The M/T's are going to ride rougher than the A/T's. I had Toyo Open Country M/T's on my 3/4 Ford and had them in the garage when I bought my 09. I figured I would get new wheels and put the Toyo's (33x12.5x20) on the 09 and be set. After getting the Toyo's on, I noticed an instant decrease in fuel mileage, every bump in the road, crap slung all over the side of my truck and noisy as hell. Needless to say, within 1 weeks of driving on the M/T's I ordered a set of the Cooper Zeon LTZ's. First impressions of the Coopers is that I have my factory ride back, a whole lot quieter. I have a feeling that these will be great tires. Now I have a set of XD Spy's that I need to get rid of since I think I will stick with my stock wheels and the Coopers. If you don't care about noise and a rougher ride, M/T's may be your choice. For me, I'm not so sure that I will have another set of M/T's.

 

M/T's sound PERFECT for me lol

 

sounds like a good sensible decision Comfort, better on your paint too not having 35" MT's slinging rocks and debris...

Do it Switch, i know you are

 

Only one problem with that logic Switchblade; it is based 100% on the tires on road performance. So for off road use, particularly in the mud that comfort mentioned, you need to add the following.

MTs perform better.

ATs perform worse.

 

Except that you are not comparing apples to apples. The stock tires have tissue paper thin sidewalls, and are super light weight p-rated passenger car tires. The Toyo M/T's are a load range E light truck tire, and probably weigh double what the stock tires do because they have double the tread depth, double the rubber on the tread surface, double the rubber (or more) in the sidewall, and more plies in the tire itself.

If you compare a load range E A/T tire to a load range E M/T tire the ride quality is going to be similar, but the M/T tire will be a louder tire because of the more aggressive tread. If you compare a load range D A/T tire to a load range E M/T tire, of course the load range E M/T tire is going to have a rougher ride.

And once again, you are describing on road performance only, and have not considered off road performance, even when discussing an off road tire. The extra sidewall strength, extra plies used in construction, and extra rubber used in a M/T load range E tire help that tire survive off road use, and gets you back to the highway again. A lighter weight thinner sidewall tire may ride better on road, but it is more vulnerable to being punctured by a rock or stick. I have been stranded before by taking a 4x4 vehicle with p-rated passenger car tires off road, and cutting a tire (or two) on a trail obstacle. Getting rid of the p-rated tires should be the first thing someone does if they really intend on taking their 4x4 out into the booneys, especially if they travel alone. My Laramie had p-rated passenger car tires on it; they rode great on the highway, but worked horrible off road, and would have left me stranded if I would have left them on the truck. They were the first thing to go. Just my .02

MOPWR2U

 

why not a hybrid tire? best of both worlds. On road they perform almost as well as an A/T with good wet and dry pavement handling and long wear, off road they'll stay with all but the most aggressive M/T's.

The most popular by far is the Dick Cepek FCII, but Interco also makes the M16.


They basically have a center tread pattern like an A/T, heavy siping and harder compound. The inner/outer tread pattern is more blocky with larger spaces for mudding and they still offer "side biters" like most true mud tires. The trick is to run them at or over 80% air capacity on pavement so the center A/T tread takes the brunt of the wear, then when you go off-road, you air 'em down a bit so the aggressive blocks can bite and do their thing...

 

I had a set of Dick Cepek Fun Country tires on a Ford F-350. These were the original version, before the FCII designation, and were a 38x15.50-16.5 size. They were the best snow tires I've ever owned, for deep snow encountered off road, ... not for a light coating of snow on a highway. The tires were almost unstopable in deep snow. I did have a 2" diameter branch go right through the sidewall of one of them one time, when crossing a log (covered with snow ). That was a fun day, changing a 38" tire in deep snow, in the middle of nowhere.

The Cepek tires were not too bad on the highway with their A/T tread pattern.

 

Yeah well most everyone knows that an A/T tire is for the DD, with some snow or no snow. and the M/T tires if for basically anything lol

 

i've found that the bf goodrich all-terrain t/a ko is a good tire, had a set on my silverado z71 that lasted 50k miles before i changed them with another set of the same tire, bigger size. my friend took the old ones and is still running them on his truck!

 

That's a good tire but for me I have never kept a vehicle for more then 20k miles. I'm planning on having this one a nice long time