Falken Wildpeak at3w 265/75 R16

Can you start a post comparing the tires you have used?
I currently have almost 10k on my stock tires, and I am doing some research for their replacements.
The Falken Wildpeak at3w 265/75/16 (43lbs) has been a leading contender...but a significant drop in mpg is no good.
I am interested in learning more about the DuraTrac 265/70/16 (44lbs). They look to be $40 more per tire, but if it saves gas, it is actually cheaper to own over the course of 30k miles or so.

 

What is that lower bumper/bar?

Thanks

 

I put 265/70/17 AT3W's in SL on my truck and had no noticable change in mpg's. The weight rating of the standard loads exceed the trucks ratings and capacity. The e load tires are too much on a Tacoma.

 

My Falken Wild Peaks AT3Ws in 265/75/16s SL are coming in tomorrow and I'm so pumped. Throwing them on some VTX Rogue wheels.

 

Yep.

Falken SL are rated at 2,756 pounds. I’m seeing 44 pound weight also on Discount Tire site.
Stock Goodyear is 2,469 lbs.

Same here with the good mpg.
I just finished my first tank of gas on the Falkens yesterday at 19.4 mpg hand calculated.
341 miles on 17.5 gallons.

I was just now thinking about tire size and the affect on odometer reading.
With larger tires and less rotations per mile your odometer will of course show less miles traveled,
just like your speedometer will be off a bit in MPH showing that you are traveling slower because of larger tires.

Please correct my math. It’s getting late! Using diameter x pi

Stock Goodyear diameter of 31 inch x 3.1415= 97.38 inch circumference.
Falken 265/75-16 diameter of 32 in. x 3.1415=100.52 inch circumference. Nice even 100 inches. Over a 3% increase. I didn’t calculate for this on my first tank of gas with the Falkens.

33 in. tires have 103.66 in circumference. 6% over stock.
34 in. are 106.8 circumference. Over 9.5% more than stock.

If you install 1 inch taller tire of any size, add 3.1415 inches of circumference. 1 inch at a time makes it easy to figure.

If you are calculating almost 10% less miles traveled and were originally getting 20 mpg, that would take you down to 18 mpg for adding big tires.

I wonder if this is an additional reason added to tire size and weight that we are calculating less mpg’s with new larger tires. I’ve failed to ever re-calibrate an odometer and never calculated the difference in tire size relating to mpg.

 

So closer to 20 mpg on the heavier, taller Falkens on a highway/freeway/city mix of driving.
Add 3% of 341 miles on the tank.
351 miles on 17.5 gallons.

My first 900 miles were mostly city and was hand calculated in the 17 to 18 mpg range on Goodyears. I punched it hard a few times after 500 miles.

I know it’s not much help with a direct comparison of mpg between the two tires because of the difference in highway and city miles, but it seems like the Falkens do well and are a great price for what you get.

 

The tires definitely look even better in person. Weighted with my scale and they are 44 lbs for the SL's.... most other tires this size are in the 55-59 lbs range.

Now off to put them on!

 

Have these on my 4Runner. I average 17.8 mpg. Awesome snow tires. Great in the rain and have been good on a couple of light trails I've gone on, but suck for mpgs.

 

Just in case y'all haven't seen this.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/packed-with-technology-falken-wildpeak-a-t3w.419869/
These tire are so awesome. I don't think I will ever go back to BFG's.

 

I was second guessing my decision on these tires so much.... "should have gotten coopers ST Maxx, should have went 285, should this and that..."

I just put them on and fellas let me say this...

THEY DO NOT DISAPPOINT!

Tires look so much better in person. They improved the way my truck handles and feels. AWESOME TIRES!!!

265/75/16 in "SL" load rating:

 

Looks great!! Are those Ray 10 wheels?

 

No Sir. I went with Methods.

I did consider the ray10's but did not feel like "standing in line" for them.

 

Gotcha. Truck looks great.

 

Thank you man, Im ecstatic.

 

This is a great thread I’m looking to upgrade tires and falkens are one of my top choices

 

These are 285/70R17’s on my truck.

 

Anyone going with the off-road stock size 265/70-R16 Falkens?

 

Love this forum.... this is exactly the information I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.

 

That looks sharp! Pretty much seals the deal for me.

 

I plan to do something very similar in the future.