LT 265/70r16 Tires

I'm building out an overlanding teardrop and planning to put matching wheels and tires on both the trailer and the truck. The stock tires on the truck only have 5,000 miles on them so I probably won't be replacing them in the immediate future. I'd been planning to do Grabber AT2s but just realized that at the stock tire size it's not available as an LT tire.

A little bit of research and what I'm finding is that my choices seem to be limited to:

• Hankook Dynapro AT2
• Cooper Discoverer AT3LT
• BF Goodrich KO2 (although these are really out of my price range)

This is my daily driver, but is used many weekends for outdoor recreation. My offroad use is primarily going to be forest service roads and not major rock crawling, but needing to get through mud and some rocky areas aren't out of the question. So far I haven't done anything that I'd worry about with the stock tires, but I'd like something slightly more aggressive and durable. I don't really feel like I need an E rated tire for my use - a C or a D should be fine.

I don't have any plans for a lift, so I'd planned to keep the stock tire size. Are there tires I'm missing that I should be considering? Got an opinion between the Cooper and the Hankook?

Thanks!

 

Even on forestry roads and ambitions of adventure you ideally want the thicker carcass of the E rated tire in my opinion.

If you go 245/75R16 (sr5 stock size) or 265/75R16 (one size up) You get waaaaaay more choices.

That said, it seems like cost, and driving style points towards the Hankook. I don't have experience with the new AT2, but the ATM has a decent reputation.

 

Cost isn't the main factor, but the KO2 is $80/tire more expensive. Looking at buying six tires in the next 12 months that adds up. The truck does get used offroad, probably in equal measure to driving around town.

What's the downside of doing the SR5 size? I hadn't even thought of doing that. A 245/75R16 would basically be the same diameter tire as the stock I've got right? Only thing that I'm thinking is it might look small being narrower.

My main concern going up a size is I don't want to have to hassle with reprogramming the speedometer, etc. It may seem ridiculous, but given other drivers of the truck it's something I'd need to do.

 

I'm running 245's for winters, I can tell you its a tiny bit less grippy around corners and breaks free easier. I have 265/70R16 coopers for summer.

Some guys swear by skinnier tires for off roading, they have very similar load ratings so a D or E would still be wild over kill. 245 will yield marginally better fuel economy.

They do look a little off, but an aggressive tire would offset that.

Just wanted to keep it open for a thought.

I have run 265/75r16 in the past and it was a very minor speedometer change. Off Roading and appearance was much better though.

 

Just did a search of the 245/75R16 tires and it's shocking how many more LT tires there are at that size. It's a shame the stock offroad size seems more SUV oriented.

 

I think I want to stick with the stock size as well just to keep things simple.

ST Maxx comes in that stock size.

Also maxxis lists that size in a bunch of tires on their website. I’m not sure how their tires are I haven’t seen many people running them. But the Razr At looks nice.

https://www.maxxis.com/tire-search?searchMethod=size&category=101&width=265&aspectRatio=70&rim=16

 

I think you're right that simplicity is the key. That fits with the goal of being able to share a spare between the truck and the trailer (essentially giving me three spares for the truck if I had to ditch the trailer and come back for it.

I am seriously considering going the 245/75r16 route though. Never thought about going in that direction. It keeps the diameter essentially the same and provides a dramatic increase in tire options.

 

For what it's worth the general consensus is going up a tire size to 265/75/16 actually makes the speedometer more accurate. This was my experience running that size, but I ran snow tires in the 245/75/16 and they worked well too.

 

toyo open country atiii

 

what I've learned it seems

LT265-75x16 vs LT 265-70x16

Better choices & better pricing with the '75' series

Why ? Dunno

 

Thought I'd share where I landed on this. Going to go with the Falken Wildpeak in a 245/75r16. Should work well on the trailer and when I get to the truck tires will swap in nicely. I actually prefer skinnier tire, it's not a pizza slicer but I think will look good.