Tire advice from owners Wrangler DuraTrac, Cooper At3...need help

Hey Guys,

On my 19 Taco i put LT 265/75r16s on it the day i purchased the truck. Fast forward and I've had 85,000 trouble free miles but am approaching the tread wear indicators. I rotate every 10k.

Love the tires but they are super expensive. Has anyone run out a set of GoodYear Wranger DuraTrack or the Authority (walmart version of same tire) or the Cooper AT3s? If so what kind of mileage did you get?

I do off road a good bit but its pretty tame stuff...logging roads and sand hills/beaches...and lots of snow. BFGs have been great all around but wondering if I could get similar mileage and save some money.

 

I'm running the P265/70/R16 Duratracs so might be a different tire compound to the LTs. I was able to get them on sale at Discount Tire for like $110 a piece or something crazy.

I still had Toyota Care and was getting tire tread depth measurements at each service and judging by the amount of tread gone in 15k, I should be good until atleast 60k.

We have similar usage. I live in Pennsylvania and they were great in the snow. Also have never hydroplaned, but there is some slippage when starting from a stop on a hill in the rain. But that's normal with most tires on a truck.

 

85000 miles out of a set of tires??? And they still have some life left? That’s almost unheard of. That is an amazing amount of miles out of a set of tires. What ever brand they are, what ever they cost replace them with the same exact tires.

 

I picked up a set of Goodyear Wrangler Authority (Load Range E) back in 2019, put them on at 78K miles & I'm now a little over 105K. I've put over 27K miles on them. I rotate every 5K when I change my oil, run 36 psi & they still look brand new. Few weeks ago I drove from PA to Idaho & back, 53XX miles round trip with zero issues. Absolutely love these tires. They are Heavy but they wear so damn good.

 

My dude you can get take offs from a Tacoma in nearly any region of the country for like $300-$400

there are throngs of dudes every day who ditch the OEM Goodyears in favor of other tires

 

I'm running the SL rated Maxxis RAZR AT's - only 38lbs, so the truck behaves better in every real-world situation. LT/E rated tires are total overkill for the vast majority of us because we hit the payload capacity long before we hit the load rating of even an SL rated tire.

 

My post wasn't super clear...sorry guys. The tires im running and have since the day i purchased my truck are BFG All Terrain KO 2s in LT265/75/r16.

They have 85,000 miles on them as i type...will very likely see another 15-20k before i replace them in November when the snow starts up here. They will definitely see 100,000 miles. prior to hitting the tread wear indicators.

If I can't get that or something close to that from a similarly aggressive tire...perhaps i should just stick with em. They have done all i have asked and have never been re-balanced. They are getting noisier now though...but that's to be expected i suppose

 

Your tires should be in the Guinness book of records, 100,000+ miles??????? They are only warranted for 50,000 miles. I understand they can go beyond warranty but not 100,000 miles. I’m sure if you tell BFG about this they’ll give you free tires for life. I had a set of your same tires. The suspension on my truck was tight and in great shape. I had the tires rotated and balanced every 5000 miles. I don’t remember exactly how many miles I got but I’m pretty sure it was right around 50000, maybe a little less. You must have got some experimental tires that accidentally escaped from the factory.

 

Well FWIW im not making anything up. Put the tires on the truck the day i purchased it and rotate them every 10k front to back with no side to side. They are aired up at 45 psi. Ive had similar performance on my old TJ as well. They do show superficial cracking between treads but wtf they have almost 90k on them so i can't complain...though they are only 2 years old lol

 

Lt will last a long time... they also cost a lot more and ride like a buckboard wagon. Want a good ride? Get a normal tire. Want a shitty ride get a LT tire, pay a lot more and last a long time.

 

They do ride worse and negatively impact MPG as well...but they are a lot tougher in the sidewalls.

 

Recently got my 18 TRD Sport and gave my Frontier with KO2's to my son. Put them on at 54k miles. Looking now to replace them again at 140k miles. Maybe other tires ride nicer, but almost 100k miles on a set of tires is hard to beat. I currently have a set on my Tacoma as well. Hoping to get long mileage from them as well.