Tires

[Alanymarce]

2010-2018 - Tyres we have used in South America:

Dunlop Grandtrek AT3 - good tyre on the highway, OK offroad
Pirelli Scorpion AT - similar to the Dunlops
Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S - the best of these three - good on the highway, more capable offroad.

2017 - In 2017 we made a "big trip" through Africa and had BF Goodrich T/As on our vehicle there - they were a little noisier on the highway, however better than all of the previous tyres offroad.

2019 - In 2019 we made a "big trip" around Australia and at that point had the Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S on the vehicle. When we needed to replace one we found that the nearest shop had BF Goodrich T/As and we asked them to put one on the vehicle, however they recommended a Toyo Open Country AT as being as good as the BFG at a lower price. We took their advice and when we subsequently replaced two more tyres put on two more Toyos, which we have on the vehicle now (in South America). The Toyos are excellent - quiet and capable on the highway, and good offroad. So, I'd recommend Toyos. I've seen a lot of recommendations recently for Falken Wildpeaks, however have no experience to offer.

 

[Jedi-son]

Inexpensive tires... yeah seems like when I get a new (to me) rig the tires have always been a disappointment even with some of the brand names. For the most part I've always been a BFG customer AT & MT over the years, wouldn't say I'm not a brand guy, those just seem to work for me. Tires are a big ticket and seems like I always fall back to what I know.
I've considered Micky Thompsons Baja ATZ and Maxxis Razr AT but haven't pulled the trigger. And truly with the type of adventuring we've been doing an AT tire seems like the right choice. Mudder's make too much road noise.

 

[MrWilsonWJ]

Inexpensive tires... yeah seems like when I get a new (to me) rig the tires have always been a disappointment even with some of the brand names. For the most part I've always been a BFG customer AT & MT over the years, wouldn't say I'm not a brand guy, those just seem to work for me. Tires are a big ticket and seems like I always fall back to what I know.
I've considered Micky Thompsons Baja ATZ and Maxxis Razr AT but haven't pulled the trigger. And truly with the type of adventuring we've been doing an AT tire seems like the right choice. Mudder's make too much road noise.

Since you mentioned the Maxxis Rzr tires, I run their MT and it is surprisingly quite for how aggressive it is. I'm on my second set and have been very pleased with them. Also have a friend that had them on an F250 and got 30-40k out of them so they last pretty good.

 

[Jedi-son]

Since you mentioned the Maxxis Rzr tires, I run their MT and it is surprisingly quite for how aggressive it is. I'm on my second set and have been very pleased with them. Also have a friend that had them on an F250 and got 30-40k out of them so they last pretty good.

Thanks for this! I'm very close to making the plunge. Maxxis is a sponsor of my daughter's mountain bike team. Maxxis is very close to winning me over for truck tires... maybe I'm a brand guy after all.

 

[MrWilsonWJ]

I'm really not a brand guy either and have run a lot of different tires over the years. With work I purchase tires for around 50 pickups so I'm always trying something new to see what lasts and works. A few years back I looked into the Maxxis, at their price point and their long history of off road performance tires I took a chance on them, not sure I would go back to a bfg mt after running these. I only run them on a few work pickups because I don't need MTs on most of them, but for my Jeep I like them. Good traction in mud, snow, sand and rocks they have also proven to be tough. I've had them in muddy roots and sharp rocks and am yet to cut a sidewall.