Review: Dick Cepek Trail Country EXP

I searched first to see if anyone has made a review of these tires yet and didn’t see one on here, so here is mine so far.
I had a set of Cepek Trail Country EXPs installed on 7/25/19. Size 285/75R16 they are an E rated/10 ply tire and a fairly new design by Cepek. I’ve put roughly 1,000 miles on them so far but have only experienced dry and wet pavement so far but was out in a heavy rain yesterday and there was some minor road flooding in certain areas.
Dry pavement they do very well, as expected. They do have a bit of road noise, but that doesn’t bother me and it’s definitely not near as bad as a full blown MT.
On wet road they also perform well and don’t seem to spin near as much or easily as my stock Goodyear adventures ATs did.
Yesterday I purposely took roads that I knew would hold standing water to test there hydroplane resistance. Once again they did very well and I felt like it was in total control going through roughly 6-8inches of water at 40-45mph.
I haven’t done any off roading yet but that will soon change as I am going to Rush Off Road in a few weeks so I will update more then.
The ONLY down side so far is that my in-laws live down a long gravel driveway and they tend to hold a little gravel. Kind of expected that but the rocks clicking going down the road is annoying.
But so far I do love them and I think they look great.

Here’s so pictures because who doesn’t like pictures?

 

Where I live, we have a lot of palm trees lining the street and almost year round they drops tons of seeds that are basically like little rocks. And they are the absolute perfect shape to fit in-between the tread on my STMaxx tires, and they click like crazy going doing the street. Drives me insane lol.

 

I know what you mean lol. Every time I leave there house where ever I stop next I pick those little bastards out

 

Did you buy them during the sale at 4WP last month? I paid like 500 after rebate for mine. Still sitting in the garage waiting to go on.

 

That’s a crazy good deal. No I paid $711 shipped to my door. Which still I don’t think is bad comparing them to the price of other tires in the same size and category.

 

Definitely still a good deal for tires of that size. Cant argue with a mileage warranty on a 285 that is that aggressive.

 

Yeah 45k is pretty good. I’ll be happy if I get that

 

For sure. Good luck and great write up!

 

Great looking tire and I believe there made by Cooper. My tire choice is getting tougher .

 

DC is made by Cooper? I didn't know that, that's good to know

 

You are correct. Cepek tires are made by cooper. Probably why these tires resemble the ST Maxx tires a little bit

 

The only complaint I see on numerous reviews is with noise, but they have an aggressive tread pattern for an A/T tire so of course they will make some noise.

 

I wouldn’t consider them an AT. They’re fairly aggressive, but still not like a full blown MT. They do have a little hum to them but even at 70mph it’s not that bad. Plus it seems to help put the baby to sleep

 

TireBuyer just quoted me $583.00 delivered, that sounds pretty good to me.

 

That’s real good. What size?

 

265/75/16, E load.
I'm trying to wait until next month, but this makes it tuff.

 

That’s not a bad price at all. I think I paid 711 for 285/75r16 shipped to my door. I’d jump on that

 

Nice looking tire and making my decision between st maxx and nitto ridge grappler a little more difficult.
It's a plus in 265/75/16 that they are only 50lbs and 18.5/32" deep. Most tires are 16/32

 

They’ve definitely got some meat on them. And for a 10 ply not terribly heavy

 

Just ordered 5!