All Terrain VS Rugged Terrain VS Mud Terrain, Off-Road Tire Buying Guide for Beginners

[@OutdoorAuto]

What type of tire are you running and WHY?

[@plainairbarnettsoutdoors]

On my 3rd do it all 4x4 truck, using BFG all terrains. Daily, Fall hunting, weekend logging roads with all sorts of side trails. Being 3psf winter rated, use it all year round in 🇨🇦, even if my "city" friends swear on winter only tires.

[@patricial5970]

BFG KO2's on my Nissan Titan overlander that I'm building. These tires were recommended to me by some buddies. I was also sold on them after watching one of the videos that you put out.

[@seancurtis8908]

Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT on my 2019 Ford Raptor. Running them because, they were the only tires I could get that fit my truck in Calgary Alberta during the lockdowns. They are a great all round tire and, absolute beasts in the snow.

[@Warped2023]

Great information you share on tires. This video, in particular, was interesting to me as I put the Falken RTs on my 2023 JL Rubicon as that is my off-road rig. My other JL is a 2024 392 that is getting AT tires as it will be light off-road use only. The factory KO2s that came on both were good for throwing stones all over the place. Being replaced with Mickey Thompson Baja Boss ATs. Again, thank you for the great information. I learned a lot!

[@haroldshobbies]

I run an Accelera M/T-01. They were $424 shipped to my door for all 4 tires. 235/75/15 (small I know) After 3 years I still have no complaints.

[@temeculajeep6589]

Just watch your video and tires and I have to be honest I haven’t seen anything as an informative and helpful when it comes choosing tires. I have four different vehicles from a jeep to a one and a half ton Ford and picking tires for them has always been a challenge. Falken supporting you by sending you tires to allow you to complete this comparison is awesome. They will be definitely in my lineup moving forward just because of their willingness to support the channel.

[@missingremote4388]

½ ton × ½ ton = ¼ ton Bed

[@daniel9111]

His shop is nothing but stacks of tires. Ask me how I know😅 this man truly spends all his free time out on adventures with his family

[@_isaacking]

As far as I'm concerned, you are the most informative source for truck tire information. Appreciate the work you're putting in here!

[@erice4611]

The Mickey Baja Boss A/T is another badass tire to add to the mix!

[@markc6207]

Baja Legend is great also from Mickey T

[@davidheath2427]

Nice vid mate . In Australia especially QLD we don't drive snow or ice . So RT/cross over tyres are becoming more popular. And there are some nice options comming . Just wish they would hurry up and get here .

[@CJ-rk5eg]

Excellent video and it opened my eyes to the RT option in the future for my CJ

[@erickmontero6222]

The BFG KO3 falls in the sweet spot for me. Hits all my needs and wants. Love my set.

[@SuperBigd1980]

I have 35’s Wildpeak RT01 on my 17 F-250. I have to say I am very impressed with them towing, noise and overall handling. They work well when towing the camper down a dirt road and minor off-roading that a F250 will do. They seem to be wearing better than my BFG AT KO I had prior. I have about 10k so far, and they are wearing nicely. This is my second Superduty and both have been hard on tires, only about 30k to 40k on a set.

[@andrei9370]

I’ve ran the Rubitreks on my 3rd gen 4Runner and they’re great tires for the type of use I used them for, mainly for daily driving and the occasional light trail to go camping. I upgraded to the AT3Ws and moved the Rubitreks to my wife’s sequoia. The Rubitreks were great highway tires with that AT tire look

[@vinceimp9581]

Toyo Open Country MT, I'm in central AZ and most of where I go is sharp, rugged and chews everything up. So I like something that holds up to punctures and has good sidewall protection. 285-75-r16 are a decent compromise in ride quality, handling and still have some sidewall flex for my midrange LJ build. I also like that Toyo MT hasn't really changed so its been predictable for fitment and what not, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Not crazy loud for a MT tire but definitely keep the rotation/balance schedule and you're not gaining any mpg with these.

[@4xhoser]

Agree with all your points, kinda wish you talked more about the previous edition of AT3W because it’s compound was amazing wearing and in cold temps, and was a in-between of the 4W and the Rubitrek and truly was the best tire ever, but I understand they’re going away from that and going more a agressive hybrid tire. Awesome vid! 👌🤘🇨🇦

[@darinminden5608]

I really enjoyed this video. I had no idea who Falcon tire was before the video. I definitely would look at buying a set of them now thank you Falcon tire for providing the tires for him to review!

[@OutdoorAuto]

Falken has been around but they really made a name for themselves in the Light Truck area more recently… especially with their AT offerings.

