BF Goodrich ALL-TERRAIN T/A KO2

My experience was not as good as those expressed by the previous posters. On my F250 Power Stroke I replaced OE Firestone Highway tires with the BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A. The truck went from no highway tire whine to right at the point of being annoying. But, to me the worst thing was, I went from a perfectly good handling truck to one where I hated to see a curve in the road, the squirmy feel of the tires was like driving on ice.

Our rig came with BFG Rugged Trails on it. I replaced them with another set of them at 50K when my dealer's service folks said they needed to be replaced. I just replaced those with another set of them at 99K per dealer recommendation. They are great tires!

Chuck

YEP!

I have the BFG KO's on my Cherokee, my Wrangler, and my 05 Ram diesel. All of them have performed very well, but as others have said, the HD trucks do run them out a bit earlier than I would like, as in about 35-45000 miles. My Michelins that came on my truck went almost 60,000 before replacement, but were squirrly on wet, or sand/dirty pavement. my Cherokee has run them for over 45,000, and they are not ready to replace yet. My Wrangler has run them only about 20,000, but a lot of that is off road, and in the sandstone and slickrock.

egarant wrote:
I'm not too worried about the loss of tread life.....30-40K is all I expect out of a tire that is on a HD diesel truck full time.

Some of my research shows that when the T/A's lose about half their tread they become more noisy.

How is the highway tracking of the tires?

Did you see any loss in MPG's with the T/A's?

I never had any problems on highway or off ... and this is 30 years and lots of trucks, some 1500, some 2500. I've recently read that BFG changed the composition of their tires, so am not sure how that affects the performance at this point. You might investigate that somewhere.

In all this time, I had one tire with a warranty issue, and BFG sent me a check once I filed a claim, as we had to replace it on the road away from home. So it took awhile ... Otherwise, no problems with the tires.

Never noticed noisy tires except when they get worn and ready to replace. Sorta the last 5000 miles, or less maybe, but I'm thinking that's just wear and loss of the cushioning factor on a new deep tread pattern. And it's telling you to buy new tires.

Let me know what you find out about the new composition, if anything. I'm getting ready to dump these OEM before heading west in May for a few months, so will be looking at that myself too.

Whopps, on edit: Can't really say about mileage, as I've always upgraded tires pretty quickly on the truck after buying it. If it is, it's not much ... I was getting 14/15 empty on my last 2500 w/6.0 and 3:73 ... and this new 2015 2500HD w/6.0 and 4:10 gets better 16/17 empty, and both run about 12 hauling my camper flat, mountains about 10, or so. (3000 lbs) ... this one does not have BFG yet. The 6.0 - 4:10 really performs on the hills though, nice power train.

I'm not too worried about the loss of tread life.....30-40K is all I expect out of a tire that is on a HD diesel truck full time.

Some of my research shows that when the T/A's lose about half their tread they become more noisy.

How is the highway tracking of the tires?

Did you see any loss in MPG's with the T/A's?

I've been running the BFG A/T KO's for years on all my trucks. I like them a lot, and the ride and performance makes it worth the shorter tread life IMO.

I bought a 2015 -2500HD and can't wait until the OEM tires wear out, and will probably just upgrade and sell OEM for whatever I can get. And go with the BFG again.

We now live in Florida, but lived in the NE snow country for years, and do a lot of back-country camping all over the USA. The BFG are very good on highway, and dirt, gravel, mud, snow, rain, a functional all around tire. Sometimes, we pay for that with less tread miles - to us, it's worth it.

We generally get about 40K plus miles on a set.

I have them. I'm near the end of their life, and am looking at either 19.5's or, dare I say it, a 2017 F450 that comes with 19.5's.

I haul a VERY heavy TC + a 10k Wells Cargo trailer. only ever had one incident where lack of traction made me pucker, but I was able to still control it and get through. Coming down a steep, icy campground driveway here in Leavenworth WA. I was able to work the trailer brakes and keep it straight. Overall, these have been good tires. One did have a side-wall bubble bulge develop, and was replaced under warranty no questions asked at Discount Tire.

Overall, I would recommend them. I almost exclusively boondock, these have had good mud/snow/sand traction, I have never gotten stuck, empty or loaded. Ever.

Look at the Nitto Terra Grappler G-2 or the Toyo A/T 11, either one a great pick!

egarant wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
1. I'd be tempted to run those front tires on the outside rears until the tread wore down. By having them on the outside, you would be able to keep a visual watch on their wear as the rest of the tire "catches up".

2. I'm a firm believer in getting the front end aligned while the truck is loaded in its most often used state. Although suspension designs are good at keeping geometry under different loads, I still feel the difference in weight is what caused your uneven wear. If you use the truck exclusively with the TC, take it to a shop with the TC loaded and have them check specifications.

I wholeheartedly agree that it I should have the truck aligned with the camper on it. I am trying to find a big rig shop that can do that for me.

Good idea regarding swapping the tires....

I found a shop in Anaheim, CA called Fleet Services, Inc. I spoke with Dave who said that indeed the weight should be on the truck fully loaded, that is the best way to align it. He does all kinds of RV's and commercial trucks.

He also wanted me to keep the old tires on it so he can see the current wear pattern and that the longer the truck camper overhang, the lighter the front end gets making it hard if not impossible to totally correct the alignment due to the weight distribution.

Estimated cost $195, I will get it done next week and report back.

I love the BFG AT KOs, but they are soft (great sticky for snow and ice) and great off road. But they do wear fast and I don't believe the rubber used is the best choice for the haul duties of a duelly. I think there may be better choices.