Thread: Tyre talk….Falken AT3W

Hi all
Hoping someone can clear something up, and I freely admit I might be overthinking it but I’ve been advised to go for a light truck rating on the above tyre by a mate who is fairly knowledgeable on these things.
However the couple or three shops I’ve called can’t confirm the options they have are LT rated, with one saying all the AT3s are deemed light truck and have a 10ply side wall, another stated that they fall into that category on the basis of the load carrying number 120 etc and that he thought they may be 6-8ply and finally one had no idea of what a LT was.
Are any of the above correct?
It’s a triton Ute and to be honest it’s probably only ever going to be rutted DOCgravel roads tracks etc at worst, no towing at this stage but maybe a trailer sailer in the future and want safe road handling particularly in wet conditions over off road performance. The 3s seem to fit the bill over the newerAT4s, another store I rang has the XL version in stock, any disadvantages with those other than potential overkill?

Thanks in advance
FP