The perfect truck tire... noise vs tire life vs fuel milage vs appeara

[gman2015]

For what it's worth... I ended up going with Toyo Open Country ATII Xtremes in a 295/55R20. They are AT tires, but with an aggressive sidewall appearance. So far so good!

[Bigfoot16]

Toyo Open Country R/T

[STINSAN3]

I got the RTs on my choices again. Along with the AT2s.

[CMSearle2]

I had Toyo MT’s on my last Raptor and loved them but they are HEAVY. 

 

Had Duratracs on my Midnight Edition when i bought new and liked them well enough.

 

Mildly obsessed over over my next tires basically since buying my truck new and finally settled on Toyo AT2s. I’m running 305/70R17, which are an Xtreme size and come with an even more aggressive sidewall. 

 

Love them so far. Lighter than the MT’s, quiet, aggressive looking, 50k mile warranty and are M+S rated. Priced right too. 

[24v]

I just got my Sierra.  I had Trail Grapplers on the truck I traded in (Canyon).

 

 

Those tires were awesome in dirt and sand, but sucked in the rain.  They had about 25k miles on them when I traded and still looked to have a lot of life left.  They were also very noisy.

 

On the Sierra I put Ridge Grapplers.  They have a great look, but are MUCH quieter on the pavement.  I have not had enough time to test them in wet, dirt, or sand yet.

 

[Fall Sniper]

Best tires I've ever had are BFG a/t ko's and the new ko2's are supposed to be even better. They're a great compromise between on/ off road performance, quiet, wear very evenly, and offer very respectable off road capabilities. As soon as my truck is leveled a new set of 285/70/17 BFG ko2's will be going on it. I ran the old ko's in that size on my '05 Sierra and didn't lose much, if any, on my mileage. Then was duped into some cheap m/t and lost about 3 mpg from what I was getting on the a/t's.

K02s are great first year or two but for me they seemed to get slippery after 2years with plenty of tread left. Almost like they hardened up a bit. I maybe put 12k on them.


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[Bandit33x]

I have the Open Country AT/2. There was a little more road noise and roughness (most likely going to a 10 ply tire) compared to the stock SRA’s and a 3mpg mpg drop but I love the width and aggressive look of the tire.

 

 

Here’s a look at a whole bunch together so you can see tread pattern and side wall look. The text is reversed on some of them just because of what I could find and I wanted them to all be the same direction.

 

[Justin MacGillivray]

I've had KO2's in the stock size for probably close to 50k miles. Pretty sure I replaced the SRA's at 20k something and I'm almost to 70k. They did get louder as they wore down. But I noticed only on certain roads and it was nothing the radio couldn't tune out. They certainly spin way easier on a wet road from a stop, but while actually driving in rain, I didn't notice any more slippage than usual. I probably got about 2500 to 5000 miles left of treadlife. I'm probably going to go up a size for a little more aggressive stance along combined with a level. Maybe 285/60 or 285/65. The added weight didn't really impact my MPG, I can still average anywhere from mid 17 to mid 18's depending on traffic.  

[Speshock]

I have Open Country MTs on my truck right now. Have 45k on them 90% highway 10% off road they're pretty loud right now. Looking to replace them with Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ, Mickey Thompson ATZ, Cooper Discoverer SST pro or Good year MTR with Kevlar. Anyone have any input on these tires?

[Grumpy Bear]

Running down the Interstate yesterday and heard this roar coming from behind. Looking in the mirror I guess him roughly a hundred yards behind me. I continued to hear him like he was in my cab until he was about a quarter mile beyond me. Could not hear the radio or my own voice when he was beside me. So...question is....how do you put up with that when it's the truck your driving? 

[sdeeter19555]

Running down the Interstate yesterday and heard this roar coming from behind. Looking in the mirror I guess him roughly a hundred yards behind me. I continued to hear him like he was in my cab until he was about a quarter mile beyond me. Could not hear the radio or my own voice when he was beside me. So...question is....how do you put up with that when it's the truck your driving? 

Most of us grow up eventually...that's how.

2012 2500hd 6.0l CCSB 4wd

[SierraHD17]

On 4/19/2016 at 8:10 PM, gman2015 said:

For what it's worth... I ended up going with Toyo Open Country ATII Xtremes in a 295/55R20. They are AT tires, but with an aggressive sidewall appearance. So far so good!

 

Good choice.  I have been running the Extreme version of the AT2 on my 2017 2500HD all winter and around 10000 miles and I am impressed with them.  They make a bit of noise but absolutely nothing like a Duratrac or a K02 does.  Duratracs give me a headache and sucked on everything cold, while the K02's traction also was terrible in subzero weather and they started howling with around 10000 miles of drive time.  The AT2's grip on ice even down in the -40F temps we get was still respectable for an all season tire.  I went with a 295/60/20 and next time will be bump to a 295/65/20 as I have the clearance and am re-geared to 4.56 anyhow!

[JWMx63]

On 1/25/2018 at 7:57 PM, 24v said:

I just got my Sierra.  I had Trail Grapplers on the truck I traded in (Canyon).

 

 

Those tires were awesome in dirt and sand, but sucked in the rain.  They had about 25k miles on them when I traded and still looked to have a lot of life left.  They were also very noisy.

 

On the Sierra I put Ridge Grapplers.  They have a great look, but are MUCH quieter on the pavement.  I have not had enough time to test them in wet, dirt, or sand yet.

 

Nice!  What size?

 

[24v]

295/60/20

[Sean Neilan]

I don't know this for sure, but according to my brother-in-law, if your tires are rotated properly they should stay quiet. Just gotta make sure they wear evenly. I could be wrong but seems to make sense

With the more aggressive tires it's better to rotate them like an X rather than always swapping the fronts and back. This should help eliminate or at least cut down on any cupping and uneven wear.


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