Thread: AT Tyre recommendations

I have put around 80 k on my Cooper s/t max on the Mitsi.
99% road work and never had an issue in wet conditions.

Yip - Cooper AT3's
Buy them now with the field day special - -great deal

I have a set of Hankooks, 70k and still going well.

Surprised given the rocky shit I drive over in central Otago

I'm running Cooper AT3's on a Triton, really like them. 50,000k's so far and plenty left, good on road, only do mild off road stuff but they haven't let me down.

Not cheap though, I think I got them on a field day special and still over $400 each.

+1 of the a/t 3 on a triton, done 12km on them and couldnt be happier. i got them as field days deal with free balance and rotation. could be wrong but think they were warrantied for 80km... thats 9 appointments at the tyre shop free

havent done much off road but the little i have done they behaved. will be considering them on the landcruiser once the current m/t wear out

Hankook RF10 ATM, a lot of tyre for the money.

@Ryan_Songhurst, yours is the complete opposite experience to mine, you've been driving yours a short while, me a long time. The actual tyre is the "constant" in the equation, size aside, so something else must be the variable that's causing your problem.

Could be you (no offence intended), driving style is a high likelihood cause.

As mentioned tyre pressure, but unlikely, I run my LT225/75R16 at 50psi (rear) on tarmac (55psi hot), no problem. Always have. I'll go 5psi higher if towing on long flat bitumen. The LT is the important bit. They are rated to a max pressure of 80psi.

Suspension. Worn or leaking rear shock(s) are a primo cause of snap oversteer on utes. They often only last 40-50,000km, less if GVM is not respected.

Turbo diesels with chips. That sudden rush of ooommmpppfff on a typical crap bumpy NZ bitumen road can cause havoc with unladen rear leaf sprung vehicles. Especially when combined with heavy right foot and/or bad shock(s).

Just suggesting I'd be inclined to look for the problem elsewhere... that tyre is unlikely to be the sole cause.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

@Ryan_Songhurst, yours is the complete opposite experience to mine, you've been driving yours a short while, me a long time. The actual tyre is the "constant" in the equation, size aside, so something else must be the variable that's causing your problem.

Could be you (no offence intended), driving style is a high likelihood cause.

As mentioned tyre pressure, but unlikely, I run my LT225/75R16 at 50psi (rear) on tarmac (55psi hot), no problem. Always have. I'll go 5psi higher if towing on long flat bitumen. The LT is the important bit. They are rated to a max pressure of 80psi.

Suspension. Worn or leaking rear shock(s) are a primo cause of snap oversteer on utes. They often only last 40-50,000km, less if GVM is not respected.

Turbo diesels with chips. That sudden rush of ooommmpppfff on a typical crap bumpy NZ bitumen road can cause havoc with unladen rear leaf sprung vehicles. Especially when combined with heavy right foot and/or bad shock(s).

Just suggesting I'd be inclined to look for the problem elsewhere... that tyre is unlikely to be the sole cause.

It's not hard to find heaps of reviews online with the exact same problems as mine, dangerous in the wet

While driving style may be the cause of loss of traction if another tire wont let go with the same driving style it is in every way a better tire in my opinion.
Even if you don't push the limits of traction on road (and you should not habitually but you should know where they are) A tire with higher limits of traction and a predictable nature is a safer tire.

What size are you going to be running?
The Hankook is a bloody good bit of rubber for the price , best bit of advice i can give is to go with a light truck construction as they "stand up" a lot better on the road and give a lot better mileage , The new Cooper AT3 is a fantastic tyre , i am currently running it and hand on heart it is one of the best A/T tyres I have driven on , in saying that though the Hankook RF10 10ply isn't to far behind it!
I think the problem with a lot of people complaining about tyres being slippery nowadays forget how well the modern vehicles actually go compared to the old 2.4 lux of years gone by and dont drive accordingly to the tyres that they are running-put simply if you are running a semi aggressive tyre dont be a peckerhead and drive it hard when the road surface is a bit greasy. I have been for rides with customers that do make complaints like that and are left shaking my head with how they drive in the rain on a M/T and still expect it to stick like shit to a blanket.
Feel free to flick me a pm if you want any advice.
Churs

+1 for the Yokohama Geolanders AT's for me have been really good for me in a vast range on conditions and good wear. I got them through where @northdude works as recomended by Mitsubishi but you can buy online through Hypertyre as well and they have local fitment available through their coalition nationally. Bit more road noise than the factory fitted tyres that cost the earth to replace but are going good thus far...

I rate the Cooper AT3 for snow, ice, gravel. Ok on wet grass. Got 100,000 kms out of them on the Colorado. definitely rate the ST Max on the Landcruiser for heavy towing and off road. Will buy both again.

Originally Posted by Gkp

I rate the Cooper AT3 for snow, ice, gravel. Ok on wet grass. Got 100,000 kms out of them on the Colorado. definitely rate the ST Max on the Landcruiser for heavy towing and off road. Will buy both again.

I know you have lots of long straight/flowing roads down there but 100,000km is incredible!
I never really fully wear out tires I drive them to 1/2-3/4 worn (when they stop performing) and either burn them out or flick em on second hand for a few bucks.....that said tho I dont think any tire I have ever owned would have done more than 50,000k and still been warrentable.
Ok most of my driving has been on MT and lifted vehicles tho with lots of no road use

Current hiway pattern tires have done 11k and I rotated them at 5k and they need doing again.....Id say they will be gone before 40k and I like them a lot!
The wet traction of a good hiway tire is unbelievable after years of old school utes/wagons on MTs

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I know you have lots of long straight/flowing roads down there but 100,000km is incredible!
I never really fully wear out tires I drive them to 1/2-3/4 worn (when they stop performing) and either burn them out or flick em on second hand for a few bucks.....that said tho I dont think any tire I have ever owned would have done more than 50,000k and still been warrentable.
Ok most of my driving has been on MT and lifted vehicles tho with lots of no road use

Current hiway pattern tires have done 11k and I rotated them at 5k and they need doing again.....Id say they will be gone before 40k and I like them a lot!
The wet traction of a good hiway tire is unbelievable after years of old school utes/wagons on MTs

my wee trucks BFG M/T's are wearing way better than the factory supplied ones on our Colorado. (Both mainly on road use)

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I know you have lots of long straight/flowing roads down there but 100,000km is incredible!
I never really fully wear out tires I drive them to 1/2-3/4 worn (when they stop performing) and either burn them out or flick em on second hand for a few bucks.....that said tho I dont think any tire I have ever owned would have done more than 50,000k and still been warrentable.
Ok most of my driving has been on MT and lifted vehicles tho with lots of no road use

Current hiway pattern tires have done 11k and I rotated them at 5k and they need doing again.....Id say they will be gone before 40k and I like them a lot!
The wet traction of a good hiway tire is unbelievable after years of old school utes/wagons on MTs

The roads are Shit in central otago. But the at3's just wouldn't wear out!