[@sarah_n_tank_girl]

Very educational...and glad I went with the Swiss army knife of tires for my 4Runner and my trailer!

[@coryallison8087]

Thanks for all the hard work on this series! I have been running a few different tires on my vehicles over the past 25 years never really knowing what I should be running or how to decide. Right now I use Cooper discover M&S in the winter and the discover S/T-C in the summer. I have also ran a couple of different mud tires in the summer and have regretted that decision both times. I feel like I am now armed with enough knowledge to do more than just guess if I am picking the right tire.

[@FJCruizn]

Great video lots of information 👍. Thank you! One thing to account is tire weight, it can drastically change a vehicles performance, fuel efficiency, drivetrain wear and handling. I drive an FJ with 295-70-17 E load, each tire weights around 64 lbs each and will be going back to SL. After 50k on mud tires I’ve found that the FJ it’s too light for E load tires.

[@Mike_S_in_RenoNV]

Thanks for making educational videos like this. I’ve learned a ton from you and make smarter purchases as a result.

[@DBCoffroad]

Your videos are so good! How do you think the Falken RT compares to the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT that you liked so much?

[@Nd4SpdSe]

My old truck I ran MT's, Goodyear Wrangler MT/R Kevlar tires and were great, but heavy and wore quick but not that big of a deal since the truck was built for trails. It was a less aggressive MT but did great in mud, sand and rock. My new truck I want to do more long trips, people moving and also for towing. I ideally wanted an "aggressive AT". I also don`t need a 3PMSF as I run proper winter tires. Fortunately the RT tires came out in the meantime. I ended up going with the Falken RT and got them with the Duraspec sidewalls. So far I'm very happy with them but have yet to explore more extreme conditions. I just wish they had a better variety of Duraspec tires as I had to get a big bigger then I wanted to get them and need to clear some rubbing issues before hitting more trails.

[@rmartin6557]

Really great, informative videos. Love tuning in to your channel.

[@MisterBatze]

Thanks! Perfect timing. Do to your Video I just ordered my first Falken and my first Rugged. Looking forward to throw them on and test them where I found the limit of my ATs last week.

[@bigmakgarage7283]

I really enjoy your tire tech. I’ve learned a ton over the last year watching your videos on tires. And with winter approaching and my tires basically spent, this information is important right now. I’m truly impressed with the new rugged terrain category and although I love my knobby mud tires I really love an RT, even though I should be running an AT. I’m currently running a RT style from cooper. I definitely chose the wrong load range as I haul A LOT of Camping gear in my fullsize Tahoe.

[@TheLoneWolfling]

I know this channel is most focused on offroad. I'd be interested to hear opinions on tires for winter rural road & highway driving.

[@ashleylawrence3691]

SECOND THIS!!!

[@klinatoc]

Michelin defender ltx m/s should be close to the top of the list in this category

[@lornebaxter4640]

What a great, educational video. Its great that Falcon is offering so many different strength choices in their tires. Now the AT4W just came on my radar for my diesel truck. For a future vid, i would love to hear opinions on skinny vs wide tires. In a daily use / off road scenario. Deep gravel and muddy back roads. I suspect you have some great opinions on that subject.

[@OutdoorAuto]

Skinny vs wide is in the works…

[@Na0uta]

Either the falkin wildpeak at3w/4w or toyo open country at 3. They have superb capabilities and really good tread life. You can get stronger side walls on them too. I think the toyo are rated around 65k miles with similar for the falkin.

[@lovethomassowell]

Very well done. I am an off-road newbie with a 5th gen 4runner ORP and looking to upgrade from the stock Bridgestones for some non-technical gravel roads in Utah. 85% pavement princess tho

[@kevinjames1066]

I really appreciate the info and you for making it available

[@Sungie264]

Im a tire geek now.

[@magic71]

very educational, thank you!

[@BriickTX]

Great educational video. I'm gonna start binging your content. Subscribed! What would you consider is currently the best A/T tire for Texas? Itll be on a 2500 Cummins. Specifically Highway/wet/mud? Snow is out the window since it might snow one day out of the year down here.

[@MatthewC137]

"Rugged Terrain" is new to me. When the heck did that segment come out? Anyway I'm new to your channel and I dig it (subscribed). Can you or anyone else reading this recommend a road biased AT that has a strong sidewall? At the moment I'm looking at the Yokohama Geolandar A/T4 with its Geo-Shield technology.

