Lost in the Woods

I replaced KO2s with Ridge Grapplers. The Ridge Grapplers handle and stop better on both dry and wet pavement. I had to replace the KO2s at only 14-15,000 miles but that was mostly due to a bad alignment and not rotating enough. The Ridge Grapplers seem to have better tread life so far.

JerseyGray

Love my Ridge Grapplers. Had Nitto G2s before these and they were also great. The ridge Grapplers have a beefier thread but are still quite.

JerseyGray

Wanna Ride

Haven't seen one of those toppers in years. Good looking ride.

Florida_F150

Thanks! I appreciate that.

And yeah JerseyGray's truck with the topper looks great.

Steelhead 6.2

I had Toyo AT2's on my 2012 and they were terrible tire in all conditions. As stated above, they would slip and slide in the wet and snow traction was terrible. Never again! My next truck went with Toyo RT's and they are a much better tire, particularily in the off road. Love them and they are much better in the rain. However, at the time, they were the only tire that would fit my wheel specs so had to go with them by default. Then Nitto Ridge Grapplers came after the fact. My next set of tires will most likely be Nitto's

sbronemann

Love my TerraGrappler G2's here. Have 42k on them and am fairly confident they will last at least another 20k. Currently have them on the wife's 4Runner with 59k and am confident they will last another 10k. Great wearing tire, relatively quiet, and my LT's are made in the USA-so even better.

11screw50

I had the Toyo AT2's on my 2011 and I felt they were good in snow and rain. They were about the same as the Falkens the first winter and they were better the second winter (I tend to buy tires in November and only run them for 2 years because by the 3rd winter they are worn enough that they all suck in snow). Maybe they've changed the compound since I ran them, who knows).

BTW, Nitto and Toyo are subsidiaries of the same company (or one owns the other, I forget but they are linked closely).

MurpheyJr9615

Love the new TA KO 2's by BFG.
Had them on my old truck and put 50,000 miles on them and they still had probably about 25,000 on them when I sold the truck.
GREAT longevity.
Snow and mud traction was never a problem.
Never had any major problems on wet roads.

Apples

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Hey! It's been a month since the OP and I don't see that he's posted any conclusion. With that said, I've also been eyeballin' a few tires but I'm looking for a 285/70-17. I *think* I want a P-metric for it's lighter weight, but this newest Yokohama Geolandar X-A/T has been popping up in adverts all over town. It's an LT and weighs a whopping 62 lbs in my size... whereas a Firestone Destination A/T in the P-metric 285/70-17 weighs 44 lbs each...

Decisions, decisions. Yes, a heavier LT would be greater insurance against a wrecked tire sidewall, etc, but I'm afraid of the fuel economy hit. Or does fuel mileage only take a hit as the result of rolling resistance? I just returned a set of Firestone's newest M/T2s because, in reality, I'm a "jabroni" that spends too much time on pavement...


Yokohama Geolandar X-AT review