YOUR FAVORITE TIRES FOR YOUR HUNTIN RIG

[cohoho]

Good thread here and discussion, I have been debating which tire to go with for my truck.  I always ran 265 Coopers AT's for years on several different trucks, load range E, 50K plus mileage, excellent in snow, ice, general crap conditions, it was the primary tire used by most on the haul road, wouldn't run anything else mainly for their lack of chipping on dirt roads and toughness for cuts/tears/flats...  -But they don't make a 285 tire in E range, I see alot of folks running the Toyo MT's, pricey buggers but seems like mileage is in the 50 K range, about two years Max for me...  Besides Les Swaub is close and seems like they are a good company...  Might also check into the M-55's..  Mileage, durability and E range are my main factors...

[DeKuma]

You cannot go wrong with those tires,Mike.  It is what I was looking for, but I got the Cooper STT from Discount much cheaper than Les Schwab.  My dad ran his well over 50k, and I have over 20k on mine with no wear signs at all.

Either of these three would be my first choice again.  STT are aggressive, fairly quiet considering and so far happy with mileage.  Toyo would be first choice, but cost prohibitive.

[buckmaster_wa]

I have my sixth set of BFG mud terrains on my third truck. They are great in the mud and snow, look great and they last a long time compared to other mud tires, the only downfall is they are a little spendy.

[PST]

I currently have the toyo MT's 315/75/R16.  They are great.  I've got 25k miles on them and haven't had any problems with cupping or unusual wear.  On my old truck I had BFG all terrains.  They were a good tire but regardless of how I had them rotated they always seemed to wear unevenly even after alignment.  As far as where to go I would say Les Schwaub.  They have a great warrenty and they are all over the Western US.  You may pay a few bucks more but they won't breaks the studs and not repair them like some other businesses.

[cohoho]

Went out and did the tire purchase.  Toyo's MT 285/75/16 had Central 4 X 4 install a leveling kit, they fit perfectly, only had to trim the under plastic by three inches, no where else rub and tried everything and turned up and down through a ditch to see if they would and they don't.  Like the look and can't wait to go into the muddy roads..........

[actionshooter]

You should like those, I got over 40,000 miles on mine and am getting ready for new ones.

[ICEMAN]

Ka-ching!

Mike, now you are going to have to put a lift kit on your boat trailer! 

[cohoho]

Why are you awake at 0344hrs?  Go to sleep man, go to sleep...

[ICEMAN]

Da hunt! No time for sleep! If I am going to check in here occasionally, and get all the gear ready, no sleep allowed... 

[farmin4u_98948]

Goodyear MTR 285-75 R16 center siped on the jeep cj-7. If you want milage you wont get off road performance. Softer tires make for better grip. They will fall apart on the high torque diesels but for off road they are great. Im on my third set and will buy a fourth.

[Sportfury]

I just put Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ LT275/70R18 on my 07 Tundra this spring. So far they have been great although I did get a harsher ride with the load range E. Had to put a RevTek lift on to accomadate the bigger tires (used the 2WD kit for the front cause it gave me a 2 3/4 inch spacer instead of the 2.5). Been offroad a few times and they seemed to work great. They do pick up rocks and you get that clack, clack noise on the pavement and they do have some road noise in the cab, but not terrible. It is nice to be different, though (Sorry Toyo and BFG clubs). Can't wait to try them out in the snow.

[huntnphool]

I have had so many flats while off road that I have to carry my dive tank, regulator and tire adaptor with me. A few years ago WF70 and I had just loaded my Montana buck in the carrier and headed up to the service road, when we got there we spotted a couple more BIG bucks so we stopped to glass them. After we were done drooling we went to get back in and saw one of the fronts was flat We went to the back to get the spare and jack and saw a rear was flat too 60 miles from town out in the sage, not good. We limped in to town and got them fixed but man that sucked. I can pump up my tires with the tank now so its not so bad unless its a huge hole. That Excursion weighs 8000lbs and is hard on tires. The best I have found since then is the Les Schwab Wild Country Mud Terrains, flats have not been a issue with those.

[hunt4]

hankook Dynapro MT RT03



I am giving these a shot this year puting them on my wrangler, center lugs will be syped still thinking i might stud them...get them today
 

[demontang]

I just got some nitto mud grapplers 35/14.5 and man do I love them. They are very expensive but the ride quality is great the traction is outstanding, and when I balanced them they took less weight then most car tires I have done, but they are a little loud. I just took them out in the mud for the first time the other day and never had to put my bronco in 4wheel drive, I couldn't even hardly stand in the road and not slip but the tires got traction and didn't really spin that much.

My wifes 2006 explorer has the terragrapplers and they are a great tire too, we put them on it last year and during the winter we drove it in about 3ft of snow a didn't have a problem. I'm sold on nittos quality in tires I think you get what you pay for and after working for 4 years in tires shops I have seen what brands are better then others and I have to say the nittos really shine other a lot of brands. Cooper, micky, interco, and ect all make great tires too and I have can just about all of them at one point, Cooper makes a lot of the other companies tires and do a great job doing it too. My last set of tires was the cooper discoverer s/t and it was a great tire that never let me down and I would pass up a good deal on them. The only tires I have had problems with are the BFG A/T's/T/A's. The KM/km2, crawlers seem to be a great tires and I havent seen any have major problem's.

[firefighter4607]

I would recommend  3 tires. I say three because my dad swears by one, my uncle swears by one and myself has one.
FIRST  is mine which is BFGoodrich ATs KO , have had 2 sets first set was on my 96 S-10 when I bought it. They worked very well I put about 20,000 miles on them then I had a sidewall blow out and had to buy a cheap set of Les Schwabs for $$ reasons. Then put a set on my 03 Silverado 1500 had them snipped. 265/70R16 Load range D. Never had a problem with them, they worked awsome in the snow and ice, and where quite on the road. I never got into a whole lot of mud, but did very well in mud around the farm in Goldendale, and did outstanding in the dunes at Moses Lake. They also have a seal of approval by WSDOT, for winter driving you don't have to put on chains when chains are required. Put 40,000 miles on them and they where still about 45% tread left, traded off that truck and the new Silverado had 17" tires so I couldn't switch them. Otherwise I would of.

My dad swears by Goodyear Wrangler MTS, manager at the local goodyear shop has had 2 pairs of them and my dad just put his first set on his dodge 2500 cummins.

My uncle has had 2 sets of Goodyear Wrangler ATS and he loves them. He has a Toyota Tacoma, he gets good mileage out of them, but they have a little road noise.