Im going to be in need of some new tires soon. Looking for a nice Offroad E rated tire that wont bankrupt me. Im looking at Nitto but Im interested in what the forum has to say. Size is 275/65/20. Let me know what you guys have and what kinda deals are out there. Thanks

 

Three of my camping buddies all have Nitto Terra Grapplerson their F350s and love them. As far as mileage goes, I'm not sure but I'll bet others will chime in with more information.

 

I have GY Duratrac's on my DRW, just ordered a set for my son's DMax. Not sure if they come in that size or not though.

Edit: just checked and they come in 275/65R20

 

as far as offroad and snow performance, I've been extremely happy with my Wrangler Duratracs.

 

Mud and snow e rated cooper discovery STT's worked well for me on a few different truck. Excellent manners for towing as well.

 

I've ran two sets of Nitto Terra Grapplers, one set of Toyo's, and one set of BFG's.

Both Nitto's and Toyo's have been flawless overall. I tow heavy and tow into places where 4x4 isn't an option its a must. They've done well.

Have heard good things about the Coopers and Duratrac's too. Just no experience for me to speak of.

Biggest pile of junk tire has been the BFG's, for my use anyways.

I don't think you can go wrong with anything anybody has recommended so far.

 

I had the OEM Continental's 275/65/R18. These were useless on anything other than dry, new pavement.

I upgraded to the Nitto Terra Grapplers at 295/70/R18. These only survived 34,000 miles or so but I know others who have made it much further.
To keep this short, I lost 1 MPG with this upgrade. These do not have a warranty. I liked these.

I currently have the Toyo Open Country AT2 at 295/70/R18. These tires are great.
Based on my logging over about 10-12 tanks of fuel now, I have lost another 0.5 MPG over the Nitto Terra's. Nothing I can do about that, I either have crap OEM tires and get stuck all of the time or I deal with the MPG loss. These do have a warranty for an E rated tire.

My understanding is Toyo owns Nitto. If a Nitto tire line does well, Toyo refines the design and sells it under the Toyo brand. This is how it was explained to me.

I do not have to deal with much snow, a dusting if I'm lucky. The Nitto's performed great last winter with snow and ice on the road one morning. It was the unskilled other drivers that were the danger!

 

I've been happy with my bfg at kos. Go anywhere haul anything and great on snow. I also like the cooper discoverer at3 as well.

 

I second or third the Duratracs......

I had Nitto Terra Grapplers that I really can't put into words how bad they were in snow......put it this way.....they are in my driveway still mounted to rims and if someone stole them, I would be fine with that.....packed up like a SOB and turned my truck into an 8000lb bobsled.....

 

is snow their weakness? what about offroad and highway driving? It can snow where I live but its rare and just a few inches.

 

take a look at Copper tires , Discoverer S/T Maxx . so far these have worked great for me

 

I can't speak about Terra Grapplers in snow vs. other tires, but my current set has 58,500 miles on them and will be changed out with an new set of the same in another 5000 or so miles.

I recommend them.

 

I just put bridgestone dueller revo II's on my truck - same size 20" rims. Had the original revos on a 1/2 ton truck a while back and had great luck with them on slick roads/snow/hard packed/ice and off road. I am not sure how the E rated tires + new design will do but I am hoping they are as good as the others I had. So far the performance off road is acceptable. For the price they are a great option. These were about $1250 installed for the set if I recall correctly.

 

So I'm interested as well, for the sake of not starting a new thread, what's the best one in snow? Living in MN I get to deal with snow for 6 months out of the year. I was thinking the terra grapplers but sounds like they are no good, buddy has toyo at2 he said the stock ones were better. What's everybody in the Northland running?

Tia

 

I've personally had really bad experiences with BFG. Good experiences with Goodyear Duratracs, Kumho's, and a few others. Currently running Hankooks for the first time, so far so good. Got a year and close to 20K so far and they still look new. Snow traction is incredible with these.


Just to comment on this and shed some light.


Tires that come with the vehicle when it rolls off the assembly line will in most cases give you the best fuel economy than any set of replacement tires afterwards. Even if you go back to the exact same brand and model tire, you aren't actually getting the same tire that originally came with the vehicle.


Reason being is that manufacturers typically build tires for OEM fitments using lighter materials. This helps auto makers reach their EPA fuel economy ratings and other requirements. Problem is that you lose other characteristics of the tire, most often longevity suffers the most. That's why OEM tires are typically gone with way less than 50K miles, when you might see the same replacement tire offered having a 70K mile warranty for example. Replacement tires will use heavier and more durable materials to increase wear mileage. Tread design might be slightly different too in order to increase traction compared to OEM's.


Something to keep in mind when tire shopping. Now back to your regular scheduled program.