Light Truck Tyres

why not include hankook dynapro's into your decision

Yikes, lost confidence in BFG's is like losing confidence in the Cruiser !!

We have Toyo's, Open Country LT, and no complaints, lots of gravel, some dirt . Can hear them, but not intrusive. Only puncture was a large bent nail in outback WA ......... Laverton.

Cheers
Jim

Toyo’s are good had one set of them as are Nitto which are made by Toyo. They are the best tyre I have run to date, have had two sets in their Trail Grappler model which is a mild muddy and about to get another set but thinking I will get the aggressive AT model which I think they call Ridge Grappler.
Hold their shape and balance really well. The other tyre I am considering is the Maxxis RAZR as they have a similar tread style but I am preferring to run with the Nitto as I have a lot of confidence in them and no punctures to date with them.

I am running 285/75/16 on a 79 cruiser fyi

Have been using Toyo AT II’s on a 79 s/cab for at least 3 years, with only 2 flats, due to sidewall damage. Did Canning in Aug ‘19, and a 10K km trek through SA, WA & NT in mid 2019. I haven’t worn any out yet, that I can recall. They seem to handle okay & don’t appear to chip much on gravel tracks. No doubt I’ll purchase more of the same in near future, but really impressed with the performance of the Open Country MT’s, so may go that way too.

Re BFG AT’s, I had those on an HDJ80 wagon, when we lived on a station down the Diamantina River. Probably only 1 flattie in over 250K clicks, spanning 12 years or more, but the tread chipped badly on the gravel roads, and I rarely achieved better than 30-35K out of them.

Bob

Hi Ross

First of all, you will never regret going for the Toyo, they are a brilliant tyre.

Now for my thoughts......

Prior going to Toyo AT 11 LT, I WAS A Bridgestone man, they were a great tyre, great on the dirt, quiet on the bitumen........but were not good on mileage.

I would never let them go below 50% tread life, but that was at a dismal 30k

We did have BFG on the camper and were hearing good report on how good they were.......

Our Bridgestone had well over 50% tread left and headed up to Lawn Hill, via the Birdsville Track. When we got to Birdsville, the car tyres were perfect, not one mark on them.....but not the same for the camper, the BFG were so badly chipped it was a total joke and I knew I was not going to put them now on my Prado.

Made comments here on the forum and the usual tyre experts here said it was nothing to do with the tyres, but because they were on the camper.........which I knew was total crap.

Swapped over to the Toyo as a trial, as they were at the time over $100 cheaper per tyre, including new Toyo’s on the camper, same type...

The tyres have performed faultlessly, including the Tanami, Duncan Road, Flinders Ranges, Central Arnhem Highway, Cape York, Birdsville Track, Strezelecki Track plus countless other dirt and rocky tracks, with the camper in tow.

The tyres are still over 50% tread ware...but have travelled 60k,

If I only drove on bitumen, and they continued to ware the same, I would be looking at 110k?......give or take, something totally impossible with my Bridgestone.

Unfortunately due to age and not ware, I will be getting new tyres soon and will go Back to the Toyo AT11, without even looking at another brand.

As for the Toyo on my camper, they have travelled all the above tracks and are like new, not one mark on the, which shows how superior they are over the BFG that chipped so bad.

Yes Toyos are good, but for the same money why not consider Goodyear Wrangler Mud Terrain tyres[/url] They are tough as and have kevlar belting in the sidewalls. But best of all they have a warranty that if you get a puncture that's not legally repairable you get pro-rata replacement.

I got three new tyres, for $314 only a few weeks ago, under warranty. Without the warranty it would have been a touch under $1200.

It's not a gimmick, the warranty works. I've been a GWMT user for 9 years and must be Beaurepaires 'favourite' customer.

Ross I'm a big wrap for the Toyo tyres. While I use the Open Country MT I have expedition experience with most variants.

My review of 10 years of Toyo experience here;

TOYO OPEN COUNTRY MT REVIEW

Cheers. Mick

Hi Mick, a belated Happy New Year etc.

Yes warranty is honoured. While technically it's illegal to drive on patched/plugged tyres, they realise one needs to get home.
I had an argument with a tyre store manager about this matter way back. After one of Equinox's desert runs, I turned up with tyres that did have plugs sticking out, one was almost porcupine-like. He reckoned I shouldn't have driven on them, and wouldn't honour the warranty because I had driven illegally. I said that if that was the case the next time I would ring him so he could come out in the desert to bring new tyres. He got quite animated, shouting and waving his arms around saying he would look into it.
After about 3 weeks still no tyres. I complained to Beaurepaires Public Relations, saying he was a poor ambassador for the brand and was holding up my warranty on tyres, etc.

They apologised, air-freighted three tyres for me and within days he no longer worked for them.

I reckon I have had 20 plus tyes over the years pro rata replaced this way.

So they honour the warranty and the customer is always first.

G'day Ross, I've been running Toyo M55's for a number of years now and my only tyre wreckingpuncture has been in side wall. A puncture through the tread will see you having problems getting your tyre reamer into it as the plies are that tough. I have a spare that I was forced to use coming out of the Hay River Track that had an old plugged puncture situated between the side wall and first line of side wall reinforcement below the tread and it withstood all the horror-gations between Batton Camp and the Plenty Highway and then faster speeds on various road surfaces and conditions into Alice. The plug is still sticking out of the tyre and it has never leaked. So to say I'm an advocate for them is an understatement.

They are also a good road tyre and not that noisy and handle the wet well.

Cheers

I recently fitted the Toyo RT’s in that size to our Patrol Cab chassis . Have only used them on bitumen & one drive on a wet dirt road so far , but I have no complaints . Compared to the Bridgestone D697’s (AT’s) they replaced they needed far less weights to balance, which I thought a good sign, were a bit cheaper, & have the stronger sidewalls I wanted. They are a tiny bit noisier than the AT’s, but far quieter than any MT’s. I’m optimistic that I’ll get as least as good mileage from them that I got from the Bridgestone, but only time will tell.

I also lost confidence in BFG’s. 3 sets of Yokohamas later, I am a convert (2 x geo 12, 1 x geo 15).
Excellent on road, they don’t seem to chip, and they have the same puncture warranty as the other Japanese brand, toyo - I have not had a puncture in 3 sets though.

Got toyo rt's on my Toyota ute getting a lot of heel and toe.....all terrain next time

Just purchased a set of the Falken Wildpeak AT3w (265/75/16) for our upcoming trip - Hoping to get a full life from these tyres