[@walkaboutmotors]

Great videos! Love Falken. The entire line. I’ve found that I can get anywhere I could with BFG K02/KM3’s BUT WITHOUT having to air down the Falkens!!!! Question: I fly into some of the Idaho backcountry airstrips this year like Moose Creek, Big Creek, Johnson Creek, etc. and I fell in love with Idaho. My question is about the off road trails and are there good trails to ride and how technical do they get? Or are they basically gravel/dirt road like the roads going to Big Pine?

[@gerrymatheson4020]

Great video... I do wish, just to be more apples to apples (visually anyway) that you had used the same size (in width and height) for each of the examples...

[@trailrunnah8886]

To me, the tread of the Rubitrak actually looks more aggressive than the AT4W. I recently saw one in person and was surprised at how aggressive it looked. It just looks like the tread voids are a little bit bigger, though the At4w has possibly more biting edges with the shapes of the tread. Personally, I've never cared for the look of the sidewall on the at3w, the 4w is a little bit better, but I still don't care for it. I think the Rubitrek and RT look much better.

[@kevinjames1066]

Very educational thanks

[@zr2dad5]

i shopped specifically by road noise. super swampers for the serious off road and at3w for the daily. the swampers are amazing. the wild peaks are amazing. eventually the wild peaks will ear out and i'll go for the at4w. or the rt. whatever.

[@plainairbarnettsoutdoors]

Thank you from your head's up last week. What is your Falken MT mileage experience?

[@haroldneaus6225]

Great video

[@xninjasuitx8029]

Which is best for the mall parking lot terrain? MT stands for Mall Terrain, right? 😏

[@RunPoncho]

Went with the Wildpeak AT4W from stock on my F-150 and gotta say living in the PNW so far not impressed with the rain handling at all.

[@MissouriAdventures]

Any chance you’ll do a review of Patagonia tires? I see a lot of people run them but I have questions about those tires.

[@MasonCrivelli]

Could you look into the new Cooper Stronghold? I think it's there to now replace the at3 xlt

[@TheCajunGaijin]

I've been eyeballing the AT4W in 35x11.5/17 for my next tire. Since it's not an LT and 10lb lighter than the 35x12.5/17 but about the same weight as a 285/75/17 in Duraspec C load. But supposedly one inch taller. I kind of wonder though. Never seen someone with true measurements.

[@TheCajunGaijin]

So for the bead grips you run them with spacers on the Land Cruiser? I've been wanting a set but have no interest in the spacers. I have a feeling with a drum sander on a drill the lip for the hub cap would be just enough to make them fit on the landcruiser hubs. Because the width and offset seems to be fine for a flareless 80.

[@kianhonng2783]

Could u kind recommend me tyre that suits me? I'm getting a DMax soon as my daily and for lifestyle, I don't do offroad/towing/hauling etc, only for city/highway driving on paved road. I want AT tyre for the aggressive look but I want the absolute best grip on dry paved road and especially wet road because I get wet road very often and I drive kinda fast. The Dmax comes with 18inch rim.

[@bblake208]

Nice videos man. Where are you based out of? We loved having the at3w on our Cherokee before we sold it and we have wanted to get another set for our minivan or truck. Any chance you could review or shoot me some feedback of the at4w compared to the nitto ridgegrapplers?

[@randyletourneau3430]

I have a Tacoma and I plan on towing a light RV (3k to 5k lbs) with a tongue weight of 400-500 pounds. Would you suggest an HD if that is my goal?

[@OutdoorAuto]

No you are probably fine with a load D tire… that isn’t that much weight and Tacoma’s don’t have that much torque…

[@710Overland]

What do you think about the Baja boss ATs??

[@3Betzman]

I've got them on 03' Tundra, 265/75/16 and they're very good. Just a little louder than the Toyo AT3's I had bud definitely better in the rain.

[@hryhorysakdan]

I have a 5th gen 4Runner that I take out to Colorado once a year. Next year when I retire I hope to spend more time out there. I just bought the AT4 E load tires. Now I’m second guessing whether I should have gotten the lighter version for better on road comfort and performance. They are the same weight so I went with the E tire. What do you think?

[@missingremote4388]

I use E load 32" on my suburban × 30 years. Factory suspension BFgoodrich☆Bridgestone☆Continental. They are fine the stiff sidewall allowed me to drive from New Jersey to Washington DC on a flat tire ( without even knowing) turns out I had a cracked aluminum front wheel. 1995 4X4 454 GMC I use to live in Colorado, lakewood, but now in Wisconsin

[@LoveLikeaHurricane]

A/T = 75 road/25 terrain; tow with this one R/T = 50 road/50 terrain M/T = 25 road/75 terrain

[@ryandoyle4344]

Is the Rugged Trail tire, equivalent to hybrid type, or are there multiple types of hybrids? My Falken experience dates back to the fk451.

