Falken A/T3W

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

New tire that Falken released awhile back. A friend got them on his gas rig and he loves them. I road with him recently wheeling along the river and they did excellent in the sand. On the street they are quiet and smooth as can be. Cheap also on discounttiredirect. Anyone been around these much? They also have the snow flake symbol on th side. 55,000 mile warranty on LT sizes too. Thinking about trying out a set on the LB7 soon.

 

[Dozerboy]

I have alway avoided trying Falkens. Never found anyone that had anything good to say about them other then the price. Personal vehicals get premium tires my fleet trucks get Firestone or Coopers.

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[SickLL7Crenshaw]

I have alway avoided trying Falkens. Never found anyone that had anything good to say about them other then the price. Personal vehicals get premium tires my fleet trucks get Firestone or Coopers.

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I've had serveral people around here love the old falken wild peaks, I was never a fan of the looks though. Ya for our ranch all of our trucks run michelin XPS traction (all steel). But doesn't really matter what I run I wear them out cause I beat my lb7 daily. So im just trying to find something that's AT that hooks decent and that's cheap. I've ran the hankook dynapro and they've done great just the 2 ply sidewall isn't cuting it for me. Toyo at2 has been great for me also, but when it rains it's like driving on ice with them. Michelin xps is awesome it's just they're $250+ a tire and only come in 235/85. Cooper at/3.... Worst balancing tire I've ever come across yet. I do like the Firestone AT though. They wear good, but I don't wanna quiet spend that much on a tire im gonna wear out in 15-20k miles. Toyo M55 was the best wearing tire for us untill they went up to ~$300 a tire. Took a beating and never chipped on gravel roads. I just like trying new tires so I was just curious whose been around these new Falkens.

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Here's a pic of them, $154 a piece shipped in the 10ply 265s. I may give them a try and post some feedback over time.

 

[Chevy1925]

Looks like a close copy of the new nitto ridge grappler

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Looks like a close copy of the new nitto ridge grappler

Yes sir pretty similar I thought too James.

 

[RENODMAX]

I don't go cheap on tires. 3rd set of duratracs.

 

[dieselfan]

I like the tread pattern. Would love to see more reviews about them particularly their traction in the mud and tread life.

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

I don't go cheap on tires. 3rd set of duratracs.

I'll never run duratracs ever again. Almost used a whole box of patches on the set. Plus they wore out so fast it wasn't even funny. Sorry no Goodyear for me. Not for the price for them anyways.

 

[Rancelot211]

Falkins wear horrible in my past experience working at a tire place.

 

[Dozerboy]

I've had serveral people around here love the old falken wild peaks.

Those tires are one of the reasons I won't try them. With what little sniping they had they where slicks before the tread was 1/2 gone.



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[Chevy1925]

Yes sir pretty similar I thought too James.

let me know how they do and how they look at half tread. id try them on my tracker next tire go round.

I'll never run duratracs ever again. Almost used a whole box of patches on the set. Plus they wore out so fast it wasn't even funny. Sorry no Goodyear for me. Not for the price for them anyways.

i wont run duratracs either. the heat out here on the asphalt eats those tires up like candy. tread is just too soft. they get excellent traction due to that but mileage suffers big time.

im running the new KO2 on my tracker and im not thrilled with them. they softened up the tread compound from the old KO1 and im seeing them wear quicker than id like with just 3k miles on them. they are a heck of a tire off road for an A/T tire but still have weak side walls (already punched one). Siping goes very deep into them and really opens up when needed. the worn off edging of the siping shows that from one long weekend in moab lol

id really like to try the ridge grappler next or possibly these if they keep decent siping through the thread wear.

 

[RENODMAX]

I got 40K plus out of my duratracs and there isn't a tire out there with better traction for combined road/ice/mud/sand driving. Application matters. If you are driving around in asphalt obviously don't get a mud tire.

 

[Chevy1925]

i beg to differ but tire opinions are like assholes

 

[RENODMAX]

This is true. However I doubt you fish 150+ days a year and hunt in the high desert where it snows.

 

[Chevy1925]

This is true. However I doubt you fish 150+ days a year and hunt in the high desert where it snows.

and i doubt you take your truck rock crawling, run rough desert roads/forest roads at 50-70mph, and still drive on the street the other 30% of the time. i hunt at 7k ft where it often snows as well as go snow boarding quite often.

 

[SickLL7Crenshaw]

Most people would seriously shit if you see the country our ranch trucks go across to get to all of our cattle everyday. Michelin XPS traction is the ONLY tire to hold up to the abuse (we've tried a lot a lot of other tires) But I beat my tires on the street, and travel 30 mile dirt roads daily. But I don't go across birds eye rock like the other ranch trucks do all day here so im just simply looking for something cheap and decent because I don't wanna spend $1000 bucks on a set of tires that's gonna last me 15-20k regardless. I will travel across rough country every once in awhile with this lb7 but I will try to avoid it and use a ranch duramax for that with xps on it.

James if I get them I will definitely keep you updated. With a 55,000 warranty they have hardened the rubber compound and tried to make it chip resistance as best as possible as what I've been reading. So only way to find out is put them to the test lol

 

[c5fourj]

With my own experience, I would second the poor life of duratracs.
My vote goes towards Nitto terra grappler g2. I have to feel unsafe, be it dirt, rain, or even snow and nice. They always have traction.:thumb:

 

[RENODMAX]

I don't do a lot of high speed offroad stuff like you guys have there James but lots of trucks here run duratracs for the same reason. Like I said application definitely matters, tires are not one size fits all. The duratracs are soft but most aggressive tires are. My friend has had good look with nittos lasting a long time on his 06.

 

[Max Attitude]

Always heard bad things about the original WildPeaks. They look like they'd do terrible because the little sipping they have is very shallow.

Those new ones look a lot better. To a point you get what you pay for in a tire. Cooper and Hankooks are what I like for all terrains without breaking the bank. Cheap tires are usually just that.