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alright, this is my short review on the falken wildpeak AT, also called the Falken Rocky Mountain AT (discount tires name for the tire, exact same tire)
I have ran BFG AT before, as well as some random brand M+S mud tire. some cheap no name tire.
This is just a quick run through on my thoughts. Anything specific you want to know, reply here and i will go more in depth.
By far my favorite tire. way better than anything else ive ever run for the conditions i run in.
Highway/Daily driving:
Absolutely amazing. stupid quiet. these things are so damn quiet you could have your head sticking out the window, and you still wouldn't hear them. incredibly smooth as well. blew my mind how snooth and quiet they are.
Dry gravel/Dirt roads:
TONS of bite on gravel and dirt. they hook up so well, I actually had to apply quite a bit of throttle to get them to spin when taking corners. these tires made driving the backroads so much more fin, and confident.
Wet Gravel/Dirt:
on wet gravel and dirt roads, that have maybe 1-3" of loose gravel/mud on them, these things are insanely good as well. zero issues with sliding sideways at speed. they dont throw large chunks of mud either like a mud tire would, so that was kinda nice as well. zero need for 4x4 in those situations. Where before, id need 4x4 to keep the truck in a straight line. these tires clean incredibly well, and bite down hard.
snow/slush on road:
in snow and slushy conditions on the highways, the things do very very well. wont be as good as a true dedicated winter tire, but who cares, i aint buying an extra $1000 set of tires just for winter lol. the slushy conditions are not an issue as the tread design lets the wet snow escape.
snow offroad:
hitting the loose powder drifts off road, or the deep hard pack snow these things are pretty damn good as well. they love loose powder. they just eat right through it. However, the deeper hardpack snow they are not the greatest. not the worst either though. better than the BFG's for sure. almost got stuck when i sank in 2' of hard crusty snow, however with generous throttle, and sterring motions the tires were able to dig through it, and get me unstuck. so i say thats a success. With mud tires however, it would have dug through easier.
deep mud:
have not yet had these tires in anything deeper than 1' of mud. so i cannot comment on deep mud. However, in 1' they do pretty damn good as well. depending on your mud type, 4x4 may or may not be needed. For me, it was. we ahve clay mixed in with our mud up here, so 4x4 was needed. tires did clean very well though. no issues there. will hopefully get some really deep stuff this spring to test them in.
Overall impressions:
LOVE these tires. will never run any other tire again on a daily driven rig. I drive 140 miles a day for work (70 miles there, 70 miles back) so the insanely good on road manners of these tires make them an obvious choice. however i do not sacrifice offroadability either. win-win in my opinion. The tires come with a 50,000 mile tread wear warranty. I have about 18,000 miles on mine, and they are no where near half tread yet. they are so good in fact, that when i upgrade to 33's after my body lift, i'll be getting the exact same tires. And i do plan on doing a lot more offroading this year.
so, any specific questions on certain conditions, let me know and i will try to answer to the best of my ability. thanks.
I have ran BFG AT before, as well as some random brand M+S mud tire. some cheap no name tire.
This is just a quick run through on my thoughts. Anything specific you want to know, reply here and i will go more in depth.
By far my favorite tire. way better than anything else ive ever run for the conditions i run in.
Highway/Daily driving:
Absolutely amazing. stupid quiet. these things are so damn quiet you could have your head sticking out the window, and you still wouldn't hear them. incredibly smooth as well. blew my mind how snooth and quiet they are.
Dry gravel/Dirt roads:
TONS of bite on gravel and dirt. they hook up so well, I actually had to apply quite a bit of throttle to get them to spin when taking corners. these tires made driving the backroads so much more fin, and confident.
Wet Gravel/Dirt:
on wet gravel and dirt roads, that have maybe 1-3" of loose gravel/mud on them, these things are insanely good as well. zero issues with sliding sideways at speed. they dont throw large chunks of mud either like a mud tire would, so that was kinda nice as well. zero need for 4x4 in those situations. Where before, id need 4x4 to keep the truck in a straight line. these tires clean incredibly well, and bite down hard.
snow/slush on road:
in snow and slushy conditions on the highways, the things do very very well. wont be as good as a true dedicated winter tire, but who cares, i aint buying an extra $1000 set of tires just for winter lol. the slushy conditions are not an issue as the tread design lets the wet snow escape.
snow offroad:
hitting the loose powder drifts off road, or the deep hard pack snow these things are pretty damn good as well. they love loose powder. they just eat right through it. However, the deeper hardpack snow they are not the greatest. not the worst either though. better than the BFG's for sure. almost got stuck when i sank in 2' of hard crusty snow, however with generous throttle, and sterring motions the tires were able to dig through it, and get me unstuck. so i say thats a success. With mud tires however, it would have dug through easier.
deep mud:
have not yet had these tires in anything deeper than 1' of mud. so i cannot comment on deep mud. However, in 1' they do pretty damn good as well. depending on your mud type, 4x4 may or may not be needed. For me, it was. we ahve clay mixed in with our mud up here, so 4x4 was needed. tires did clean very well though. no issues there. will hopefully get some really deep stuff this spring to test them in.
Overall impressions:
LOVE these tires. will never run any other tire again on a daily driven rig. I drive 140 miles a day for work (70 miles there, 70 miles back) so the insanely good on road manners of these tires make them an obvious choice. however i do not sacrifice offroadability either. win-win in my opinion. The tires come with a 50,000 mile tread wear warranty. I have about 18,000 miles on mine, and they are no where near half tread yet. they are so good in fact, that when i upgrade to 33's after my body lift, i'll be getting the exact same tires. And i do plan on doing a lot more offroading this year.
so, any specific questions on certain conditions, let me know and i will try to answer to the best of my ability. thanks.