Tires for Soft Roaders

[josephp732]

Good looking tire, happy to hear they're performing well. Have 255/70-17's on my Ranger SXT which Tire Rack says they don't carry. Maybe they'll be available when the time comes.

FYI - My 4Runners are 265/70-17 which are only about 1/2" more in diameter. Should fit no problem.

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[fordc51]

A little off topic, but when its time, im curious about quiet tires ,good traction, tread life. I have a 2wd drive 25 ranger. I have the standard size tires on my truck. The closest I come to offroading is gravel roads and camping.. So far so good with my Goodyrears,.in. The past I've had issues with tread wear with Goodyear. But that was mainly on cars. Obviously lots softer tire compound.

 

[mrmike7189]

I have been pretty impressed with the Territory AT tires that came from the factory. I've used them in the rain snow and ice with no issues. I have taken a couple long trips all highway driving and very good handling and little noise. for oem they are great!

 

[BC_Blue]

I ran Yokohama Geolandar G015s on work trucks for years (Canadian Rockies; forest service roads) for their winter performance + (milder) AT if that matters in your area. Rolled the dice on the new G018's and have been happy so far.

If you're just looking at groomed gravel to campsites kind of soft roading, OEM are ample

 

[NM Mike]

I’ve got the xlt with BAP too. I only have 3k miles on it, so I’ll have to see how the stock Goodyear Territory’s wear but right now, I’m very happy with them. For a mostly on road AT tire, they do really good in light snow and snow pack, handle rain well, do pretty good on sandy and gravel roads, are super quiet and get good gas mileage. If I can get 55-60 thousand miles out of them, I might put on another set.

 

[purdyd]

Yeah I think the stock good years are ok too. They’ve done well in the rain and pavement.

they are also fairly lightweight

i think a regular road tire would be quieter but I think for an AT tire they are fine.

 

[Epsilon Phui]

I have Pirelli Scorpion All Terrain Plus on my two 4Runners. This will also be the tire that I put on the Ranger when the time comes. It's a great all around AT tire. https://www.tirerack.com/tires/pirelli-scorpion-all-terrain-plus

I went through two sets of these on my Duramax. I liked the traction when needed and the relatively quiet ride on the road. Here is the but... I live off a gravel road which is off another gravel road, and they picked up A LOT of rocks. They were the rockinest pickenupenist tires I ever used. Whenever I got onto the blacktop and picked up speed, it was ping, ping, zip, ping, etc until all the rocks were flung out of the tread. Granted that was a much heavier truck, but after using many different tires over the 20 years owning that truck I ended up with Falken WildPeak A/T3W and really liked them.

 

[Epsilon Phui]

Upon further reflection, the use case between tires for my Duramax and the Ford Ranger are too different for my earlier comment to have any real meaning.

I recommend looking on the Tire Rack web site. They have some very extensive testing and really good reviews on many tires in certain market segments and well done reviews on individual tires. They keep up with current improvements too. I found the tires I mentioned above are no longer manufactured. They allow a lot of user feedback as well and you may find the specific tire that meets your particular wants. Some better in the wet vs dry etc. For example, I live in eastern Georgia, so wet traction is more important to me than snow traction. etc.

 

[richman555]

Are you nearing the end of your tread life or just thinking ahead? My truck doesn't even have 1000 miles on it yet but I've had bad luck with Goodyear tires in the past so can't help but think about it. Back in the 90's I bought a used minivan for my wife and the Goodyears on it started coming apart with steel treads poking through the surface. The nearby Goodyear store was willing to pro-rate them for new ones but not on any "sale" tires, full price only. I found some great Armstrong/Pirelli (same as Pirella Cinturato's at the time) tires across town for nearly half what the Goodyear replacements would have cost.

Another new vehicle I bought came with Goodyear Wranglers (don't remember exact model) that barely lasted 20K miles. So far I'm impressed with how quiet the Goodyears on the Ranger are, the performance on snow, ice and gravel roads, plus getting 21-26mpg. If they hold up reasonably well I'll be tempted to get them again but will be watching this and other tire threads.

My OEM tires are fine at the moment and are holding up. Just looking ahead to what is next and I think Id like to keep my wheels from the BAP. I like a nice aggressive looking tire but also I don't want a heavy MPG hog of a tire either. Kind of like the Goldilocks of AT tires.

 

[purdyd]

If you want to stay in the AT category there are some solid choices.

and I think that might be the just right category.

 

[superj]

all that comparison is missing is hte weights.

 

[h1k3rb]

Nothing on that survey about rolling resistance (mpg) either.

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