Off road tires
Hi y’all I’m in the process of turning my highway queen into an off road beast for boondocking whenever possible. I’m having trouble deciding on tires. I’ll be mostly in the Southwest and north to ...
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I've gone thru several different types. I got a mostly off road set first (General Grabbers) and they were noisy, cut a couple of mpg from my mileage, and did not last long. Then I switched to Goodrich ATV KO2. They were excellent and we never had a flat until they were worn out. They lasted a long time and I recovered my lost mileage. We did the alpine loop in CO, which has notoriously sharp rocks, and many other back country routes with never a problem.
Then they wore out and I had to get one replaced out in the middle of no-where Wyoming (Pinedale). That got us to Toyo Open Country, that was after going to all three tire places in Pinedale and the last one was the only one that had 18 inch tires. A puzzler since p/u trucks aren't exactly rare in rural WY.
Anyway I'm slightly unhappy with the Toyos so far but we haven't been 4WD trail driving with them yet. They are a bit noisier and we dropped about 1 mpg. So they fall in between the Grabbers and the Goodrich.
Now we want a tire that works both ways, highway and off road, since we drive 2000 miles to get to the west. If you want a pure off road tire then you want something else. But you will give up other things to get it.
Then they wore out and I had to get one replaced out in the middle of no-where Wyoming (Pinedale). That got us to Toyo Open Country, that was after going to all three tire places in Pinedale and the last one was the only one that had 18 inch tires. A puzzler since p/u trucks aren't exactly rare in rural WY.
Anyway I'm slightly unhappy with the Toyos so far but we haven't been 4WD trail driving with them yet. They are a bit noisier and we dropped about 1 mpg. So they fall in between the Grabbers and the Goodrich.
Now we want a tire that works both ways, highway and off road, since we drive 2000 miles to get to the west. If you want a pure off road tire then you want something else. But you will give up other things to get it.
