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.

Reef W wrote:

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.

Everyone’s favorite topic is back.
Huh I thought the trail terrains were less aggressive than AT adventures?

Any other updates from users? Time for new rubbers, need that protection Mostly rural highway, maybe one or two logging roads a year for grouse, pull a sub 3k lb boat in the summer and of course ice fishing a lot. Leaning towards trying the wildpeak at4w but also wondering if it will be overkill and better with a trail terrain, at adventure, destination at2 etc etc. Never had a true AT tire.

I will again stick with my recommendation of the Adventure AT for your needs. If you have never had an AT before they will be a good step into it, and they are very capable of doing what you need. I pull a fish house a lot so I run Duratracs and most recently tried a set of KO2’s.

10klakes wrote:

Huh I thought the trail terrains were less aggressive than AT adventures?

I just looked at pictures and you’re right, I must have been thinking back on a different set I had. The BFG were louder though, I could tell right away driving home with them. I miss then already though, got a new truck and can tell after 1 day in snow the factory tires are trash.

Edit: I was thinking of the tread on Yokohama Geolandar A/T G015, that’s what I had before Goodyears. I liked those tires too but they would never stay balanced. Maybe I just got a bad one, I don’t know.

BigWerm wrote:

Went with the Falken Wildpeaks

buckybadger wrote:

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

These have been great for me so far. Gave em a pretty good workout offroad during hunting season, and far better on wet pavement than the Dynapro’s were. Not much on ice/snow yet.

Yeah these 3 peak HT tires that my truck has aren’t going to cut it anymore.

I recently put on a set of BFG Trail Terrains. Not long enough for a review.

Thought I was set for Duratracs based on reviews, but noticed the siping only went 1/3 way down the lug. Unless they changed them and I saw a previous version?

BigWerm wrote:

Went with the Falken Wildpeaks

Put these on a month or so ago. Cant say much for snow driving cause we havent had any but did good on the muddy fields deer hunting and seem relatively quiet on the road.

JEREMY wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>BigWerm wrote:</div>
Went with the Falken Wildpeaks

Put these on a month or so ago. Cant say much for snow driving cause we havent had any but did good on the muddy fields deer hunting and seem relatively quiet on the road.

They are great tires I had awesome luck with them. I’d pick them over my current ko2s

FYI – I will never buy GY wrangler work horse again. Just turned 33k miles. 3 rotations and already worn to skins

That sucks they wore that badly. Goodyear has some stuff in the line I would not recommend also.

^I have never had a Goodyear tire that was worth replacing with more of the same.

The Wrangler Adventure AT and the Duratrac is the only ones I would run on my truck.

I just put a set of Cooper discover road+trail on my f-150. Have duratrac’s on my other truck but wanted more of a A/T tire that’s quiet, good wet and hopefully snow traction since this truck is more of a DD. Also went with an XL load rating for towing. Only have about 1k miles on them but so far they seem fine for my needs.

3 years ago I bought a set of Pirelli Scorpion AT+ for my 2017 Chev 1500. They turned out to be great tires for me. Only rated for 50,000 miles. But, They are excellent in the rain & the best tire for the snow & ice on MilleLacs in my experience. I don’t see the need to spend $300+ per tire.

I’ve had The Dueler AT3’s, Discoverer AT’s, & Wrangler AT’s before I took a gamble on the Pirelli’s and I won’t go back. Last time I paid $212 a tire. Since I was in need of some new skins I looked and Wally World has them for $148 right now! I couldn’t pass them up and have tires being delivered next week.

IceNEyes1986 wrote:

3 years ago I bought a set of Pirelli Scorpion AT+ for my 2017 Chev 1500. They turned out to be great tires for me. Only rated for 50,000 miles. But, They are excellent in the rain & the best tire for the snow & ice on MilleLacs in my experience. I don’t see the need to spend $300+ per tire.

I’ve had The Dueler AT3’s, Discoverer AT’s, & Wrangler AT’s before I took a gamble on the Pirelli’s and I won’t go back. Last time I paid $212 a tire. Since I was in need of some new skins I looked and Wally World has them for $148 right now! I couldn’t pass them up and have tires being delivered next week.

That’s a steal. Those are $270ish on tire rack for my size. Walmart doesn’t show any available