Need new tires/Seeking advice

[DoubleJ]

I'm 3+ years into my Goodyear Wrangler Authority tires from Wal Mart.  My rims are smaller so I went with the 31 x 10.50's.  4 tires mounted and balanced and out the door with a warrenty for $595.  Not going to find a better tire for the price IMO.  Mine still look new, have held up to road and off road use, and grip in the snow really well.  I'm very happy and hope they are still selling them in another 5-6 years when I'll need more.  I have no doubts they'll last that long.

[skeeter 20i]

Cooper AT3's 

   I love mine.

[sboada]

BFG A/T. Great on road and off and above average in snow as well from my experience. Won't buy anything else.

[thinkingman]

265/70/17 Michelin LTX AT2.
Honest 60k tire that rides great on pavement and is fantastic off.
REsist the urge to go wide or you'll look like a dork and become a ditch decoration in the first snowstorm.
The more serious offroad trucks have tall/narrow tires.

[whacker1]

BFG all terrain KA would be a good choice.
265/75/17's in load range d will get you 31.6 x 10.4 wide.
275/70/17 gets you 32.1 x 11 wide
285/70/17 gets you 32.8 x 11.5 wide

We recently bought Cooper AT3 for the explorer and absolutely love them for an AT tire.
They are made in all 3 of the tire sizes above also

or my favorite size only made by BFG in the KM 2 mud tire, because i like to stay narrower

255/80/17 which gets you 33 x 10 wide

[CHUCK S]

265/70/17 Michelin LTX AT2.
Honest 60k tire that rides great on pavement and is fantastic off.
REsist the urge to go wide or you'll look like a dork and become a ditch decoration in the first snowstorm.
The more serious offroad trucks have tall/narrow tires.

 

best tires i've ever had, on my 5th set of Michelin in 7 years.  have gone 78k on one set

[whacker1]

and by the way I spend way too much time figuring out tires.

narrow saves money on both tires and gas mileage.  if you compare the same tire by height and then compare width changes, you will notice the narrower tire will almost always cost less.

i just bought last week 275/70/18 in Fierce Attitude MT's which is a brand that is operated by Goodyear.

Second set of these tires that i have purchased and love them.  last set was a 235/85/16 which is 31.8 x 9.5 wide.

[Boss .300 winmag]

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Re: Best mileage yet!!! What's your worst and best...
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2013, 10:37:15 PM »
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Might want to check out this link, looks good, I might try these in the near future.