Tire Recommendations

[CalSgt]

I have the Yokohama G-015’s in 33x12.50 and they’re okay, it’s too soon to tell how they will wear. My only complaint is the raised white letters are stained, I’ve tried everything to make them bright white with no luck.

There’s lots of tires out there that are quite when new and get noisy as the wear. My last Cooper STT PRO’s were deafening once they got down 50%

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[chris3353]

I just picked up some 15x8 K5 aluminum rally wheels to install on my 76 K10. The truck rarely goes off road, but when it does, it's not there to perform anything like mudding or trail running. I'd like to get a fairly smooth and quiet ride since it's mostly on the road and I'm looking for tire recommendations that you all may have experience with. I am currently running 32x11.5x15 tires on my old wheels but the tires are ready to be replaced anyway. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I switched to Falken RTs from BFG and 100% improvement. quiet and smooth

 

[Grit dog]

I have the Yokohama G-015’s in 33x12.50 and they’re okay, it’s too soon to tell how they will wear. My only complaint is the raised white letters are stained, I’ve tried everything to make them bright white with no luck.

There’s lots of tires out there that are quite when new and get noisy as the wear. My last Cooper STT PRO’s were deafening once they got down 50%

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But none as bad as GY Duratracs, imo.
Most mudders one can keep “relatively” quiet with conscientious rotations and not letting them get cupped by living on the front axle too long at a time.
But those fcking Duratracs, not even a true “mud” tire, while they are great in rain/mud or snow for being a do it all tire, those pieces of sheit start hawling when brand new parked stored on the shelf!
I’ve had 2 sets. First set on purpose. Great for their abilities, wanted to burn them after about 10…I mean 10k miles…
Second set came on a new company truck. Same thing. And I thought at first the old ones were loud because I was hard on them. Daily commutes through mountain canyons at highway speeds are not friendly to any tires but they are brutal on muddrs or anything with big open outside tread patterns.
Not the case. My driving on those tires was not hard on them. Lots of long straight highway miles. But nonetheless you couldn’t rotate them enough to keep the cupping out of the outer treads which just kept propagating.
They’d make a great do it all trail tire and that’s it.
Bad part is GM has mostly away from putting them on the Trail Boss and ZR2 pickups but Ram is still running them pieces of sheit on the Rebels. GY must be giving them away to the OEMs….

 

[scrap--metal]

Are the BF Goodrich TAKO2 tires good for the road?

I got 65,000 street miles out of the last set of KO2s I put on my K10. 31x10.5s. They're worth it for snow and going off road hunting a couple times a year, but still perfectly streetable.

And always white letters out!

 

[Catbox]

These Toyo AT3's have been all around ok on our daily driven 1995 Suburban.

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Though when I put a new set of tires onto the truck, my Toyos became lackluster.
Enter a set of Cooper Discoverer AT3's, they are quiet and offer plenty of traction for my mostly around town driving.

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A couple of weeks ago for @Maxwellvis birthday we went to the Pick N Pull for some parts for his Suburban build.
I was poking around looking for something to stand on and found one of these.

A Falken Wildpeak AT3W.
I thought that would be awesome if the others were here, but fat chance of that right?

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I found the other 3 in the bed of a truck with a canopy on it.
Hidden from sight for some other thrifter to get a sweet deal on.
These have tons of tread on them, are date coded from 2019, and are load range E.
I will be taking the Ford wheels out of them and putting them onto the Suburban.
The Toyos on the Suburban will be put onto the Ford wheels and sold off.

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I bought the set of 4 wheels and tires for $102 out the door.
Counter guy said the tires are junk, I would assume due to the date code as that is what he came around and looked at.

The PO of the tires had a curb rub fetish, so I will be swapping the tires around to show the previous inside of the tire on the outside.
The inside still looks good and is not much different than the side that was used as a curb feeler...

 

[Grit dog]

I'm thinking about keeping the 32x11.5x15 tire size. Are the BF Goodrich TAKO2 tires good for the road? I don't want something with huge sipes and knobs because I think those characteristics will be too noisy on the street. I've been looking at the Falken Rubitrek A/T01, Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT, Yokohama Geolander A/T G015, Kumho Road Venture AT51, Hancook Dynapro AT2, Falken Wildpeak A/T4W, Yokohama Geolander A/T4. Has anyone had any of these that they would recommend?

You DO want tires with a lot of siping for rain snow and generally quieter performance. (Compared to tires with little to no sipes like traditional mud tires)

 

[Grit dog]

These Toyo AT3's have been all around ok on our daily driven 1995 Suburban.

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Though when I put a new set of tires onto the truck, my Toyos became lackluster.
Enter a set of Cooper Discoverer AT3's, they are quiet and offer plenty of traction for my mostly around town driving.

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A couple of weeks ago for @Maxwellvis birthday we went to the Pick N Pull for some parts for his Suburban build.
I was poking around looking for something to stand on and found one of these.

A Falken Wildpeak AT3W.
I thought that would be awesome if the others were here, but fat chance of that right?

