Tires

[jdog]

Alright I'm coming to the point where I'm going to have to purchase tires, I hate this point so I'm going to see if I can narrow it down a bit.

What tires are you running and would you buy them again. Or what tires did you dislike.

Looking for mostly street tires with some off road in a 30-31 size

[75sv1]

I have run Mastercrafts on mine XJ. 31's, a bit of road noise and puckered a lot. Had to rotate them. In happenstance, a coworker had some Falken Wildpeaks for sale. Metric 32's. A lot less road noise. 3-Ps so some snow ability. I did wheel them recently. They did well. I hanged with far more capable rigs. Then again a stock XJ ran with the pack. Yes, I'd buy them again. I'd 80-90% of my usage is open road. Some twisty sections in WV. 

   Some have had good luck with Mastercraft. I have had good luck on other vehicles with that Brand. It is a quality brand at a reasonable price. 

[89 MJ]

I love the Firestone Destination A/Ts on mine. Traction on wet grass is great, I haven’t really tested it on other surfaces yet, certainly not snow. They do seem to make a little bit of road noise on fresh asphalt at around 35-40 miles per hour. Other than that, they have been great for me. 

[Torq_Shep]

I am a General Tire fan... I have Altimax on my van, my previous van, previous Comanche, etc. As a street tire they last long, have great rain grip, and are quiet. Never been anywhere except a field or dirt road on the Alti's so I can't really say how good they are offroad. 

 

I have not personally run their A/Ts but I have a few friends that have and are big fans of them as well. 

[GrandComanche]

I just purchased BF Goodrich All-Terrain K02 tires about 6 months ago. They ride nice, not a lot of noise and look fantastic with the outer wall tread.

[derf]

I run GoodYear Duratracs on my XJ.  They are a more aggressive looking tire but still an all terrain.  They are great in the snow and a good all-around tire.

 

I've also run several generations of BFG AT tires.  Slightly less aggressive tread but they still do well in snow and are a good all around tire.

 

I don't have much experience with other tires.  I'm sure there are some very good options out there.

[olddude]

40 minutes ago, GrandComanche said:

I just purchased BF Goodrich All-Terrain K02 tires about 6 months ago. They ride nice, not a lot of noise and look fantastic with the outer wall tread.

[Jesse J]

57 minutes ago, GrandComanche said:

I just purchased BF Goodrich All-Terrain K02 tires about 6 months ago. They ride nice, not a lot of noise and look fantastic with the outer wall tread.

probably am going with these

[NHMJXJ]

Neither are all-terrain, but they'll get you there.  Toyo Open Country H/T ... best bang for the buck.  I run them on my XJ as winter tires

and they're excellent in all weather. They're on year round on the MJ.   I would also recommend Bridgestone Dueler H/T.  They're a little

more $, but also great overall.  

 

BFG in most forms ride well, but they wear too quickly.  Stay away from Goodyear Wranglers.

 

[Smokeyyank]

I've ran a bunch of tires over the years. Personally not a fan of BFG's, on road they are fine but they've let me down in mud and snow more times than they should for the price, MTs do great in bad conditions but on the road noisy as hell. Currently on my WJ I have Falkens Wildpeak atw3 and really like them. Do great on snow, mud and on road. For the price best tires I've run. I ran General Grabbers on my old MJ and they did fine but never took them off road. Current MJ has Firestone MT's since it's not running can't comments on how they do. On my wifes GX I run Nokian AT and really like them. Do great in snow and nice for overall cruising around. The wear tends to be fairly quick but at the price again no complaints. I would find some with a 3 peak symbol in any case.  

[rokinn]

I 2nd Firestone Destination A/T.  I find them to be quiet and still have good traction on steep dirt roads.  I towed a camper that had an aggressive off road tire on the highway and the road noise was very noticeable.  IIRC they were the BF Goodrich AT's but I have to go across town and look to know for sure.

[dasbulliwagen]

Whenever I need a set of tires for whatever, I go to tirerack.com and search for the size I want and then the customer reviews and ratings, then buy the best I can in my price range. I just bought a set of Cooper Discoverer AT3's for my Grand Cherokee, again based on all around ratings and cost. I havent had the opportunity to buy brand new for my Comanche yet, as Everything Ive put on it so far have been used or takeoffs, and were such a good deal pricewise that the ratings didnt matter. Right before the pandemic hit I put a new set of Continentals on my wifes car, using the same research. If theres something tirerack doesnt have then Ill go about researching through google or in forums like this one, or Facebook pages. Just do your research no matter what and you shouldnt be disappointed.

[MiNi Beast]

bfg ats ko2 or duratracs run em and be happy

[gogmorgo]

If you’re looking for winter performance I’d steer clear of any AT, all-weather or not. I swapped back to my Grabber ATX a week ago after three bare and dry runs up to the ski hill and the last couple days up there with fresh snow on the road I was missing my Hakkas pretty bad. The KO2 especially is an older design with almost no sipes and has near-zero grip on ice or hardpack. I had them on my daily a few years ago and they were trash in the winter. They upgraded the compound at some point for some improvement, but it mostly just means they burn the tread off faster. We used to run them on our work fleet and I haven’t seen them last more than 20,000 miles yet.

I’m pretty skeptical about online reviews on tires. Like lots of other online reviews, most or the people doing the reviewing have little to no experience with the sort of product they’re using, and hand out five stars so long as it doesn’t explode. Some of the larger distributors and the ocaisonal journalist have tires rated on their performance, and they’re at least a bit more consistent in terms of vehicle and people writing the review than most of the typical Joe Blow reviews.

We Duratrac most of the trucks at work because we can get them dirt cheap, some deal the agency negotiate with a bigger chain. They last longer than the KO2 and are way better in winter, but they really start to make noise as they wear down, and the reputation for sidewall damage is not unfounded.

I’m running the Grabber ATX on my daily as I mentioned, because they met my needs and I could get a pretty good price through one of the wholesalers we use. They’ve never let me down off-road, even at street pressure, and have got me to wherever I needed to go the one winter I ran them, but they pale in comparison to my Hakkas in winter. Definitely a better experience than the KO2.

 

I have no experience with them yet, but for a milder road-going AT I like the look/pro reviews of the Firestone Destination AT/2 and Cooper Discoverer AT3. I’ll be giving them a long hard look  next time it comes to new tires.

Tires are pretty important. Those four patches of rubber are the only things keeping you on the road or trail, and it really does pay to research and get the best you can afford.

[jdog]

Thank you all for the suggestions, this will at least narrow it down, I'll check out the coopers and the firestones and the goodrich.