Toyo light truck tires...any good?

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My local tire shop reccomends Toyo tires. I was going to buy BF Goodrich All Terrain's but the shop said the Toyo's are cheeper and will perform better and last longer. I have read on truck forums the BF's are not as good as they used to be.

I know nothing about Toyo's. The model the shop reccomened were the Toyo All Terrain Open Country's. Are these any good? It will cost me a little over $700 out the door with a full warranty and free life time service.
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Thanks for any input!!!!!!!!!
 
I have a set of BFG All Terrains on my truck now and have nothing good to say about them. I'll never own another set. They are loud for an AT tire, are loud, wear unevenly, and pick up rocks like no one elses business.

I'll have a set of the Good Year Wrangler Silent Armor Pro Grades installed by this coming Monday. I've already ordered them, but I'm waiting on 'em to arrive at the tire shop.

Here is a link to the Silent Armor Tires: http://www.goodyearwrangler.com/flash.html

This is a link to tirerack.com, in which they were voted the number two LT tire out of 20 other tires that Tire Rack carries (you can read customer comments). The guy's that are running them on the light/medium duty diesel trucks are raving about them: Silent Armor Link
 
This is the tire forum. Have you priced out truck tires lately? They are not cheep for a decent set of AT's.
 
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bought a set of 16 inch falken truck tyres for my stepdads truck. they were $75 each.

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Sure you can get cheep ones but will the give you decent performence?
 
B.F.G's AT KO's are great if you actually do some off-roading or get in deep snow.I have two sets for both my Jeeps when the snow comes ,and for my moose/deer hunts , they are a great wearing highway tire as well as fantastic medium off roading.In the summer the Cherokee has long trails and they are "ok" but the TJ has Michelin LTX's and I love these tires for summer cruisin'.My son has the Toyo Open country tire and they wear great and are a "good all-round tire" but we will see how they perform at this years moose hunt, where the wolves and bear are watching.If you pull a tire off the rim ,and are up to the axle in mud or dirt it's a long 50k walk to the main lumber road,even with a rifle slung.Hopefully this happens in the morning and the lumber trucks are running.Out there tires,batteries have to be top-notch or it's a long,cold walk back.
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The Toyo AT and MT tires are popular around here as Les Schwab carries them. They offer a popular range of sizes and load ranges. They seem to be decent tires, especially if you can get them for a good price. The AT version seems a better bet for winter, but as conditions worsen I don't tend to notice them being used on the decreasing number of vehicles on the road. The hills around here seem to make for demanding winter traction, so your mileage may vary. They aren't severe snow rated.

The BFG AT is popular, but like many tires they don't always wear well on the larger trucks. You can do better for a highway tire or for a mud tire, but it does better on wet grass, a bit of mud, some sand or snow that a highway tire, and better on the highway or snow than a mud tire. It's one of the few regular tires that is also severe snow rated, but the BFG ATs don't always do well on ice.

I've been running some Goodyear Silent Armor Wranglers for over a year now, I do change to studded snow tires in the winter as I already had some, and they've been very good tires on my 3/4 ton diesel. They have better traction on the road, wet grass, rain, etc., than the Michelin LTX A/S that they replaced, are quieter, are severe snow, and it's good that they have a 50k treadwear warranty as it's not clear if they'll make it. They're expensive, but if they last 40k miles I'll get another set unless something better comes along.
 
I too will NEVER use BFG A/T KO's again; had a set on an '01 Diesel cummins for barely 25k miles - wore out fast and had nothing for traction.
 
I love my BFG A/T KO's best traction of any tire I've ever had on my truck.. I've also got around 50k miles on them with about another year of life left on them. This is on a '88 Chevy K2500 that lives with about 1200lbs in the bed at all times (Miller engine drive and associated tools). my truck sees a construction environment, which means alot of loose sand and mud.
 
"..my truck sees a construction environment, which means alot of loose sand and mud."

I'll guess that produces less wear. A friend with some larger BFG ATs on a 1 ton used primarily on the road, with some towing, had his replaced at 30k miles.
 
"The tire guy said the Toyo Open Country are M&S rated. Is that not sevear snow rated?"

No, but it may not matter to you. Severe snow seems to mean that the tires provide some minimum tested amount of traction, and qualify as traction devices in some areas. Around here we see different requirements on roads depending upon conditions, ranging from 'traction devices required' to 'chains required' to 'road closed'. You typically need chains if you don't have some other type of traction device.
 
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I'll guess that produces less wear. A friend with some larger BFG ATs on a 1 ton used primarily on the road, with some towing, had his replaced at 30k miles.

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if anything it'd give it more wear... the biggest thing is keeping your front end aligned and tight.. (besides driving habits) my truck runs at about 6800lbs loaded out w/ a full tank and me in it. tires are 265/75-16 load range D (which actually have the same weight rating as the uniroyal 245/75-16 LR-E tires they replaced).
 
"the biggest thing is keeping your front end aligned and tight.. (besides driving habits) my truck runs at about 6800lbs loaded out w/ a full tank and me in it. tires are 265/75-16 load range D"

His rear tires wore more quickly. The Dodges are about the same empty, he was running either 305 or 315 17in.
 
rear tires wore first? might want to let off the skinny pedal a bit. The only vehicle I've ever had that wore the rears first was my '87 Toyota MR2, and that was because it was a mid-engined car and I drove the absolute snot out of it. (i'd drift it before drifting was cool) I wore out a pair of brand new aqua-treads (not a tire I'd buy again) in about 10k miles. our '96 XCLB cummins 4x4 weighs 7200lbs empty and wears the #@$%! out of the front tires. can't seem to keep the front end together either, even had a stub shaft break in the D60 and the truck hardly ever sees 4wd!
 
Chris,

To your actual question, Toyo builds very good tires. At my shop we sell Cooper, but that's not the queston you asked. Toyo seem to wear very well with above average traction, average noise. Do seem to need farily frequent rotation, but at the price you're stating, THAT SHOULD BE LEFETIME FREE!!!

Personally would pick Toyo over BFG, but you now what they say about opinions.

My only concern here is price quoted, believe I'd shop around a bit before just blindly plunking down the cash.

Bob
 
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