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I found the other 3 in the bed of a truck with a canopy on it.
Hidden from sight for some other thrifter to get a sweet deal on.
These have tons of tread on them, are date coded from 2019, and are load range E.
I will be taking the Ford wheels out of them and putting them onto the Suburban.
The Toyos on the Suburban will be put onto the Ford wheels and sold off.

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I bought the set of 4 wheels and tires for $102 out the door.
Counter guy said the tires are junk, I would assume due to the date code as that is what he came around and looked at.

The PO of the tires had a curb rub fetish, so I will be swapping the tires around to show the previous inside of the tire on the outside.
The inside still looks good and is not much different than the side that was used as a curb feeler...

I’ve found all 3 of the tire models you mention to perform very similarly. I’d categorize them all as virtually equal across the board although I don’t have a lot of miles on Falken ATs.
Also fwiw, I’ve siped both the Toyo and Cooper 3s. They are phenomenal in the greasy PNW snow and ice when siped. Very much like dedicated snow tires without studs that last longer than snow tires.

 

[Redfish]

There is simply no 100% correct answer regarding The Perfect Tire. How much lift you have (or none at all), the overall look you are going for, the conditions YOU drive in and the characteristics of the mud in your area are all unique factors that affect what works "best" for you.

I personally wanted to hear the noise of mud grips. I also wanted the look and usefulness of the mud grips. But I am pretty stupid so...

A few pics of my truck with 33x12.50s:

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[mtbadbob]

I've run several sets of the Cooper AT3's, which apparently, they have discontinued. Anyway, they're great tires , in mho

 

[Grit dog]

I've run several sets of the Cooper AT3's, which apparently, they have discontinued. Anyway, they're great tires , in mho

What makes you say that?
There’s 3 different variants of Cooper AT3s and they all appear to be available.

 

[mtbadbob]

What makes you say that?
There’s 3 different variants of Cooper AT3s and they all appear to be available.

That's what my Tire Rama manager said, that they're discontinuing them & replacing them with the "Stronghold", which are very nice, but SPENDY!
AI Overview

Yes, Cooper Tire has discontinued the AT3 line, replacing it with updated models like the Discoverer Road+Trail AT and Discoverer Stronghold, depending on the original tire type. The Discoverer AT3 4S was succeeded by the Road+Trail AT, while the LT version was replaced by the Stronghold for heavier-duty use.

 

[Grit dog]

That's what my Tire Rama manager said, that they're discontinuing them & replacing them with the "Stronghold", which are very nice, but SPENDY!
AI Overview

Yes, Cooper Tire has discontinued the AT3 line, replacing it with updated models like the Discoverer Road+Trail AT and Discoverer Stronghold, depending on the original tire type. The Discoverer AT3 4S was succeeded by the Road+Trail AT, while the LT version was replaced by the Stronghold for heavier-duty use.

Yes I saw the new models. It does seem like a lot of overlap so makes sense as it appears they have way too many similar model tires now.
I wouldn’t worry about how the new ones not performing. Cooper hasn’t made a crap tire yet that I’ve used. Just keeping up with the times and demand I’d say. Fresh names, fresh tread patterns, more aggressive looking side profile.
If the AT3s are anything, they’re not mean looking. They’re a proper paw paw lookin tire.
The Stronghold tread looks kinda like the old school Discoverer AT or whatever they were called. I loved that tire.
And fwiw the Evolution MT is a great budget mud terrain I think.
I bought a set for my CJ5 probably 4 years ago now. They don’t get many miles so can’t comment on treadlife and obviously the Jeep is very lightweight so not hard on tires. But great traction off road, almost silent at highway speeds and still look and feel like brand new tires even though they’re years old now.

 

[Sad Sack]

Keep in mind big changes in tire size affect final drive gearing.

maybe speedo too....?

 

[bucket]

There's a bazillion different "A/T" tires available and everyone's opinion will very on which ones are good and which ones are bad.

I will point out to whoever said it in a previous post, BFG AT's are in fact a street tire too. 60k or more on several sets on full size trucks says they are a street tire. ESPECIALLY the newest version that has a very tight tread pattern... those things are so mild, they are really more of an all weather tire than they are an "A/T" tire.

 

[Grit dog]

There's a bazillion different "A/T" tires available and everyone's opinion will very on which ones are good and which ones are bad.

I will point out to whoever said it in a previous post, BFG AT's are in fact a street tire too. 60k or more on several sets on full size trucks says they are a street tire. ESPECIALLY the newest version that has a very tight tread pattern... those things are so mild, they are really more of an all weather tire than they are an "A/T" tire.

^This.
And I noticed that about the AT3KO’s. I have yet to have opportunity to run a set of them. I always liked the previous versions for snow traction and longevity. My guess is a shift not unlike other mfgs to aggressive looking tires that have great road manners for the zillions of tough looking pavement pounders running around (myself included).
Bottom line is most all tires perform at least relatively well for their intended use when the tread depth is >50% and traction is almost as much a factor of tire pressure and newer more pliable rubber as it is specific tread design. (R/T tread designs being a decided exception when it comes to snow. I don’t like that design)
And back to the OPs original question. Pick a tire that looks good in his budget and it’ll be fine for his stated use.