[@kevinstarski1598]

Just a hybrid/mix...to bridge the gap between mud and all terrain. Really important category that has been shockingly ignored for way too long.

[@a.a.carpenter754]

Is a rugged terrain tire and a hybrid tire the same? Thanks for the help.

[@OutdoorAuto]

Pretty much... before the tire industry kind of settled in on the RT catagory a lot of companies were calling them hybrids

[@broncobill3902]

I wish more manufacturers made more ***(edit: all terrain or rough terrain) SL tires. I’ve tried E rated tires on my mid size SUV and I find the on road ride harsh and when aired down they don’t conform to the terrain as well. I’m looking at getting the NITTO recon grapplers 275/65 R20 SL (34.1 dia). I have high hopes. 🤞🏽

[@J_Medlin]

SL are highly common tires, they are used on cars and crossovers. Why would you not just run a C load range tire? SL is for people who don't drive on anything but pavement in a sedan.

[@broncobill3902]

@@J_Medlin C or even D would be fine but they are very hard to find in 33”-35” sizes……at least in the top tear brands…..I haven’t shopped the lesser known brands. It seems like all MT’s and RT’s are load E or F and just a few AT’s are anything but E. Sure you can find a lot of all weather SL tires but they are basically street tires like you said.

[@trailrunnah8886]

Agreed! I'm trying to pick out tires for my 4Runner, and most of the sizes that I want are an E load. I think an SL or XL is really fine for most daily drivers that also see occasional trail use, but something in the middle would be nice. Unfortunately not many are available in a C load for a 17" wheel.

[@Noypi]

R/T for me little loud but i don’t mind it

[@user-tj3yi9zj4m]

Do you find that there is a fundamental difference between tires that come OEM vs those from a store? Like a set of AT3w from a factory new jeep, vs a set of AT3Ws that I buy from Discount Tires? Thanks!

[@OutdoorAuto]

It is different from brand to brand… some OEM tires are their own skew and different and some are exactly the same…

[@user-tj3yi9zj4m]

@@OutdoorAuto cool man. great work on these videos. I learn a crazy amount every time i watch. it is a ton of work you do to get us these videos. thanks!

[@Good-luck-Jonathan]

Falken are always too heavy. Until they work on that and fix that problem no Bueno.

[@BsurfChillin]

What fits socal sand, beach w occasional rains..?

[@missingremote4388]

ReVO 3 all-terrain by bridgestone tire

[@rjm7168]

Felt like a Faulken commercial. Been subscribed for a while but just not into the long winded learning experience. I would be more interested if you were quicker with comparative data that revealed something relatively unknown but yiu seem to be geared toward the newly indoctrinated rather than even the limited experienced. I know what tires I will run. They are BFG K02 AT light truck tires (10 ply). They are not noisy and work well where I go which is the dry west mountains and deserts.

[@OutdoorAuto]

Thanks for the feedback... I make videos for a lot of different people... I have fast paced videos on tires, I also have long teaching videos... you as a viewer get to pick.

[@rxibot]

My EV tire is 8ply on the sidewall. That means this tire is a piece of s*** compared to my EV tire and all's I care about is that it's doing better than the stock tire. What a failure of a entire group of tires. Because if they're beginning line is worse than what might EV does then there is no reason to even look any further. Failure of a tire for EV

[@OutdoorAuto]

No it isn’t… an 8 ply rated tire has 8 cap plys … your sidewall plus are a different number and will be 2 ply.

[@rxibot]

@@OutdoorAuto boy with all your talk I hope you're right. But I'm about to investigate tomorrow to make sure that my tire is worse. I thought eight ply was bad because that was what my tire was at. So I'm hoping by all means that you're wrong. Otherwise it shows how ignorant the entire tire industry is. And how much I don't trust anybody anymore. I want to be able to go off-road just a little bit not to worry about all the shale rocks out here where I live. They do nothing but slice the sidewalls wide f****** open! So I hope you're right. I seriously pray to God himself that you are right and that I am not seeing 8 ply when I investigate my tire.

[@Bekkies17]

​​@@rxibotwhat are you on about? You do realise not even Semi Truck tyres have 8 sidewall plies. What you are looking at is the tread plies. And just because a tyre has a diffrent rating does not mean one is better than the other, they are for different use cases. Way more to choosing tyres than just based on the amount of tread or sidewall plies