Super disappointed in the lifetime of BFGoodrich KO2's

I've had nothing but good luck with Michelin's. The MS2 is now called the Defender MS. Hands down the best tire you can get as far as wet/snow traction goes without going to a dedicated winter tire.

When they changed from the MS2 to the Defender... its the exact same tire but with an updated tread compound that's supposed to improve traction.

I ran several sets of MS2 and now am on my first set of Defenders and I honestly can't tell a difference. Tread pattern is nearly identical, if not identical. Super quiet on the highway and do just fine for light off road use.

Sidewalls can't be abused but they do just fine on gravel, dirt, forest service, cornfields, etc.

 

I would agree with this based on my experience with Firestone Destination A/T's .At about 4 1/2 years old and 4/32" average tread depth they started loosing grip noticeably on wet roads at speed limit speeds (30-35 mph). This was at about 50,000 miles of use for me. Replaced with the same about 3 weeks ago. Performance is now back to what I would expect. Michelin's tend to be long wearing but very hard tire. They crack (sidewalls) and get hard before wearing out in my experience.

 

MICHELIN AT2

 

Speaking of the MS2's, I only got about 40 something thousand miles out of them until they had to be replaced.

 

Same here. Two sets on the 1st Gen and 60k from both.

 

I would be double careful with the falken's. Lots of people having balancing problems with them. Entire thread just for complaints on balancing
Oh and don't buy tires from costco, lousy warranty service, lousy install service, I lost a wheel they didn't put on right. Almost went to court. Store manager fixed it.
Discount and one of the other big tire retailers.

 

I just barely pushed 20k, America's Tires (where I bought my KO2's) said that the tires arent warranted by BFG and thus I'm stuck for footing the bill entirely... Although I will say, my lack of alignment did speed the process of chewing through them, however, when I looked at the serial numbers on the wheels, all but one of them was different than the rest. Maybe from a crappy batch? Who knows, that one wheel wore down faster than any of the other 3, America's Tires only offered me $50 towards my new set.

 

Some people could break an anvil with a rubber hammer.

If you're not getting at least 40k out of any set of tires, even mud tires, you're doing something wrong. It isn't unusual to get 50-60K out of some tires with less aggressive tread and I've heard of 70-100K out of Michelins.

I'm not one to run tires down to the last legal 1/32" of tread and often replace tires with more tread on them than a lot of folks but still get 50K+ out of most of mine. And for off road driving, snow, or even rain for that matter once 1/2 of your original tread is gone there is a noticeable loss of performance. Not enough to be dangerous necessarily, but worn tires simply aren't as good as new. That is why I'm not really interested in paying a premium for a 70,000 mile tire.