I second @Maconi. If I was buying AT tires today, #1 would be the Toyo OC ATIII and #2 the Nitto Ridge Grapplers.Best all season A/T tire ? Not too loud but yet good in rain and light snow
Yes...but totally different league than the TOYO or NITTOLet's not forget about the falken wildpeak at3w.
Best all season A/T tire ? Not too loud but yet good in rain and light snow
Unfortunately, there is no AT tire that is good in snow.Best all season A/T tire ? Not too loud but yet good in rain and light snow
Those tires are OK when new but as soon as I got some mileage on them, and the temp dropped to sub 10 degrees Celsius and wet? BRUTAL. Could not leave a light or stop sign without spinning the back tires.I’ve been pretty happy with my Goodyear Wrangler A/Ts. Quiet, awesome MPGs, great Wet traction. Still waiting on our first snow to try them out in that.
I'll share my thought...every vehicle that I buy that has Goodyears on them get removed almost immediately...I HATE Goodyear tires and those that come on our trucks just don't perform well compared to all that's on the market. Again, just my opinion...What about the Goodyear Wranglers (standard on Rebel)?
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I agree, I never got the advertised tread life, even treadwear or low noise after a few thousand miles with Goodyear’s. I have tried several on cars and trucks. What disappoints me most is the actual tread width Based on size. They use the same Narrow tread width on many Tire sizes/widths and give the section “Width” as only the “Tire bulge“, not maximizing the tread Width. Other Manufacturers do it as well.I'll share my thought...every vehicle that I buy that has Goodyears on them get removed almost immediately...I HATE Goodyear tires and those that come on our trucks just don't perform well compared to all that's on the market. Again, just my opinion...
Those tires are OK when new but as soon as I got some mileage on them, and the temp dropped to sub 10 degrees Celsius and wet? BRUTAL. Could not leave a light or stop sign without spinning the back tires.
That said, I bought some Cooper Discoverer M+S and haven't looked back that I sawp on during the winter. Granted, I live in Canada so....
The Falken Wildpeak's that came on my Laramie w/ORG perform much better in snow, and have the 3PMSF rating. I'd also recommend BFG Ko2's. For anyone who has access to Les Schwab tires, their Open Range A/T tires were designed for the types of conditions you're asking about. All of these tires are 3PMSF rated.Best all season A/T tire ? Not too loud but yet good in rain and light snow
Second worst tires I ever owned, but then again I don't go off/road much anymore. I'm sure they work great off-road, but they don't wear well when used on the highway. I didn't have much trouble with them in the rain, but they do not perform well in snow. I know, A/T tires aren't snow tires, but snow is a fact of life for some of us.From my research, the Toyo Tire Open Country A/T III are the best performers (although they don't look as cool as the Nitto Ridge Grappler IMO).
You say this, but your information is just as anecdotal as the rest of us. I had Terra Grapplers on my Titan for 65k miles and 5+ years. They really only started degrading towards the end, and I called it a day when I slipped in the rain on a hard brake. After 5 years of being outside I'd expect a tire to harden up and lose performance. The thing that keeps me from getting more Nitto's is I would want to get Ridge Grapplers, and the price is a little hard to swallow.Nitto makes the most over-rated A/T tires on the market. Never before have I seen and heard such mixed reviews on a tire. Even on their own website the reviews are about 3 stars.
Sadly, Toyo is the parent company of Nitto and the Toyo ATIII is the second most over-rated tire on the market. It's over-priced, it's milder than the ATII it replaced, it's ugly, the sidewalls are plain, and the rubber compound results in mixed reviews for rain and snow.
Clearly there are a lot of guys here who like to ride band wagons.
If you truly want a GREAT all-terrain tire, you're going to need to look at the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W, Yokohama Geolandar X-AT, BF Goodrich KO2, etc.
The Falken is the best tire I've ever had on a truck, but I'm about to give the Yokohama a whirl because it's one of the few brands I've never done a long-term review on yet.
Brands that haven't performed well for me in snow/rain: Cooper, Goodforayear, Nitto.
Brands that deserve honorable mention for being really good but not quite as great as the Falken: Firestone, Hankook, BFG.
Edit: It looks like Nitto has completely restyled their website, and they must have done some house cleaning on reviews because now their tires are miraculously showing 4 stars instead of 3. Hmm...