1/2 ton truck tires

Falkens on my F150 and no regrets. My previous post a couple years ago still stands true. Their biggest con is they will pick rock more than some tires if you are in gravel. Other than that they’re affordable, decent looking, and handle everything well. Mine have been used tow anything and everything, run fields, bluff logging roads, and woods year round.

I’m sure pricing has changed, but they were considerably cheaper than KO2’s when I put them on. We have an old propane powered plow truck with KO2’s on it and I would say the Falkens bite just a tad better in Winter conditions.

FinickyFish wrote:

You whippin a lot shitties in people’s lawns BC?! I’m on my 3rd set of KO2s. They get well beyond the warrantied mileage and work as expected on all the terrains for my particular lifestyle so I just stick with them. Need to check what AT Wranglers I put on my wife’s Armada but they’re noisy as hell. Could of been the install job I suppose.

No no, just backing in trailers on my lawn in the side yard. Nothing more frustrating when lining up with a trailer and you tap the gas and it kicks your ass end over. My k02s are notorious for that on wet grass.

I put Michelin Defenders on 72,ooo miles ago. Great tires! Granted, I’m on the highway most of the time, but they were good on snow & ice. I’m going the same route before winter.

On 5th set of tires on this truck now. Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure With Kevlar had been my favorite but I had a rock go through the tread driving 30 mph on a dirt road which made me wonder what exactly the extra cost is good for.

Tried BFGoodrich Trail-Terrain T/A and have had them for about a year and a half now and I’m pretty happy with them. They’re a little bit louder than the Goodyear but they’re also a more aggressive knobby tread so that’s to be expected I guess and it’s not bad. Traction in the winter was good and the wear so far has been good.

I’ve had a set of Generat Grabber ATXs on my Silverado for the past 50k miles and nothing but positives. I’m going to try get through this winter on them, but even if I don’t I’ll be putting on another set (either XLs again or maybe Es). I drive about 15k per year (mostly highway) but do enough off road stuff where I don’t want to be stuck.

Just ordered a set of the General Grabber ATXs today. Had Falken Wildpeak ATs on my Ford F150 and got 21k on them and they were done. Maybe half the miles on gravel but not run hard at all. Lots of good reviews on them but not from me. Hoping for better performance from the Grabbers.

Went with the Falken Wildpeaks, getting them put on next week. Had my small local mechanic shop quote them, and they were actually $150 less total than Discount Tire.

I think you will be happy. Be sure to report back.

They’re not a tire that’s going to last 70k, but that’s the sacrifice you make for a slightly beefier tire with softer tread for some off road applications.

I fully expect based on current wear to get 40-50k abused miles out of mine.