Tires: Toyo MT's vs BFG's

Jaynelson · Mar 27, 2009

Lookin at buying some tires...the 2 that have caught my eye, and come in a good size are the BFG AT's and the Toyo MT's. Toyo At's work too, but they don't look as aggressive and therefore are out. Whatever I buy will be on the truck 12 months of the year....no switching to winters.

Question is; does anyone have experience with treadlife and traction with both tires? I've had a couple sets of BFGs, great traction in the winter, quiet on the highway, but they're pretty soft and wear out faster than I'd like. That said, the Toyo's are more $$, so unless I'd get some extra life outta them....I'd just be lighting money on fire.

Trying to limit the choice to these 2 tires, but if someone has a MUST have suggestion I am open to that as well. The only hook is they gotta fit 18x8" rims and be about 33x11.50" true width/height.

smokinskidoo · Mar 27, 2009

if you have a diesle the wieght of the pickup cuts bfgs down so fast. I have run both on my diesle and the best is the toyo mts, i like the bfgs but they are to soft and lose tread so fast. Toyos are a little more but last way longer. I am on my third set and have got 30,000+ out of every set.

WannaB · Mar 27, 2009

Sipe em so they run cooler...but only sipe them a little less than half way with a 3/8" separation...Then have them siped again for the last half...this way they wont chunk apart....this has been the best way I have found with all of my sets...I run them on everything from my powerstroke to my suburban...got 52000 on my last set on my ford...35x12.5x18 on an 10" wheel...Good wheelin to ya...Love my TOYO MT

evan3000 · Mar 27, 2009

Toyo mt are by far the best mud tire I have ever run. I have gotten 60,000km out of a set on my loaded down service truck, rotating them every 15,000km helps the tred life immensely.

Scut Farkus · Mar 27, 2009

Toyo M/T is a great tire. i got 55K miles out of a pair (35X12.5X20) on my current truck (07 F150 supercrew). the first half of those miles went by quietly and with a pretty decent ride. the last half of those miles was noisy and hard to steer. of course, i did run them probably 10K miles too long.

wrtmani · Mar 27, 2009

Bfg's or toyo m-55's

I had BFG All-Terrain TAs on a 77 F250 ford size 265/75r16 (same as 33-12.50-16) about 13 years ago. They were a great tire, great in snow and wore fairly well. I swapped them onto my 93 F350 that I have now. I switched to the Toyo m-55's about 10 years ago when I was in college when I needed to replace the BFG's because the M-55s were cheaper. The M-55s were a fantastic wearing tire, they were stock 235/75/R16 pizza cutters, I just replaced them about a year and half ago with some Les Schwab Wildcat ATs. My truck was a daily driver with the M-55s, I would have gotten them again if they weren't so expensive. With the cost of fuel as it is, I now drive my wife's former car to work to save money and only drive the truck a couple times a week unless the roads are really slick.

If I could do it again, I would go with either the BFG's or M-55's if I had the money. A lot of the logging contractors that come in where I work run the M-55s because they are such a great wearing tire with good traction.

Rotax-Guy · Mar 27, 2009

Another vote for Toyo MT's!

rednecksledder · Mar 27, 2009

Rotax-Guy said:
Another vote for Toyo MT's!

Yup!

Jaynelson · Mar 27, 2009

Anyone running the toyo's through the winter? I know they won't be as good as a winter, but good enough? Would likely get them siped....I've always ran the BFG's through the winter and thought they worked just fine

rednecksledder · Mar 27, 2009

Jaynelson said:
Anyone running the toyo's through the winter? I know they won't be as good as a winter, but good enough? Would likely get them siped....I've always ran the BFG's through the winter and thought they worked just fine

I am running them 35/13.50 and i was surprised how well they perform.

whittaker727 · Mar 27, 2009

Another vote for Toyo, but I don't run mine in the winter. 3 other friends have theirs on year round and all of us get in the 50K range out of a set of tires and all of us drive diesel.

Rotax-Guy · Mar 27, 2009

Yes run my 35/12.50/17 all year on a cummins, get em sipped!

Jaynelson · Mar 27, 2009

Damn you people....you're making me go the more expensive route LOL

powerstrokeguy · Mar 27, 2009

i run my 37x13.50 toyo mt's all winter and they work better than expected. they wear pretty good too, alot of people told me they wear out to quick but they have never owned a set

expensive yes but worth it imo

Nelson · Mar 27, 2009

Aother vote for Toyo's.

I got about 45-50K miles out of mine on my 04.5 Cummins running 35x12.50 on a 20" wheel and I have 10K on my 35x12.50's on a 18" wheel on my 07 Dodge now. Great tires that you won't be disappointed with IMO, I just got my father talked into a set.

Vern · Mar 27, 2009

anyone ever ran these? saw them on a truck the other day and thought they looked alot like the toyo's. tread looks the same but i think these coopers have a better lookin side wall.

i've never ran them but i thought maybe they could be a slightly cheaper version of the toyos for the poor folks like me.

edit: guess the link won't go right to the tires, look up the Discoverer STT
http://www.coopertires.com/Flash/index.aspx

Nikolai · Mar 27, 2009

Another vote for Toyo's. Loved the 37x13.5x17's on my SD. Great tire year round. I like the STT's but heard that Cooper has lost some of it's QC and the tires are wearing pretty quick. Just what I heard though. I'm going to try BFG KM2's this time around since they're about $100 ea. cheaper than the Toyos and are suppose to be a very good tire. Toyo is nice because they have high load capacities.

johnny be bad · Mar 27, 2009

i sell both bfg and toyo tires!!!! go toyo!

MUZBOMB · Mar 27, 2009

Hey anyone know if the ToyoMT 33x12.50R20 will fit on a 08 Ford F350 stock

INDEEP · Mar 27, 2009

Schwab's around here can't seem to keep trucks from pulling to one side with Toyo MT's. I've got 3 buddies that had run them and they all had the same problems. Two with GM's and one with a Dodge. They tried everything, alignments, balance, and air pressure. For what they cost they should be a better tire. I've got BFG AT's and I'm happy with their wear but winter snow traction sucks. I have no issues with my Duramax going through tires. It's kind of a light diesel though.

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