Which tires...I live on a swamp (seriously) and I commute 80-100 miles a day.

[SaltH2OHokie]

As the title says, I'm looking for tires (actually 2 rear tires right now due to budgetary constraints as well as the fact that my front tires are at 12/32 and my rears are at 3/32-4/32 of tread.

I live on a mucky, muddy, slick piece of land and my current rear tires (Nitto Terra Grapplers) are like teats on a boar hog. Or a chocolate tea kettle. Or a screen door on a submarine... you get the idea.

I have 315 75 16's and I'm obviously sticking with that size given the fact that I'm only replacing 2 tires.

I'm leaning toward either Wrangler MT/R or DuraTrac, but would hear other suggestions...would really like to stick in load range E.

Thanks for any thoughts.

[GulfcoastStroker]

I'd go with the Nitto Trail Grapplers. They come in your size and in LR E. They're a great mud terrain and still pretty good on the highway. My dad has a set on his 06 cummins and I'm getting them on my truck here soon.


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[TheFordman87]

On my last truck I was running the terra grapplers and they did alright in what little mud they did see but did not pull anything like maxis bighorn or muddawg summits. I hear everyone running the toyo m/t open country love them and are getting great mileage with them. they tell me if you rotate them every 3-5,000 miles you will get 40-50,000 out of them. and thats people 3/4 ton and 1 ton. but you know how people will b/s you so I would ask some people who do run them. but it also depends on how you drive on the pavement cuz if you take off hard all the time I know from experience no tire will last nearly as long taking off hard from every red light even if its not spinning. and it matters if you tow a heavy trailer. thats my

[7.3550Duty]

Well ive ran two sets of 37 toyo mt's on my truck, personally they are overpriced myself but they do wear really nice and do good on the pavement. The next set of tires thou that im gonna run is the nitto trail grapplers, ive heard good things and the last truck i rode in with them on the truck. I was impressed with how quiet they were. I know they are made by the same company, you may get a few more miles out of the toyo just cuz its alil harder compound tire but you get a better ride quality out of the nitto's.

[SaltH2OHokie]

Local tire shop told me he'd warranty the tread (personally) on the Toyo's out to 40k on my F350...problem with that is I'd obviously have to buy them from him and he ain't cheap. The fact that he'd do that seems to speak to their longevity though.

I think I'm moving away from Nitto's. I wish I had some videos of my truck and my buddy's truck (06 F250) out here. It should be embarrassing for Nitto...or maybe for our trucks...OR maybe for the drivers, but I can't admit to that last one.

[Codum]

I like the BFG AT's. As for the load range E goes, It is my understanding that you can drop back to a D range when you go up in size. I know in my case I run 285/75 D range, they have a higher load capacity than the 265/75 E that came on my truck. I can't remember the numbers in my head but I once looked at a 315/75 D range and the load capacity was way over the 265/75 E. Maybe someone that knows more about this topic can explain further as I may be wrong.

[SaltH2OHokie]

I had BFG AT's on my Suburban...it could get stuck on wet grass. Was awesome on the sand with those though.

Any thoughts/experience with either of the Goodyears I was looking at?

(To try to further explain why it seems like I'm so negative about anything short of a monster truck tire: I really do live in a swamp...I should probably just run boggers on all my vehicles and call it a day...but that isn't really affordable, nor practical for the wife's Jetta.)

[Codum]

Originally Posted by SaltH2OHokie

I had BFG AT's on my Suburban...it could get stuck on wet grass. Was awesome on the sand with those though.

Any thoughts/experience with either of the Goodyears I was looking at?

What size tire did you have on the Suburban? You know when you go to a larger tire the tread gets larger also, thus more aggressive.

[SaltH2OHokie]

Originally Posted by Codum

What size tire did you have on the Suburban? You know when you go to a larger tire the tread gets larger also, thus more aggressive.

Truthfully I'd never thought of that...they were 33s though, so probably pretty similar.

[Freedombyforce]

I'm running Procomp Extreme AT's and they do pretty good in the slick mud but you have to spin them fast. I think on the next set I'm going to try the DuraTracs. Fact is what you are driving isn't exactly a swamp buggy. You can go with an A/t and spin, or you can go with a mud terrain and sink!