. My experience is that the Baja boss has better traction than both the ko2 and ko3. Baja boss has 15k miles on them and the KO3s are about to the end of their life and I could not be happier to replace them when the time comes. The KO2s are surprisingly good given I’d never operated a vehicle with them and my first experience with them is on the new rubicon and having their “new and improved” ko3 on the Escalade and hating it I was skeptical. But I’m definitely a believer in the ko2. But not so much that I would go out and buy a new set.

 

[Balor]

I drive about the same as you do a and my suggestion would be Yokohama geolander A/T4.

 

[Blckdog]

My vote is the KO3’s. Just replaced the Firestone MT’s and wow, what a difference. I went from 255 75 70 to 285 70 17. Road manners, wet traction and noise levels are much much better.
now looking to get Method wheels.

I had the Michelin LTX MS tires on my Suburban and they were the best tires for that application hands down. Aired down on the beach with the burb a lot. Great long lasting tire.
The wrangler is a different animal. Will be airing down for beach rides and wanted a good all around tire and always had BFG tires on my other Jeeps. So KO3’s were a no brainer for me.

Will make a good deal for someone who wants OEM Moab wheels 17x7.5 and the Firestones with 24k on them.

 

[CapeArt]

This is an enthusiast site, among the things we are enthusiastic about are tires. However, it seems that you don’t want to stray too far from a smooth and quiet tire. Based on that, exclude the BF Goodrich tires from your consideration. They are difficult to get balanced, and after the first 10-15k miles, the wet traction decreases as noise increases. They do great in sand though.

So my recommendations are Toyo Open Country AT III, and the Hankook Dynapro AT2. Don’t forget a matching spare.

Question for you, are you considering a slightly larger tire since it’s time for new ones?

Yes, slightly larger tire

 

[aeonixx1001]

None of those tires, Mickey Thompson BB AT.

Love the Micky Thompsons, better ride, etter performance, everything is good. K03 have stiff sidewall that rides like you have solid shocks, I didnt like them, sidewall rating E, I went for a much softer sidewall C rating.....

 

[roaniecowpony]

There's no free lunches. You want more durability, it costs in weight, because more materials are required, starting with the rubber and the radial plies. A non-LT tire will necessarily have less materials and less durability.

 

[Beach Nut]

Well, Falken makes the best A/T tire on the market and it's not close.

But, among all the other choices I guess I'd put them all in the "good" category. The stock KO2s (which are apparently different from the aftermarket ones) are surprisingly great in terms of traction and quiet ride, but they are only a 2 ply sidewall. The Mickey Thompson stuff is one of the thirty brands made by Cooper, and Cooper is now owned by Goodforayear, so I don't know why those are so popular. Those brands can be hard to balance and wear poorly sometimes.

What ever you do, stay away from Nitto. Most over-rated tires money can buy.

“Goodforayear” is absolute nonsense…I run 35” Cooper STTs on my JL for 20k miles nearly zero wear, ran them on my Hemi Ram for 70k (towing vehicle), still had decent tread left! Made in USA, balanced well and go through anything that I threw at them…cept ice, NOTHING works on ice. Without lockers, took on Shenandoah after a foot of snow, no problem…my buddies HUMVEE got stuck, winched him out!

 

[Stuckinthesand]

I have a JLU but will weigh in. I had Toyo Open Country A/T II on my rig for 60k miles before I needed to replace them. They had some tread left but the tires were almost 6 years old and starting to get some cracks. Was going to go with the A/T III but got a deal on the Mickey Thompson BB A/T and went with those. I am on the beach a ton during the summer and on the rocks when wheeling. Traction on the Toyo even in snow was excellent. Haven't had any adverse weather with the Mickey's yet but they are quieter than the Toyos.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I have a JLU but will weigh in. I had Toyo Open Country A/T II on my rig for 60k miles before I needed to replace them. They had some tread left but the tires were almost 6 years old and starting to get some cracks. Was going to go with the A/T III but got a deal on the Mickey Thompson BB A/T and went with those. I am on the beach a ton during the summer and on the rocks when wheeling. Traction on the Toyo even in snow was excellent. Haven't had any adverse weather with the Mickey's yet but they are quieter than the Toyos.

I think you'll find that the Mickey Thompsons are very good in the wet. I don't have experience with the Toyo AT2 or AT3, but their first generation AT was pretty slippery in the wet.

 

[Terrymo]

happy ending tho as on this set of tires I got the hazard warranty as Discount tires sold me 5 certificates for the price of 2 so I decided to do it and lo and behold it paid off ..they replaced it no hassle at all.

Yes. I have had 3 different tires replaced through Americas Tire (our regional Discount Tire) with their warranty. My local shop doesn’t even ask how it happened. Last time I brought the tire in to show them and they just said, you could have just texted a pic and we would have ordered the tire right then.

 

[TikiRick]

Most of my "off road" is on the beach, as well (OBX...see profile pic!). I've run BFG's on my last 4 Wranglers, including the current one and have been happy. In my experience, they wear well (I run 28 psi cold and rotate every 5,000), balance well, and are quiet on the road for an A/T tire...the RWL's are a bonus.

Since I do mostly sand, I went wider (wheel and tire) for better floatation...305/70-17 and they work great on the beach. When I ordered them, I wanted the same size I had on my JK, which was 305/65-17. I saw the "305" part and hit the order button...didn't realize is that the 17 inch 305 KO3's are 305/70 (instead of 65), and Load Range F (instead of E), so they're taller, heavier, and have a stiffer sidewall than the 305/65-17 KO2's.

On the beach, the stiffer sidewall doesn't "belly out" at 18psi as much as the lighter tire did, and on the road, they don't absorb small bumps as well. Had I been paying attention when I ordered, I might have opted for a size that was available with a lighter load rating, but I'm not unhappy with the ones that I have.

All that said, I've been really happy with BFG's for a long time....

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