10 ply. Tire Recommendations

[Wyo4Life]

Out of those two, my choice would be the Falken Wildpeak.
I just put new shoes on my F350 and because we have a lot of Big O dealers around where I live, I went with the new Big O Bigfoot AT2. They have a great tread pattern and a super warranty. Had I not gone with those, the Big O dealer talked very highly of the Wildpeak. The KO3 they said was just so new they did not have a lot of history with their new tread design.

 

[pvstoy]

For the 4 Runner I'm down to 6/32" on the BFG KO2 and at 55,000 miles and tread still look even. I have been waiting for the KO3's to be released and will get 5 new tires in November. They have done me well.

 

[TGK]

Last May I went with the Nokian Outpost nAT 10 ply tires on my lifted AWD Transit conversion. I considered the KO2’s, Wildpeaks and others but found this review and a few others that swayed me to give them a try. The reviewer claims 75% or so of his mileage is off pavement. So far, with about 5K on them, I am very pleased. I have not noticed any increase in noise compared to the OEM street tires the van came with. Performance so far on gravel and mostly dry dirt has been great. When loaded up with fluids, gear, wife & dog the van is weighing around 8,400#’s. Have not had them in the snow yet but, as this reviewer suggests, the Nokians have performed well for him in the Sierra snow. Nokian is a Finnish company with strong cred for snow tires and are popular in Canada. The Outpost nAT while not one of their snow tires, have the 3 peak symbol and are made in Tennessee.

Is the Nokian Outpost nAT the Best All-Terrain Tire You’ve Never Heard Of? – Adventure Journal

www.adventure-journal.com

 

[craig333]

All the reviews I can find talk about winter use. Since I do a minimum of snow travel thats not a priority for me. I'm more interested in having a tough sidewall. The other thing that drives me crazy is I rarely see reviews from people driving a heavy diesel truck like mine

 

[Vic Harder]

Craig, I hear you on "heavy diesel trucks" I note with curiousity that the Goodyear Wranglers are very popular in Alberta with the guys who drive them on forest service roads for Oil & Gas, Mining, Forestry. These tend to be diesel or at least 1 ton trucks. Getting stuck would be no fun on these remote roads. I am not looking at them seriously, merely noting an odd data point, since these tires rarely get into the top of the ratings. I'm going with KO3's next myself, since my Yokohama Geolandar G015's are down to 6mm and I just destroyed one when a factory (GM) rim failed on the highway last week. The G015's have been great for us, but they are a relatively "old" design and are potentially being replaced by the manufacturer soon given the updated offerings from BFG and Falken among others....

 

[rubberlegs]

I'm not sure if there's a difference between a heavy diesel truck and any other truck. Tires are sized by the auto companies for the intended load. Then again there's people like us with overloaded small trucks. We likely are abusing our rear tires more than a big truck that isn't overloaded.

 

[craig333]

I think there is but then again I'm no engineer. I did lean towards the BFG Ko3 and the Falken aw4 precisely because they are newly upgraded designs. I got the BFG's installed today. I was down to 6mm on the front and 4 on the rear. Okay enough for summer use but with the rainy season coming up its time. My buddy with a similarly heavy diesel truck (ford though) just put a set of Ko2's on. It'll be interesting to compare and contrast the old with the new.

 

[Jon R]

Tough sidewalls has always been a K02 selling point in marketing and reviews.