My 285 75 AT's were also made in Japan. I was happy to see that as I feel they make a superior product.

 

Tire Barn has a good price (IMO) for the 37" MTs mounted, but there's none closer than TN, so we get them through the internet and pay shipping from some place up Chicago way...

dadgum local tire shops want almost 5 bills EACH for a set.

 

I ran those on my 00 powerstroke dually. They were a good dually tire and I always seemed to get good even wear out of them.

Wood

 

I NEED to decide right away, I have a road trip planned & also need a new set of front tires for my '97 3500 Dodge 4x4 dually with the weight of a cummins up from & a big 2,500 lb camper on its back.

For now I'll just buy the fronts, but the rig current runs 235-85-16 Triangle A/T's all around yet the due to needinga front end rebuild the tires wore badly & so now tomorrow morning or at the latest Monday I need to buy a set.

& plan to eventually replace them all with the same tires under the whole rig.

I was thinking the 10 play BFG A/T's & yet did have Toyo's M/T's that I like & have always heard about the sidewall strength.

Besides the Camper on its bed I also plane to tow a trailer soon with my Pre-Runner Bronco behind the rig & figure the trailer & Bronco with misc crap may weight in around 10K lbs...

Being gave all these details...

What tires would you recommend?

& yes 90% of the time it will be on the hwy to get across the country to campgrounds or the desert & other off road places for the weekends & etc...

Being I have a BIG Camper on its back this rig will not travel too far into the off road trails, Yet will be used to get me as close as I can to the action in the dry, dirt, snow & etc etc...

 

Just realized how old this thread is & hope to get some replys, Or I'll just buy eithe BFG or Toyo assuming I can find them within my time frame.

 

Go with the Toyo's. You won't regret it. I'm on my third set with over 70k on each set. The BFG A/T'a just aren't made to handle the weight. Hope this helps.

 

Well I had 37" Toyo's M/T's on my Old Centurion & loved them.

& have read before buying them how they handle the weight better.
But I'm on a VERY tight schedule.

 

Another point to consider is the BFG A/Ts seem to be linked to the death wobble issue.
With a worn front end you may end up with issues you don't want to deal with.
Just another point to consider.

 

X2. I believe this is a big factor here.

 

The front end is no longer wore out, its been completely rebuilt in time for my road trip & I just ended up getting a single Triangle tire today being it was there & ready to go & it allows me time to get the wheel alignment done tomorrow morning at the 10am appoinment instead of searching my area in attempts to spend more money & having to reschedule my appointment & being so close to Christmas most shop are closing down for the holidays so my options were even less.

I've not had any death wobble with my Dodge, unlike my Bronco.

I paid $120.00 for the tire including the balancing of both front tires.

I asked how much for the Toyo M55's & they are about $305.00!?!?!?!


At least I know can take my time shopping around & research what tires I really want down the road a bit.

 

Been running Cooper STT's on my dually and have been extremely impressed with their snow traction and longevity. I do a lot of highway and gravel roads towing a trailer. A lot of tires get trashed quick towing on gravel. Also if a tire has a hard compound it gives good life but poor winter performance.

The STTs are a perfect blend for me. I don't daily drive my truck in the winter so I don't need a winter tire for it but I do need something that works decent. Last winter my dads jeep threw a rod about 6hrs from home in Northern Alberta during the worst snow storm of the season. I hooked up my trailer and went and got him and his Jeep and brought them home(ya he owed me but I dented his Ramcharger when I was 16 so...). The truck handled great in the snow even though there were tons of cars,trucks, semis and even two greyhound busses in the ditch. Was very impressed with the tires on that trip. I already had them about a year and a half so they were well broken in.
Truck also regularly towed an 18K GN in the summer, once to Moab Utah and back, never a problem with heat and heavy loads. Have never had a flat or blow out with the STTs.

Truck had Toyo M55s when I got it but they were 3/4s worn out, winter traction was poor and noise level high. Wore very well though.

Ran lots of Transforce HTs and ATs on fleet vehicles and the ATs on one of my 3/4ton gassers. Very, very good longevity but poor traction in winter/off road. A good choice if you never stray off pavement and need a long wearing, in-expensive tire.

 

I run Hankook Dynapro ATM... based on reviews on the popular tire websites.. seem to wear well and ride nicely so far..

By the way, those who are asking about the 10-ply ratings, you have to understand that this is an antiquated rating system that is replaced by the letter system (D, E, etc)... tire construction technology means they no longer make 10 cotton ply tires anymore. Make sense?

 

What doesn't make sense is a 50 psi D rated rated tire on these trucks.

 

I've had three sets of Toyo M55's now that lasted around 70K miles each, couldn't be happier with the way they handle and wear. That's on a one ton that tows more often than not, usually over 8000 pounds.

 

I had to wait a couple of months to get them, but I finally got a set of Toyo A/T II's and So far I love them. I only have about 5,000 miles on them though. I am running a 35 inch tire.