NZ3

Falken did a good job redesigning their new All Terrain tire...kind of looks like the BFG...

ShiverMeTimbers

any updates on the AT3W's? Looking to get some soon.

SwedishSTile

I like these tires with a few caveats. They are extremely quiet have served well and moderate to light off routing carry loads well and are well mannered. However, their rain and snow performance does not match some of the other tires I have run in the past. This is not to say they are not good in the rain and snow just that other tires, namely various highway all seasons have served me better in this regard. I think the Hancook Dyna pro ATM, based on my experience in Friends vehicles with them, are a better rain and snow tire. This should be evident by looking at the amount of siping on them versus the falcons

tuflehundon

I'm interested in these tires as well. I do mainly highway driving, but do some occasional light off roading. My truck is a 2wd. I have to go down some country farm roads for work sometimes, and these dirt roads are not well taken care of in some instances. Especially during planing and picking seasons, since the large tractors will take these roads. I will also do some limited driving in the snow. (maybe 1 or 2 weeks a year) Living in Florida, it does not snow at all here. But I drive to Boone,NC during the holidays to see family, and it can snow that time of year up there. And it's in the mountains.

The Boone trips are the main reason I want to buy new tires. My summer tires don't do well at all in the snow. I also have to be very careful in sand, because my current tires don't grip for crap in sand.

My size of these tires is currently on sale at Wally world for $150 each. Can have 4 mounted for about $675 out the door.

ShiverMeTimbers

Thanks Swedish for the update. I'm troubled because your report directly contradicts some others who rave about the rain abilities of the tire. I lived in SoCal for a long time, so I know the first rains there can lift a layer of slick oil to the road surface... was that a factor? I'm mostly concerned with hydroplaning since I live in the PNW now. Do they resist hydroplaning as well, worse, or better than their competitors? Thanks!

SwedishSTile

These would fit your intended use very well. They are very quiet and well mannered on the highway and are tough as nails offroad. I have taken them all over the back "roads" of Death Valley, Inyo and the Easter Sierra (shale, volcanic glass, granite) and they still look new. They are capable in the snow but do not compare to a dedicated winter tire or even a top shelf all season.

For a couple of points of comparison with tires I have used in the snow: I would say they are better than the General Grabbers and BFG KO's, but not quite as good as the Goodyear wrangler AT Adventures that came with my truck.

Take a look at the Hankook DynaPro ATM as well. A very good tire for the money. I am about to put a set of tires on my 4x4 E350 Van and I am leaning towards the Hankooks for the promise of better snow traction

11screw50

If the Dynapro ATM is a better rain and snow tire, the AT3W must be absolutely rubbish because the ATM's are horrible in both rain and snow.

SwedishSTile

That has not been my experience. Rode in a friends 4x4 tacoma to do some yellow post camping in the snow. On the Dynapro's it was unstoppable.We had to get the ****** strap out to pull another taco on nittos out 3 separate times. We got rain sleet hail and snow on the way home and they were unwavering.

Dont know...

I also have a hard time when anyone rates a tire carrying the mountain snowflake rubbish in the snow. If the Canadian government says they are good enough for winter travel in Canada, a country that requires winter tires be fitted to your car in parts of the country, then its hard to imagine its "rubbish". Everything I have seen of them has been impressive anyway. I would not hesitate to purchase them.

They dont hydroplane at all. They are confident and stable at speed in the rain. However, getting moving I get a lot more slip out of them then I would expect even with 200lbs of sand in the bed. We got a TON of rain, more than enough to wash all the grime off the roads and the tires still did not hook up as I would expect. I stepped the back out getting on an onramp at completely reasonable speeds even for wet conditions. You might have to re-calibrate your right foot a bit in rainy conditions.

I would not hesitate to buy these again for what I use them for. If you are doing less offroading then me, I might look at the dynapro's.

dixie_boysles

I have these as well and LOVE them as well:

bowhunter8

what tire size do you have? LT or SL tire? I would imagine if you're off-roading on those rocks you have an E rated version of the at3w?