Falken Wild Peak AT3W's or Michelin LTX A/T 2's

I can't decide on tires..................analysis paralysis....

I have an 09 Tacoma 4 door and need new tires. I live out in the sticks off a half mile long dirt driveway and we get our share of snow and ice, but I work 45 minutes away with approximately 30 minutes of highway driving...

I need a tire that will ride (not noisy) but can handle the snow/ice/rain and the idiot RI drivers.....when conditions aren't good....

I'm thinking one of these but am open to other suggestions...

Those in a similar situation, what tires have you settled on?

Thanks

Steve

 

I love my Cooper Discovery AT/3. But I'm in the market for new tires and I'm leaning towards the Toyo Open Country

As for the choices you laid out, I have the highway version of the Michelins on my wife's 4Runner and man, I love them. They have 20k miles on them and look brand new. Plus I haven't been in any weather they couldn't go through.

 

I have the Falken's and they are very quiet, I can't comment on how they are in the snow until this winter. There's not much info out there on how well they perform in snow since there so new. I will say though that they are wearing well, very quiet, look great and were cheap. If they can do well this winter then this tire is probably the best all terrain out there in this price range.

 

I have the at3w's and I love them! I had Firestone destination a/t before them and they were crap compared to the falkens. Wet grip, dry grip, appearance and ride quality are far superior compared to the firestone's. I don't have experience with these in snow yet but the wet/dry grip are as advertised, so I would be inclined to think the grip in the snow would also be.

 

I've had MS/2s before as well and can't say how much I enjoy the AT/2s. They look better and grip well and are very quiet. I drive long enough where I wanted a good long lasting tire that had good manners in all conditions.

 

Michelins.
No contest, no question.

 

i can't tell you how many times i felt like kicking myself for not getting the falkens

 

I've had the Michelin's on quite a few different trucks (Colorado, 2500HD, 1500) and they always last a long time and have good manners.

 

duplicate thread, so I'll duplicate post.

Michelins. Always Michelins.

If anyone has perfected how to safely avoid dangerous situations, and get away in a hurry, it's the French.

 

Skip the at2's for some LTX Defenders (or the older model: MS2) if you want good winter traction

 

I vote Michelin. I don't have any experience with Falken tires though.

I have MS/2's on my DCSB and they look great with 36K. My Dad has the AT/2's on his '04 AC with 55K and they still look good.

 

Falkens owner. Grip the road pretty well. I'll let you know about the snow part in about a month or two.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/packed-with-technology-falken-wildpeak-a-t3w.419869/

Whole thread on the Falken's

I have them and so far love them. Super Quiet. Great in the rain. Lost a little MPG but I went up a tire size and a lot more aggressive tread pattern then the Bridgestones. Light offroading and not a single issue

See how the winter goes for them

Only thing I noticed is you need to keep regular tire rotations on them since outside edges bite a lot while cornering.

 

I love my Michaline A / T's. I agree with what brightshizzle said .

 

I had the AT/2 Michelins on my last truck. They wore like iron - sold truck with 50K on the tires and they had plenty of life left.

So far the Cooper ATPs on the current rig are doing great. They were a lot cheaper than the AT/2s -but I don't think they'll last like the Michelins did.

 

I have the P rated 285/70R17 Falken A/T3Ws, and am more than pleased with them!

 

Let me start out by saying I don't know a lot about all of this stuff. I recently bought a 2005 Tacoma with only 39K miles so that I could get into more long-distance, off-road truck camping (currently searching for a roof top tent). So I am learning everyday by reading the posts here. My truck came with these crazy Nitto Grapplers and while they are good off road they are pretty loud on the highway. I only drive the truck on the weekend so that's not that huge of a problem for me. When they go I will be looking at the Michelins.

But I did want to put out another option. On my other car I put a set of these Nokia tires and they might be the best tires I've ever had. It might be worth throwing these into the mix. I don't know if they do truck tires but I put a set of them on my BMW X3 and they are great on the road and amazing in the snow. Might be worth at least looking into: https://www.nokiantires.com.

I would be curious if any of the expert here have any experience with them.

 

Also one other thing to consider. The folks at Overland did a pretty solid review of tires. Not to contribute to your analysis paralysis but this was a good read: http://expeditionportal.com/where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/

 

Between the two tires mentioned in the OP, neither are offered in the size/load range I want. In the looks department, I prefer the Michelin. LT 265/75/16 Load Range C. I really don't want a load range E tire or a P rated tire on my stuff.

I've have 4 sets of tires on my Tacoma(actually 5 if you include the winter tires I had in AK). The stock Rugged Trail(shitcanned quickly), D rated BFG AT KOs, and now two sets of C rated Cooper AT3s. The first set was good enough that I bought another. Still had half the tread remaining at 40K, but it lost some of the wet weather traction, and I let them get off balanced and cupped. Replaced at 50K a few weeks ago.

I had BFG ATs on two full sized Dodges when I lived in RI. The roads are good in the winter there, but the NW part of the state sees much more snow than the coastal areas. Wet weather traction was so bad with the many sets of BFG ATs I owned(was able to get them cheap through AAFES) that I'll never buy them again for street tires.

 

I have the falken at3w and so far they are great. Theyve handled everything great. They are quiet for an aggressive looking tire. Plus you can get the 265/75-16 as a light truck tire, load p. Instead of the heavier c,d, and e loads.