Personal experience with Toyo Open Country AT3 vs BFG KO2

Love my K02's! much better grip for on road use but it depends on what the end goal is for the truck

 

Hey everyone,

Figure I’d post this question here since it’s about these tires specifically. I do A LOT of off roading. Constantly in and out of rough roads in Nevada, on construction sites, and anything in between. I put the Toyo AT3’s on my 2008 Tacoma in November. Maybe I’m just having bad luck, maybe it’s just because I drive near construction, but I’ve had four punctures requiring patches in my front tires since mid December. It’s frustrating, seems excessive as I do try my best to be careful and avoid glass, trash, etc.

Should I be switching these out for a burlier tire like KO2’s? With more ply? And also, if I do, would I just eat the cost of my Toyo’s which only have 10,000 miles on them, or can I sell them somehow. Thanks

 

What size and load did you go with?

 

265/65R17 116T

 

You might have better luck with a KO2/KO3 since they are all LT only, but it’s probably luck more than anything. I’ve had numerous sets of Toyos both LT and SL/XL, and no puncture problems. Meanwhile my brother put KO2s on his tundra and had multiple nails in 2 of them. So really nothing is resistant to punctures, although if the nails are short, then a BFG may not be punctured enough to lose air whereas the thinner XL Toyo might. Other than that, they’re both rubber and will both puncture.

 

No matter how hard you try to avoid hazards on a construction site it is a losing battle. I would avoid driving on the construction sites and use them until there worn out.

 

Don’t have the luxury of avoiding them, I work in them