Best All Terrain Tire?

[TXGREEK]

In your opinion, what’s the best street and off road, safest all terrain tire? I’ve found some negative on all, from mpg to some have been known to dry rot or crack and are actually dangerous.

 

 

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[Mike GMC]

All Terrain is a very wide category these days and includes everything between all season highway tires and mudders.  It would be helpful to include what YOU want from a tire.  Then maybe we can make recommendations.

[aseibel]

1 hour ago, TXGREEK said:

 

In your opinion, what’s the best street and off road, safest all terrain tire? I’ve found some negative on all, from mpg to some have been known to dry rot or crack and are actually dangerous.

 

You might as well ask who is the most beautiful woman in the world. Everyone can give you their own opinion, but there's no right answer.

 

Are you keeping stock size? Safe street tires are different than off-road tires. Do you want them quiet? If you're worried about MPG, don't get anything with aggressive lugs.

 

BFG KO2's are very popular, mostly because of the looks, but they are higher in price.

 

There's a member on here (i forget who) that swears the Sumimoto Encounter is the best tire for the price.

 

But you asked my opinion: I'm putting Cooper Discover A/T3's on when I retire my factory rubber. I had them on my last truck and have nothing bad to say about them.

[Robopie]

[L86 All Terrain]

A/T tires, not R/T or M/T. Have run everything at least once on our work trucks over the years incl. Cooper, BFG, Yokohama, Michelin, Uniroyal, Good Year, Fierce (division of good year), Sailun (Chinese), Pro Comp, and Falken (winter tire)

 

It will all come down to terrain conditions and personal preference. Winter -20c average for 5 months here so ice is a huge factor for me. I have always loved the (my 1st place) Yoko Geolander A/T (most recent tread) awesome winter traction decent off-road and amazing tread life, 2nd Cooper Discover Maxx (although more like a R/T tire), 3rd Uniroyal HDT, awesome traction but noisy. Fierce M/T's are an awesome hybrid, cheap and even good on ice for an aggressive tire. My least favourite is the BFG AT (last generation) disliked them enough to not try the new ones yet. 

[amxguy1970]

This other thread you started asks the same question, did you not get an answer in there or what is the point of another thread? There won't be one answer, just do your research and pick what you feel is the best based off of what you read and find...

 

 

Tyler

[Paintor]

Cooper Discoverer ATW.

 

If you live in a ice-snow environment half the year.

 

if not....there is a pep-boys Cooper Adventurer AT tire...similiar to AT3 but cheaper and made by Cooper just for pep boys.....best bang for the buck. 

[Dezrado]

Toyo R/T

[sstrev]

I'll second the Cooper ATW's if you live where there is snow. We have been having a tough winter in MT but the ATW's have been fantastic. 

[GMCSierra99]

Love my Duratracs. 20000 miles on them and 2 MN winters. They show hardly any wear yet. Rotate every 5000 miles. They are great on the frozen lakes pulling my fish house around. Just slightly louder than the stock SR-A's. Nice ride quality as well.

[TXGREEK]

Love my Duratracs. 20000 miles on them and 2 MN winters. They show hardly any wear yet. Rotate every 5000 miles. They are great on the frozen lakes pulling my fish house around. Just slightly louder than the stock SR-A's. Nice ride quality as well.

Thanks but I live down south and have no need for snow type tires. I’ve just been debating on going back with BFG KO2’s just don’t like the affect on performance due to the weight.


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[Boardmember]

Firestone Destination AT 

[swathdiver]

BF Goodrich KO2s.  They shed water and mud and whatever gets in them very well, flooding my running boards with mud or sand or whatever, need mud guards now.  The truck does not budge an inch doing 80 mph in heavy rain.  Running the Load Range C on mine to save weight, they are 45 lbs versus the 38 lbs for oem tires and 50 lbs for Load Range E.  Ride is nice and noise is minimal, air noise is louder on the highway.  Have had them on for less than 10k miles thus far.

[tnchevy]

Tire opinions are like Oil threads, completely useless.  Just pick one that looks good on the truck and meets your needs and you'll be fine.  Like most things in life you get what you pay.

[MixerDriver]

I have stock sized Load E KO2s and absolutely love them. They're great in mud, snow, rain, gravel roads, and clean themselves quickly. Can't get them to lose grip on wet pavement. Ride is a bit firmer, and the steering is a little bit less sharp than with the OEM Generals. Only lost about 0.5 MPG, but I attribute it more to winter blend gas, as I got the tires about the time stations started switching.  Road noise is barely existent, and they have zero wear at 10k miles(not that that's a ton of miles). 

 

As you have already seen, everyone will have a different recommendation. Take what you find here, do a little research on your own, and decide what best suits your needs. Maybe go to the local tire shop and look at them in person before pulling the trigger on a set.