Tire help, too much info out there!

I don't think I could buy tires named KUM HO.

 

If you aren't willing to go the "pizza cutter" route (235/85R16) then 265/75R16 is the best size for a stock-ish Tacoma. The extra 1/2" (13 mm) of diameter gives you more clearance off-road or in snow, and everything will fit fine on either Sport or OR wheels.

Used to be able to find LT265/75R16 in a "C" range tire, but I haven't had a lot of luck tonight. If you can find something, that strikes me as your best option. Wife runs 10-ply BFG AT K02 on hers and is very happy when she goes on logging roads and faces some nasty surface conditions. The 25 mm taller sidewall seems to soften the stiffer ride the heavier-duty tires can bring.

We both have manual transmissions, so on long highway drives at moderate speeds we get slightly better fuel consumption with the bigger OD and higher LT pressure; we can adjust our shifting in town accordingly, and find the hit on acceleration and in-city fuel consumption is tolerable.

 

I have a sport with the Trd lift. Like you I was not interested in cutting anything on the truck. I ended up getting a 32 inch tire and it fit perfect. Any bigger and I would have needed to cut stuff. The main thing I did right though was I got +10 offset rims. If you go more negative (or add spacers) I feel you could get some rubbing possible. Could probably get away with +5 or even maybe zero but no more than that.

my tires are a 275/70/17 so if you want to stick with a 16 inch rim I think that 275/75/16 would be about the same? Might be a even more rare tire size to find though. Mine were already limited. I found some coopers though and have had good luck with coopers in the past so I put em on and am super happy so far

 

Many loggers in this part of BC use 10-ply Toyo M-55s; they drive on roads built from recently blasted rock, so lots of puncture resistance is desirable. Very plain sidewalls, as they are commercial tires, not designed to be aired down. I use these over the Toyo M/T (which I've also had) as the latter wasn't as good on the hard-packed snow on the roads to my favorite ski mountains.

I used to run the Goodyear MT/R with Kevlar on my old FJ, but I can't find them on the Goodyear webpage in Canada or the USA anymore...not sure if they are still available, but they were also pretty bulletproof.

 

I have a 2017 Limited. Since day 1 I've had BFG KO2's 285/65R18. They have had a good run and I've got 50,000 miles on them. Some rubbing when I really compress that front suspension but nothing serious. I put a leveling kit on her and that's it. I am looking at the Pirelli Scorpion All Terrain Plus but I would have to go with an aspect ratio of 60 as Pirelli does not make that tire in a 285/65 only a 285/60. I know the OEM is a 60 tire. My question is will going from a 285/65 to a 285/60 make a noticeable difference? Will it stop the occasional rub?