Well guys, im stuck between these 2 tire choices. Heres a couple pros/cons of each

BFG AT:


Pros:

• Available 295/75 for a little larger tire
• 3700 lb 10 ply rating for 285/75
• Fully warranted where i work for any problems
  
• Dealer pricing at 181.00 a piece for 285/75 in a 10 ply

Cons:

• Everybody and their brother runs them
• not overly aggressive/tough looking
• pay a lot for name

Cooper Discoverer STT


Pros:

• Nice aggressive styling for our trucks
• Similar tread pattern to Toyo MT
• Beefy treaded sidewalls
• Advanced Armor Tek 3 carcass

Cons:

• Quicker wearing tread
• only avail in D load range @ 3300 lbs on a 285/75 (265/75 load range E is only 3400 lbs)
• Not as many size options
• Louder on the road (not always a bad thing depending on driver)
  
• Priced at 188.00 a piece with road hazard only on a 285/75

Please give me all your feedback on both tires and/or show me some other tires to look into. Would prefer pricing under 200 per tire and readily avail. tire as i need a set ASAP

 

Ive had a few sets of the BFG AT and I loved them.... These tires last a long time if rotated properly.

 

Pay no attention to the numeriacal load rating. it is what the tire tread is rated for. If yur sitting still it may make a difference. The only thing that counts is the Alphabetic rating, "D" or "E". This is the sidewall rating. This is what the tires are rated to handle in actual driving situations such as cornering and sidewall strength. An E rated tire with less weight rating is still stronger for your truck then a D rated tire with a higher number. When you consider that the front end of your truck weighs over 6000 pounds even when your runnin empty you are pushing a D rated tire right off the bat. We all know that there is a degree of safety built in to everything we buy and this is what your counting on when your running D rated tires.

I know it's been done a thousand times by a thousand people but your pushing your luck wit D rated tires. This also why you see so many tread seperations though. Be safe and go with an E rated tire. Goodyear has one that came out last year in your size range and I'm sure other brands have em to.

I'm a die hard Toyo fan myself. I've ran the Goodyears, Coopers, Maxxus and a few others and Toyo's are the best all around tires I've found. If money is an issue then the best cheaper tire on the market is the Big O tires.

 

From what Ive seen i have been impressed with those BFG A/Ts in the mud.
I used to run Regul M/ts on my 97 F-250 and loved them. Saw them listed as BFG Mud Kings at summitracing.com. http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

well evryone runs BFG's only because they are Better than F***in Good

and they last forever

 

Never say there is only one best to much of anything in life, you will almost always be wrong. They make such a wide range of tires because there is no one tire that works for everything. Around here we have different terrain then you do. These BFG's packed up with mud quicker then I could a cleaned em with a firehose in the gunk around here. **** in front of the tires in 4WD and you were stuck. But I'm sure they wrok great in other areas. They also have no siping to get a hold of the mud with, that was the same problem as the Nitto's. The Coopers and Truxxus just didn't last very long.

 

yeah my all terrains get caked up with clay so quick, if anyone has made a magnet for dirt/mud/clay, it is bfg. and the all terrains can get stuck in some embarrassing spots, but mainly because my truck is 7000+lbs and the front end of my truck is so heavy and the rear is so light. but that is just the AT's, my statement about being better then effin good, well alot of the top competitors in the country will run bfg's, and one of my friends mom told me thats when i told her daughter to get bfg's maybe not the At's, but some of the other designs. But the At's is a good all around tire in my opinion

 

I can't even begin to comment on competion trucks. I can't even describe how little attention I pay to all that stuff. But my guess is that BFG commersial recognition and money plays a good part in those decisions as much as performance does. They are probably also running lighter weight trucks which would also make BFG the better choice.

I'm not even commenting good or bad on them myself. To many people like em for me to say they are a bad choice. I just don't like load range D tires on these trucks period in any brand.

 

if you arent constantly loading your truck the STTs by far. I have owned the BFG ATs and I have had radials that performed better offroad and in the snow they are a joke.

I own a set of STTs and wished I got a load range E tire I have to mess with tire pressure so much when being loaded and unloaded otherwise i can see some weird tire wear.

so I would say neither

 

I'm going back to the BFG's. I got the Hankooks, liked the price and the look. I heard they wear really well. Not for me...

My next set before winter is going to be:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=0

I've always had good luck with the BFG's in the past.