List of 3-ply sidewall "AT" type tires for Tacoma

The Toyo M-55 is an excellent tire for all around use. I'm not sure of Tacoma sizes, but the ones I ran on my F-250 company truck were 3 ply. I ran these Load range E) for years here in rural Nevada doing exploration Geology work, and they wear well at high western highway speeds, are very tough and have great all around traction.

 

For sure!! I love it

 

Check General Grabber AT2...I think the 265/75/16's are 10 ply but I dont think that the 265/70/16's are?

 

10 ply rating is the equivalent to the old bias ply rating. It is essentially the same as a load range E tire. It has NO bearing on the construction, especially signifying the number of sidewall plies. There are lots of load range E (10 ply rating) tires out there with only 2 sidewall plies. The OP asked about 3 ply sidewall construction. Keep it on track!

 

My bad its not a far leap to assume a ten ply tire would have more sidewall plies then a tire with fewer plies...at any rate, heres the info on Grabber AT2...

"The tire's internal structure includes twin steel belts (some sizes reinforced with nylon) on top of a two-ply polyester cord body to combine strength and durability with a quiet ride"

 

I just put some E rated Duratrac's on. They say 3-ply side wall on the tire.

 

My BF's have never let me down in mud or sand???

 

Lightfire, how's the ride on the E rate Duratrac's? I'm getting ready to order and was leaning toward the "C"'s.

 

I had a set of Cooper Discoverer STT tires (3 ply sidewall) on my '05 DC TRD 4WD. They looked great, gave me the most miles of any tires I have used (35-40 K), worked great in mud and rocks... BUT, were noisey as hell on the highway and were terrible in sand... where I do most of my four wheeling. I remaned them 'grave diggers'.

So, if you don't do much sand driving or mind the highway noise, check out the Cooper Discoverer STTs.

Photo airing back from 10 psi on the beach...

 

Nice tire with a nice price. I love mine. They also have a mileage warranty!

 

I have BFG TA KO on my other trucks - one with C and one with E. Can't really tell the difference.

ON the Tacoma I have no way of saying if the c is better or worse. To me, they improved the driving/handling of the Tacoma MUCH over the stock tire. But they are very noisy compared to the TA/KO.

I did hit a patch of snow / ice on a trip yesterday and they performed fine.

On retrospect, if I had of known how noisy they were I would have gotten the TA/KO. So many posted they were not noisy - well, not as much as a super swamper for sure but I think either the people who posted that got a different tire or they keep their hearing aids turned down.

So overall I am liking them a lot - look really good on Tacoma. If I can just get past the noise I will keep these.
I kinda like the idea of the E rating for puncture resistance. Don't really know if it will make a difference. This was all my dealer had.

One more comparison, I hit a snowy back road on the way home from a trip. Got in my 93 4x4 toyota with the TA/KO's and went down same road. It slipped around much more than the Tacoma - but different trucks so...