new tires

[martin1]

looking to buy a new set of tires for my 2001 dodge. has the 5.9 Cummins and its a manual. looking for an aggressive all terrain or a mud terrain. have been looking at the new cooper discover max st and cooper stts. anybody else run these tires on there diesel pickups ?  had toyo mts on it for the first set of tires and well lets just say i was not satisfied with them and now have toyo all terrains they are doing a better then the mud terrains. looking for a more agrresive look and tire tho.

any input would be nice

thanks Martin1

[C-Money]

The General Grabber AT looks a bit like the BFG's, only less $$. I am a big user of the Firestone Transforce AT.

[Woodchuck]

Just about all "aggresive" tread patterns are a softer compound for max traction and not the greatest in the wear category especially on a heavy ol diesel rig. 

[medic6]

Destination mud terrain by Firestone in 315-70-17  one ton dodge mega cab diesel.  four tires 950.00  I pull a 36' 5th wheel and they are one hell of a tire.  Makes the truck look amazing and they tow GREAT.  I will never buy another tire for my truck.   

[pianoman9701]

Go to America's Tire. I've been a LS man for years and was convinced of their service ethic, which is good. But a pricing comparison saved me $500 on the Cherokee. Hancooks are very competitive.

[deleted BGS]

Dont buy cooper, SO NOISY! Tread doesnt last long with the mud tires. Bfg's are good, i put toyo mt's on in sept and love them. Didnt like the km2 tread, and wanted more aggressive than the at, but a good tire. The nitto mud tire is a decent one, you get what you pay for

[270Shooter]

Court get the ST Maxx they look sick, and my dad has coopers on his truck, just the AT3, nothing fancy but they have been a very good tire for the price. Most cooper reviews seem pretty good.

[luvtohnt]

I had the Cooper ST but went with the Les Schwab mud terrain as money is tight right now. If I had the money I would have replaced the Cooper ST with more ST's. I think they are one of the best tires out there. I got 60,000 miles out of mine, but I only drive a 1/2 ton. The ST MAXX is a harder compound so it should have extended wear with a diesel. My wife runs the AT3 on her Ford Escape and I love those tires, so far they out perform the Toyo AT hands down.

Brandon

[trophyhunt]

Dont buy cooper, SO NOISY! Tread doesnt last long with the mud tires. Bfg's are good, i put toyo mt's on in sept and love them. Didnt like the km2 tread, and wanted more aggressive than the at, but a good tire. The nitto mud tire is a decent one, you get what you pay for

The nitto tires are on my truck and I can't wait till they go bald to buy new one's. They are great in deep snow, but have little traction on compact snow and ice. The thing about them I hate the most, Holy crap they are loud!!! I keep trying to turn down the radio because of the noise they make, it's very frustrating-like your head is gonna explode. I'm gonna try the toyo's or the BF goodrich next I think.

[6x6in6]

Dont buy cooper, SO NOISY! Tread doesnt last long with the mud tires. Bfg's are good, i put toyo mt's on in sept and love them. Didnt like the km2 tread, and wanted more aggressive than the at, but a good tire. The nitto mud tire is a decent one, you get what you pay for

The nitto tires are on my truck and I can't wait till they go bald to buy new one's. They are great in deep snow, but have little traction on compact snow and ice. The thing about them I hate the most, Holy crap they are loud!!! I keep trying to turn down the radio because of the noise they make, it's very frustrating-like your head is gonna explode. I'm gonna try the toyo's or the BF goodrich next I think.

If your unhappy with the Nitto's, don't bother with the Toyo's.  Nitto's are made by Toyo and are one in the same.

[BLUEBULLS]

basically... if you want a good, aggressive looking mud tire then prepare to replace them often and listen to them a lot. I'm fond of BFG KM2's and Cooper STT's but that's on 1/2 tons and toyotas.

One tire that looks decent (not great) and actually seems to last on a diesel is the schwabs mud terrain SXT. My dad gets over 50k on them with a dodge/cummins. They're not the best off road or on the highway but a great meet in the middle type combo.

[trophyhunt]

Dont buy cooper, SO NOISY! Tread doesnt last long with the mud tires. Bfg's are good, i put toyo mt's on in sept and love them. Didnt like the km2 tread, and wanted more aggressive than the at, but a good tire. The nitto mud tire is a decent one, you get what you pay for

The nitto tires are on my truck and I can't wait till they go bald to buy new one's. They are great in deep snow, but have little traction on compact snow and ice. The thing about them I hate the most, Holy crap they are loud!!! I keep trying to turn down the radio because of the noise they make, it's very frustrating-like your head is gonna explode. I'm gonna try the toyo's or the BF goodrich next I think.

If your unhappy with the Nitto's, don't bother with the Toyo's.  Nitto's are made by Toyo and are one in the same.

Thanks for the info, the search continues.

[6x6in6]

The key to running Toyo MT's on a Dodge diesel truck is air pressure and rotation.
Rotate them faithfully every 5k miles.
You keep the front's at 50 psi and the rears at 30-35 psi and you will get 50k+ out of these mud terrain tires.
You run the air pressure up to 60-65 psi all the way around and you will be lucky to get 40k out of them.
Toyo MT's are notorious for being a crappy handling tire.  They constantly pull to the right.  Your constantly correcting the wheel to keep it on a straight line at freeway speeds as they hunt the ruts bad. 
Running at the above air pressures for daily driving is the best you can do to get decent handling and tire life expectancy.

[JLS]

Coopers are good tires.  You might also look at Goodyear Dura-Tracs.

[deleted BGS]

Dont buy cooper, SO NOISY! Tread doesnt last long with the mud tires. Bfg's are good, i put toyo mt's on in sept and love them. Didnt like the km2 tread, and wanted more aggressive than the at, but a good tire. The nitto mud tire is a decent one, you get what you pay for

The nitto tires are on my truck and I can't wait till they go bald to buy new one's. They are great in deep snow, but have little traction on compact snow and ice. The thing about them I hate the most, Holy crap they are loud!!! I keep trying to turn down the radio because of the noise they make, it's very frustrating-like your head is gonna explode. I'm gonna try the toyo's or the BF goodrich next I think.

If your unhappy with the Nitto's, don't bother with the Toyo's.  Nitto's are made by Toyo and are one in the same.

Toyos are the quietest mt out there. I have no bias or affiliation with toyo, just have rode on a lot of brands.