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 Post subject: All terrain tires?
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:32 pm 
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What is the best all terrain tire for offroading in every condition. Also how quite is the tire onroad


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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:27 am 
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Kjtrailrider wrote:
What is the best all terrain tire for offroading in every condition. Also how quite is the tire onroad


Read a bit more of this website. There is no best for 'every condition.' There are always tradeoffs. You will find lots of opinions...but a few consensus picks are:

Bridgestone Dueler Revo
Firestone Destination AT
BF Goodrich TA/KO
Goodyear Wrangler AT Silent Armor

There are lots of others to consider too. Look at the tirerack.com ratings for AT tires. That is pretty interesting.

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Also some of the better rated off road ATs aren't made in our tire sizes. They start at 33 inch diameters or the 31 inch tires are 15 inch.

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Here are two others I looked into before finding my current set of slightly used BFG KO's: Cooper Discoverer S/T's & Kelly Safari MSR's.

Both are good looking tires, are well priced and from the responses I got, while they were limited, reviews were good for both.

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How much do you want to spend?

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I dont mind spending money for good quality A/T's. And i love the look of those kelly tires.


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I think my Toyo Open Country A/T's are good

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I love the ones in my sig. line. BUT, they do some rubbing that I'm still working on. Are you lifted? I'm not (yet) and I'm sure if I was there wouldn't be any more rubbing. I have had good traction in water, sand and loose dirt. They don't make much noise at all.

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you do not want to buy kelly safaris!!!

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I think my Toyo Open Country A/T's are good


Me too. How are the taller tires working for ya? I like the 245/75s, very little rub

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YJBeef wrote:
you do not want to buy kelly safaris!!!


Why is that?

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I've been in wranglers that had 'em and they had no lateral traction in mud. Plus they kinda wore fast.

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BFG KO's have been great for my truck. They look good and wear great.

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