Thread: AT Tyre recommendations

Looking like I will be getting a new to me hilux soon. Will require new shoes however.... What do people recommend for a decent AT tyre that wont break the bank?

Work trucks are running BFG ATs which go bloody well but at +$500 each you would expect them to! Running Wanglers on current truck and they have been okay but not as good as the BFG.

Majority of kms will be on road but weekends will see farm tracks, river beds, ski rds etc.

What would folks recommend?

@mudgripz what was it you said you got high KMs out of???

Mickey thompsons m/t last two trucks 80ks on one set and the other one would have got more.Running nitto trail grapplers now but very early days on these.

Recently got a new truck and agreement was for it to have new AT or MTs all round, was pleasantly surprised when I picked it up to discover it had a set of new Cooper STs on it, had heard so many good things and for the price of them you would expect them to be good too... not so, first day out in the rain on tarseal came round a 65kmh bend, chopped it back to 5th (6 speed) and accelerated out of the corner, bloody thing broke traction really easily, stepped the ass end right out and I damn near ended up facing the way I came from, put the shits up me big time, have "pushed" them a bit in the rain since then to see where their limits are and I have zero confidence in them at all and will be getting rid of them, the "cheap" goodride MTs I had on my old hilux would never have behaved like that. Have since looked at some actual reviews and it seems like a recurring complaint, bloody dangerous in the wet

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Recently got a new truck and agreement was for it to have new AT or MTs all round, was pleasantly surprised when I picked it up to discover it had a set of new Cooper STs on it, had heard so many good things and for the price of them you would expect them to be good too... not so, first day out in the rain on tarseal came round a 65kmh bend, chopped it back to 5th (6 speed) and accelerated out of the corner, bloody thing broke traction really easily, stepped the ass end right out and I damn near ended up facing the way I came from, put the shits up me big time, have "pushed" them a bit in the rain since then to see where their limits are and I have zero confidence in them at all and will be getting rid of them, the "cheap" goodride MTs I had on my old hilux would never have behaved like that. Have since looked at some actual reviews and it seems like a recurring complaint, bloody dangerous in the wet

I had STT's on a souped up Hilux in SA.

Was fantastic off road but many was the time I nearly planted in the back of a beemer or somesuch when coming up to backed up traffic at traffic lights after some rain.

Was like driving on glass when the year was wet.

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These are great. Wearing well, grippy in all terrain and strong walls.



Recommended from Brad (Mad Maori) on here (Bay Tyres). Great to deal with but a bit distant from you.

I had the Cooper ST and agree with Ryan that they were slippery in the wet. I thought that the latest model of them had fixed that, but it sounds not.

Originally Posted by Tahr

These are great. Wearing well, grippy in all terrain and strong walls.

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Recommended from Brad (Mad Maori) on here (Bay Tyres). Great to deal with but a bit distant from you.

I had the Cooper ST and agree with Ryan that they were slippery in the wet. I thought that the latest model of them had fixed that, but it sounds not.

Be interested to hear how well they last.
It looks like the lugs have been cut to grip on ice,does the sidewall display the letters M/S (mud and snow) anywhere?

BFG did the same with their AT and Mud Terrain tyres over here in Norway,they wore out quite a bit faster as the cuts in the lugs are designed to squash the lug into the road surface and the edges of the cuts to grip the ice.

Originally Posted by Tahr

These are great. Wearing well, grippy in all terrain and strong walls.

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Recommended from Brad (Mad Maori) on here (Bay Tyres). Great to deal with but a bit distant from you.

I had the Cooper ST and agree with Ryan that they were slippery in the wet. I thought that the latest model of them had fixed that, but it sounds not.

I'm running these on my hilux. Good on the road and gravel, but I found on muddy farm tracks they fill with mud and turn into slicks. Lower pressure probably would have helped but I didn't have a pump so only lowered pressure a little bit. Also had a flat tyre one day and by the time I stopped the sidewall was stuffed and 2 tyre shops said the the same. Found a lot of reviews that back up the soft sidewall issue too.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

I'm running these on my hilux. Good on the road and gravel, but I found on muddy farm tracks they fill with mud and turn into slicks. Lower pressure probably would have helped but I didn't have a pump so only lowered pressure a little bit. Also had a flat tyre one day and by the time I stopped the sidewall was stuffed and 2 tyre shops said the the same. Found a lot of reviews that back up the soft sidewall issue too.

Im guessing you have the 4ply , go with the 10ply next time.

Yep I tried few sets of muds for 4x4 club work and surprisingly the best mileage was from some inexpensive Korean N889 Mudstars. Mate and I both ran around 100ks in them. Hard compound. Really liked them on and off road. Just put more on my new truck... Smallish measurements so you may need to go up a size - say 265 instead of 245 etc.

I’m running 980 Maxxi A/T on mine. Good on-road (not noisy also) and seem to handle off-road well although I’ve only been on pumice and mud, no rivers yet.


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I had Hankkooks. Seemed all good but had a bad run with punctures so it put me off.
Looking at Toyo open country ATs
Anyone tried them?

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

I had Hankkooks. Seemed all good but had a bad run with punctures so it put me off.
Looking at Toyo open country ATs
Anyone tried them?

The Toyos are good. I got the LT ones. Ive put 60k on mine and are wearing well. Good grip and reasonably priced. They have had good reviews from over in Aus.

Originally Posted by In2thewild

The Toyos are good. I got the LT ones. Ive put 60k on mine and are wearing well. Good grip and reasonably priced. They have had good reviews from over in Aus.

Another good bit of rubber

Kuhmo at51. Have on my terrano, and are very grippy on and off road. Economical but medium wearing. 50-60k