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Your experience with factory taco tires

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by nathan3306, Feb 4, 2013.

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  1. Feb 24, 2013 at 4:43 AM
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    Haha, I guess its not much when compared to Canada. Probably should have included a little more info. Had my taco for a week and it was my first time driving in snow with a taco. Was excited and a little hesitant due to reading some of the accounts on here. That pic was when it began to snow, we got about 2" that night. Was driving around for 2 hours running errands at around 30-50mph. No slippage whatsoever. I guess it helps living and driving in New England for most of my life.

    Had a storm 2 weeks ago in Boston that brought 26" of snow to my neighborhood. Again no problems driving around in the taco, just gotta be a little more careful thats all. Got to try out the 4x4 that weekend too. It was fun until i filled up and got 11mpg. Oh well thats life with a truck, still love my new taco.

    Funny story with that big storm. A older guy with 2 of his friends got stuck on my street in his car and i couldn't get past him cause its a one way street. Well he was spinning his tires for 20 mins with his friends standing on the side before he asked me if i could push him out with my truck. Gave him the "are you f**king crazy" look as my taco was less than a month old. Thought he was new to the area so i decided to help him out. Told him i will help his friends push his car out. Did it in less than 2 minutes. As we were saying our goodbyes, one of his friends said that he's only been living here for 45 years.:facepalm:
     
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  2. Feb 24, 2013 at 5:27 AM
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    bubba353z Titles? We don't need no stinkin' titles.

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    What he said......

    The AT20's on my old 2010 weren't worth much in the snow - if I stopped in my driveway, I had to put it in 4wd just to go again. Hopefully the Dualers on my 2012 Sport will be a little better.....

    I bought dedicated snow tires for my wife's CRV for the same reason. When I replaced the factory crap tires for her, the dedicated snows almost became redundant - they were that much better.

    I just hate buying new tires for a brand new car, but it almost seems necessary if you live anywhere near snow......
     
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  3. Feb 24, 2013 at 5:34 AM
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    I mistakenly thought the rugged trails were ok.....they were trash after 32000 miles..I replaced them today with Cooper Discoverer H/T...$632.00 for 4 tires mounted and balanced after taxes..
     
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  4. Feb 24, 2013 at 5:38 AM
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    At 37,000, I sold my Dunlops for $80. The Best part of the tire ownership :D
     
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  5. Feb 24, 2013 at 8:59 AM
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    I sold my Dunlops for $400 after 15000km
     
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  6. Feb 24, 2013 at 9:27 AM
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  7. Feb 24, 2013 at 9:27 AM
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    Yes
     
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  8. Feb 24, 2013 at 12:15 PM
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    I bought chains, I decided early I'm gonna wear these Dunlops out and put the chains on if needed. And the chains are needed, could barely get into the garage about 8 inches ago.
     
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  9. Feb 24, 2013 at 1:03 PM
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    AT20's were the worst tire I have ever owned (I'm 42 so that's quite a few). Horrible wet traction, especially in a truck with a light rear. Forget snow, you'd be better off walking. Completely dry roads, sure, they're safe, but so are wheelbarrow tires. I got them off by 8K miles and never looked back.
     
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  10. Feb 24, 2013 at 1:03 PM
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    Not bad so far, but we've not had really bad weather to test them.
     
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  11. Feb 25, 2013 at 12:03 AM
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    Mine handled fine on the highway, but they are soft. I ran mine for 10k and replaced them. Figure i may put studs on them and use them as winter tires.
     
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  12. Feb 25, 2013 at 7:30 AM
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    What part of CO are you in? I'm in Denver and we just got dumped on and I was pretty surprised at how well the "Rugged Fails" did with how much flack they get on here. Granted, I only have about 1k miles on them.
     
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  13. Feb 25, 2013 at 7:35 AM
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    Did anybody get Bridgestone H/Ts with their trucks? I did when i bought my 2008, got over 45k miles out of them.
     
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  14. Feb 25, 2013 at 7:53 AM
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  15. Feb 25, 2013 at 8:13 AM
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  16. Feb 25, 2013 at 8:20 AM
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    Wait til next winter. I bought my truck new in the winter also and the Dunlops did great for that winter. By the next winter, they were so-so at best and I wouldn't take them past that. I got rid of them at 30k miles the following summer.
     
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  17. Feb 25, 2013 at 2:54 PM
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    Thanks for the heads up. My tax refund should be here any week now. Hmm, decisions, decisions. Damn, new wheels and tires are so tempting.
     
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  18. Feb 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM
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  19. Feb 25, 2013 at 3:03 PM
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    Only one thing comes to mind when I think of my OEM Rugged Trail tires...mouse fecal. Can't wait till I can afford to mount some real A/T tires.
     
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  20. Mar 5, 2013 at 11:37 AM
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    I noticed a few people had mentioned the Wrangler SilentArmor's. Anyone else try these? Live in Western MA so deal with snow, off road is mostly sand/beach. Traction is more important to me than tread wear.
     
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