Truck Tire Time

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Originally Posted by PeachesNCream

Heading in to discount tire today. Looking for half ton truck tires. Mostly a road warrior, tow rarely but sometimes, some forest roads, and a good amount of time on snowy roads. Currently have ko2s that desperately need replaced. Probably going to go with an AT tire again. Have heard lots of good things about wildpeaks but they don’t seem to be the value grab they used to be as prices have increased. Cooper ATs look like the best price but the above review has me hesitant. Any recs before I head in?


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If you care about snow performance, KO3 or Nokian Outpost nAT. Don’t do coopers

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Originally Posted by L8APX

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After 10k miles I can attest these are in fact the worst set of tires I have ever owned. Mileage decrease, and terrible in any type of snow. I have a steep snow covered driveway and they require 4wd to get up and still get sideways looking for traction. Figured a follow up here could help someone save the cash.</p>

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It's guessing game time!

Are these what you tried?

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/toyo-proxes-tq

I wasnt gona mention it but since you folks brought it up but I heard about the cooper hate 20 yrs ago from my ski bud who said they were great initialy on his SUV and then they sucked pretty quick so he took them back to dealer who let him trade to a differnt brand and buddy seemed to infer the dealer knew they sucked and did not give him any hassle

what is the difference between cheap snow tires and Nokians what will you think when you are upsidedown in a ditch but hopefully not dead ?

lol @ El Chup.

I do a lot of walking my dog around the ski resort and am often appalled at the tire choices people make on their cars and trucks for winter use in the p n dub … but nothing beats the stereotypical worn AF MT on 22” rims.

Sorry team, tried quoting my own post from last year where I said I was going to put Yokohama geolander AT XD’s on my tundra. Wasn’t trying to be a dink, this site has issues as most of you know.

Thanks all. Went with KO3s. I can already tell they drive so much better and are quieter. Looking forward to getting them on some snow


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Hard to go wrong there!

So far, I am very happy with my K03.

I had stock Goodyear Wrangler Territory AT on my '24 F150 and while they were drivable in the snow and ok on the roads I still decided to upgrade to KO3 in E load. Hit the shitshow storm on I70 on my way to Denver and was pleased with their snow performance. Definitely not in Blizzak league but better than AT3W that I had on Ranger. They are slightly louder on the freeway and I probably lost 1 mpg.

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Originally Posted by singlesline

What did you end up with?

Similar situation for my wife's Tiguan, which is our main road-trip/outdoor activity car. Mostly want road performance/low noise, but want something with a little more sidewall/puncture resistance for dirt roads, some of which aren't very nice. Grip has never felt like an issue, but I get a little sketched out when a couple miles down a gravel road and the rocks start to get real sharp looking.
Snow performance doesn't matter--have second set of wheels with nokian winter tires.

Takes a smaller tire though, which limits the number of available CUV semi-A/T tires. The Falken Wildpeak a/t trail looks like the leading contender.

Geolander A/T G015 are available in OEM size, but seem to get lower marks than the falkens. Toyo Open Country A/T III seems too aggressive (similar to the wildpeak A/T3W). Nitto Nomad Grappler is an option but I haven't found a lot of info about them. I can also push the tire wider than OEM to open up some more options but none of them seem like a silver bullet. Could bump diameter (and gain a pinch more ground clearance), but don't want to deal with odometer/speedo issues.

edit: also of interest, but seem harder to find in the USA...Nokian has a new tire in this category--the Outpost APT. https://www.prioritytire.com/nokian-...-terrain-tire/
Supposedly good road manners, but louder than the geolanders (which might be louder than the wildpeaks). I like Nokians, and at least from the above website these are way cheaper than any of the other options.

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Bumping this as I finally put new tires on the wife's ride a couple months ago. Went with the Nokian Outpost APTs,

So far they've been great. Didn't notice a huge amount of noise (certainly no more than the winter tires). Feel great and much more confidence inspiring on gravel roads. I don't plan to actually use them in the snow, but also makes me feel better about shoulder season trips over passes where I've already got the winters off.

Little bit of squirm noticeable at high speeds, but I suspect that's because they start with much taller lugs and we were coming from pretty worn down OEM lugs. Will likely fade as they wear back into normal tire heights.

Feel way safer in the wet too. Main highway here has wheel ruts that water likes to collect in during rain...the old tires weren't quite EOL yet, but my wife had enough sketchy experiences in rain storms that it was time.

Reasonably priced (was on par with replacing with normal tires), and a few pounds lighter than the Falken Wildpeak A/T trail.