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sbryan
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Dec 09, 2017

Tire report: Nokian Rotiiva AT Plus

We have put about 14,000 miles on these tires with the camper on board and decided it was time for a report. The tires are LT275/65R20 126/123 S rated at 3,748 pounds at 80 PSI. While not advertised as a winter tire, they do earn the snowflake designation of a winter tire.

We put them on our SRW 2013 F350 crew cab diesel just before we left Vermont for Alaska and have been extremely pleased with the performance. They are quiet on the highway and have worn very well in my opinion. The tires that were on the rear have 60% tread left, the tires that were on the front have 80% tread left. They have performed exceedingly well in snow and mud even though they are neither a snow or off-road tire. We rotated them while on the road at about 7,000 miles. They have shown no signs of uneven wear or cupping.

With about 6,900lbs on the rear axle and 5,500lbs on the front axle we have a bit of spare tire capacity over the OEM Michelins and way better traction. If you want to know more you can see them here.
  • Thanks for that report..Much appreciated as there is not much tire talk on this forum.

    I have never had an issue with traction with the truck camper on my truck until this year.I have all but new Cooper AT3's all around and let me tell you,they suck on ice and snow with about 3800 pounds in the bed.First trip on the hill scared the heck out of me and I owned and drove logging trucks in the winter.After that I had them aggressively siped and have not really tried them again..

    I didn't want to replace them being all but new but I have been looking and reading on traction tires for ice and snow...Nokian comes up first and Bridgestone Blizzacks a close second, from what I read.

    I just do not understand why the Cooper AT3's are so bad on ice and snow..I did not expect what happened.
  • sbryan - thanks for the report - sounds like a great trip

    Hi jaycocreek -

    In Alberta we call that a tire built from recycled bleach bottles :) I had Michelin XTS on a vehicle until nearly ditching it on 1st snowpack :) off they came in favor of Hakkenpalitta 7's with studs ... :)

    The new generation of "all weather" tires - one of the early brands was Nokian - are popular in provinces in Canada that require winter tires in season. Lots of people fit them on lower mileage per year vehicles and leave them on year round as they are designed for that.

    They do not wear fast in hot weather like ice tires do.
  • noteven wrote:
    sbryan - thanks for the report - sounds like a great trip

    Hi jaycocreek -

    In Alberta we call that a tire built from recycled bleach bottles :) I had Michelin XTS on a vehicle until nearly ditching it on 1st snowpack :) off they came in favor of Hakkenpalitta 7's with studs ... :)

    The new generation of "all weather" tires - one of the early brands was Nokian - are popular in provinces in Canada that require winter tires in season. Lots of people fit them on lower mileage per year vehicles and leave them on year round as they are designed for that.

    They do not wear fast in hot weather like ice tires do.


    Thank you..We live on a little Platte that is only accessible by traveling one of two river systems then climbing one of the grades.The river roads get really icy and the grades icy and snowy.

    All my other truck and camper combo's had appropriate tires from the local Les Schwabs..It was never an issue except for this truck and these Cooper AT#'s that came on the truck when I bought it.

    I will have to make a change in tires one way or the other by next season.I will be looking hard at what you and the opp have posted about Nokian tires and the Blizzacks which get good reviews also.