How does your 2.7 deal with A/T's?

So the time is coming soon for me to replace my Dunflop highway tires with some new rubber, and it's got me a little concerned about how well it will do with a set of all terrains. So for those of you who are running all terrains I was hoping you could tell me, how much it effects power and mpg?

 

Not at all, there perfect for the person who doesn't off road as much, but still does a little bit.. I have Firestone At's and there a perfect size for me.. I think dick cepek, and BF Goodrich have some pretty sweet At's too..
hope that helped Jake!

 

Excellent to hear!

 

I'm running Michelin AT's. Work great on and off-highway. And as quiet as street tires. Bests of all worlds.

 

Late to the party, sorry.

I run LT245/75/16 GY Wrangler Silent Armors on stock wheels as Summer tires. They are heavy and on the advice of my "tire guy" I keep 50psi in them to keep from really sucking down my MPGs. Makes for a slightly rough ride. My Summer average MPG went from 22MPG on P-rated HWY treads down to 20MPG with the heavier AT tread. No power loss that I noticed.

That's been my experience FWIW.

EDIT: If I was looking to replace them, I'd go with LT rated GY DURATRACS.

 

Aren't duratracks, more aggressive than silent armor?

 

Yes the duratracs are more aggressive. I think the silent armors have been discontinued. I've read really good reviews on the duratracs and they look great IMHO.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wheels-tires/74843-goodyear-wrangler-duratracs.html

 

Another late-comer here. I opted for the Toyo Open Country A/T 2. They are a LT tire so they only weight a few lbs more than the dunflops. That means very little affect on power and mpgs. They look awesome and handle snow/ice really well. I stayed at 245/75 R16 also. If you go bigger you'll definitely will lose power and mpgs. Hope that helps.

 

I run 235/85/16's - Toyo 10 Ply (Open Country) AT's 9 months and MT's during the winter. I got up in the mountains, at least once per week for work. The reason for this size is that they are tall and you CAN put chains on the front (A requirement for me)


Good luck -


Clay
k7cr@blarg.net

 

I goofed. Those Toyos are a P-rated tire not LT.

 

truck came with firestone destination LE. after wearing those out, i went with a yokohama AT. why. i dunno. they looked cool. i went back to the firestone's after the AT's wore out.

imo, unless you are off roading, they are pretty worthless.

 

I have Yokahama geolander ATS tires in 245 75 16. They are an LT tire so they are heavier than the stock tires. I notice a drop in fuel mileage of about 2 mpg's and I have to downshift sooner on hills. They are the best on snow that I have run, but I can only compare them to General Grabber AT2 on my old Exploder.

Right now the yokohamas sometimes serve as an offroad tire in the summer, but I'm thinking about getting a third set of wheels so I can have my light weight summer highway treads mounted up. Have a lighter weight set of winter tires mounted, and have a set of dedicated off road tires mounted. Just switch between the three when needed.

 

In the fall, when my Toyo AT's come off and the MT's go on - I do notice the changes -


1- Yes it takes more power to move them. (especially with the 2.7)
2- 2 MPG is a reasonable trade off
3 -Keeping them fully inflated is a big help (A soft MT may be good in snow, but you will pay for it with reduce mileage and power)
4- My Toyo's are 10 ply - Same size tire as supplied by Ford on their F250's.


Clay Freinwald

 

Im running general grabber at2's and love them on my tacoma