Do I need better tires?

Stock tires will be just fine for moderate rock crawling, light trails and most of the parks. My wife and I did a 2500 mile trip through UT, AZ, and CO and did some offloading out there without a hitch.

 

Drove my Tacoma off the dealership lot and purchased some KO2s, have put 28,000 Miles on them and beat the piss out of them ever since. I purchased the 10 ply E rated ones and they have worn nicely and evenly without a ton of noise on the highway. My answer is yes you need new tires if you drive off the pavement. Think of them as a decent pair of Keens for hiking.

 

Yes, there will be a bit of road noise. The more aggressive tire you get, the more road noise you will get.

I upgraded to C load Duratrac's simply because it was a better tire, best "rain" rating, and for me, the 3 peak snow designation for the winter.

 

The stockers will certainly puncture before a quality trail tire. Cooper does a neat demonstration using three of their tires to demonstrate the difference from stock replacement, to general/entry level all terrain to the cooper st maxx in an E rating. What makes the demonstration great is they are not trying to advertise their product being better than another by doing comparisons with competitor product, just providing a visual demo of what thicker rubber handles.

 

Link?

 

You'll be fine / Before you start the trip west / Balance and Rotate.

 

You'll be fine. I tore up Canyonlands in my ES. Flexing pic...

 

www.google.com

or this.............! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kz8mmLkeks

i was wrong, they use a dunlop similar to a stock pickup tire, i think the previous gen tacos came with these shit piece tires?? and the coopers are the AT3 and the ST Maxx. done by cooper and 4wd action in australia

 

Thanks!
I could google but better to have the link in the thread for continuity.

 

I've seen much less equipped vehicles go for it, and some fully equipped ones suffer all sorts of failures. Moral of the story...



Cheers!