[MtnGoat]

There was some discussion of this lately in the thread on snows, and I figured it deserved it's own thread since I'm in the need for a fresh set when my snows come off... Here's a test of Hankook Dynapro ATm RF10, the Toyo Open Country A/T, and the BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO.

[MtnGoat]

another one

[Gregory]

The BFG All Terrains has been completely redesigned since those comparisons.The comparisons are as old as my truck.

[MtnGoat]

That's probably a good thing considering their reputation for road noise Couldn't find anything newer with side by side testing

[InFlight]

I've tried a lot of different tires on our three vehicles. I really like the Michelin MXV4s. Really good all weather performance, reasonably quiet, and best of all decent tread life (real world 50K).

[DIYSteve]

3-season tires on our Tundra are Michelin LTX A/T2. I really like them for highway, dirt roads and the occasional very rough road. CR rates them highest for all terrain truck tires, describes them as "well suited on-road and for light duty off-road conditions," which IME is accurate. CR gives them highest marks for hydroplaning and rolling resistance. Ours are D-rated. They come C, D or E rated, depending on size. Most in the 4x4 crowd dismiss them as not gnarly enough for off-road, and that may be true. But they work great for our uses.

[Schenk]

I have the Hankook Dynapro on one of my vehicles. Happy with them so far.

[MtnGoat]

I'm leaning towards the 'kooks or the Coopers, I feel like changing it up a bit.

[yukon222]

I’ve been very pleased with Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac LT on my 4Runner. Been thru sand, mud, ice, snow. Does well in all phases for me. Tread life has been fantastic.

[MtnGoat]

No studs day is closing in, so yesterday I pulled the trigger on the Hankooks. Wanted to try something new, I'd run the Coopers before on the mountain wagon, they were fine but that counts as trying them sort of... and I liked the Hankook snows I put on it as well. Also a few other good reviews on them and they had them at Amazon for $120 each, shipped. Four on their way.

[Backpacker Joe]

[MtnGoat]

Well I've run the 'kooks for almost two months now. Last weekend we did 4 days in the Oregon outback which gave them a really good workout. Lyle to Bend to Glass Buttes, a day puttering around there, then up to Mitchell from Riley the back way, meaning across the middle via Paulina (instead of via Burns then the JD drainage. ) Then from Mitchell to the Muddy Ranch (Young Life (Washington Ranch) previously Rajneeshpuram) via the John Day, then back via Antelope to Maupin to home. A varied mixture from highway to country road and a lot of dirt plus some rock crawling. Impressions: - noticeably tighter road feel and handling on the pavement than previous ATs - No perceptible differences in grip on dirt or rocks, I repeated a pretty stiff 'nothing but sky over the hood' steep route on Wagner Mtn which we hit last year too, no issues - did fine in the mud on a semi water crossing - nice and quiet, no road howl - quieter than the Open Country tires which are pretty reasonable. - We hit a black sky, wipers on high, biblical downpour on the way back from Maupin, one of the ones where it's raining so hard the water doesn't even have time to run off the road. No hydroplaning that I could detect - they do in fact seem to have improved my gas mileage a touch. The needle on long runs is noticeably dropping less for a given distance - clever graphic design of the sidewalls means the lettering stands out and they look pretty aggressive when dust covered. So my conclusion is: recommended

[Schenk]

MtNGoat, Did you get the 10 ply, or 4ply Dynapro ATM RF10?

[DIYSteve]

[MtnGoat]