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What is the best looking and best performing 3 peak rated tire?

You guys get slammed with snow out there, kind of jealous to be honest.

To be clear, I'm not trying to argue with you, you're just the first person I've talked to who likes their performance in the snow.
 
I had a 2018 Power Wagon and the duratracs did ok in the snow. I swapped it for AT3 XLTs and I felt the performed better. I live in Anchorage and drive in snow all the time. When I replace tires on my 2022 I will get them again.


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I couldn't get duratracs in the size/load range I needed for my 3500, went with Toyo AT3s. Only have 3k miles on them in the dry WY summer, so no report on performance yet, but digging the looks so far.
 

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Been very happy with AT3Ws , they do very good in the snow. Obviously not as good as a true winter tire, but as good or better than ko2 or duratracs(had all 3 on my last truck). They stay quiet and perform well in snow even towards EOL(duratracs do not).
A lot of Pictures I’ve seen don’t do them justice, but they look pretty good in person.
I may consider Grabber ATX next just to change it up/try something new.
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watican said:
I couldn't get duratracs in the size/load range I needed for my 3500, went with Toyo AT3s. Only have 3k miles on them in the dry WY summer, so no report on performance yet, but digging the looks so far.
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I ran the AT3's for two winters on my 1500, constant trips in and out of the mountains in all conditions. They did an excellent job.
 
2 people have mentioned General Grabber ATX, I ran a set on my Duramax 2500 as winter tires, plowed and drove a lot in snow in NH. I was really impressed with them. They are a very good value and excellent in snow even if they don't carry the style points of some of the other brands.
 
Might be good if he’s leaving paved roads. His trailer looks lifted, avatar looks like a boon docking spot?
 
Grateful Dad said:
Might be good if he’s leaving paves roads
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No, definitely not. That would be the worst place. A lot of gravel road would cause rocks to fly big time and the heavy tread would cause much higher rolling resistance in mud or deep snow. Pavement would be the least detrimental to performance with these heavy treads.
 
Dean2 said:
No, definitely not. That would be the worst place. A lot of gravel road would cause rocks to fly big time and the heavy tread would cause much higher rolling resistance in mud or deep snow. Pavement would be the least detrimental to performance with these heavy treads.
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I’ll disagree with your first statement. Those tires will undoubtedly increase rolling resistance no matter the terrain and may indeed flings some rocks but if your off pavement enough the sidewall protection will absolutely be worth it. Those sidewalls will take a rock gash better than any ST tire on an RV.
 
Grateful Dad said:
I’ll disagree with your first statement. Those tires will undoubtedly increase rolling resistance no matter the terrain and may indeed flings some rocks but if your off pavement enough the sidewall protection will absolutely be worth it. Those sidewalls will take a rock gash better than any ST tire on an RV.
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You dont need heavy lug tires to get the tougher sidewalls than a trailer tire, if that is what you need. That said, I cannot imagine towing a travel trailer in rock fields aggressive enough for tougher sidewalks to be needed. Travel trailers are not exactly built in a robust manner. For off road work you better buy a specialised off road trailer like the Aussies and Canada uses. If you do that with a regular travel trailer you will shake it to pieces in short order.
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You dont need heavy lug tires to get the tougher sidewalls than a trailer tire, if that is what you need. That said, I cannot imagine towing a travel trailer in rock fields aggressive enough for tougher sidewalks to be needed. Travel trailers are not exactly built in a robust manner. For off road work you better buy a specialised off road trailer like the Aussies and Canada uses. If you do that with a regular travel trailer you will shake it to pieces in short order.
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You raise good points but I’ve seen sidewalls cut by an errant sharp rock on groomed dirt and gravel roads, off-road doesn’t have to mean rock fields. Sure, you can buy heavy, thick sidewall trailer tires….the load rating on those are probably way overkill and will ride like crap on or off road cuz the trailer ain’t heavy enough which will also bounce and rattle the crap out of it.

And yes, travel trailers are not built very robust, I have one (owned a few). Toy haulers aren’t built significantly tougher and most are not hauling their toys to a paved parking lot……….

But I digress, I wouldn’t buy those tires and I didn’t. I’m merely speculating why a fellow member did……..maybe he’ll chime in and share?!
 
Now that ya’ll are done speculatin, no its not for show. Rolling resistance will be minimal as they are actually only slightly bigger and wider than the stock tires & wheels. this trailer is not a pavement queen and yes it’s built to take off road situations which we do every time it goes out. Its a four season off-road rated trailer built by Northwood and spends a lot of time in the Mojave Desert which is full of lava rock and other things that destroys ST tires, it’s crossed desert washes which are hard to do with ST tires at times especially if there’s water. It’s been on beaches where tires will bog down, in fact it will be in Pismo in December.

ST tires are actually crap, only held to safety standards written in 2000 while vehicle tires are held to updated safety standards passed in 2020. I had Goodyear Endurance, supposedly the best trailer tires you can buy, bs they are crap and I blew one and three days later a wheel weight went through the tread of another. If it was for looks it sure wouldn’t have this setup on it. Those wheels are rated for 3400 lbs and the tires are 10 ply @ 2900 lbs. hope this clears up any assumption.
 
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I am running the Falken AT3Ws up here in New England. I am not 100% sure what you dislike about the look but I can imagine it's the less aggressive sidewall design, which I also dislike. That said, they have performed better than any of the other RT/MT tires I've run in the winter here. I've taken them on the highway to pick someone up from the airport in Boston just after a snowstorm when the roads were trash, rain, even off road on packed snow and ice, and they handle great. I wish they were stud-able, but that's about my only gripe outside wishing they looked more aggressive. NH, VT, ME during the winter months can be no joke, but they have treated me amazing, and they aren't terrible to balance (for a 37x17 anyway) and seem to be wearing well. Just make sure you rotate them as you would anything else (I'll admit I'm not doing a great job of that).
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How tall are your 37 falken at3w?
 
I don’t need 3 peak but the two tires im looking at are 3 peak

Falken At3w and toyo at iii

Toyo cost a little more and weigh 8lb less/ea

Falken have 2/32” deeper tread depth
 
Dean2 said:
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Do you think 37 inches might be a pretty reasonable guess. If you want exact to the tenth of an inch Google will darn quick give you the exact specifications. Has the world really become this lazy and/or ????
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Geeze dude, you must be fun at parties. Maybe he was asking because the two of us are rather active on these forums and he trusts my response? I'm not gonna give you too hard a time because I see you're new here, and you've got a second gen that fills me with joy, but you don't gotta start dick measuring with sub 10 posts, wait till you hit 50 for that.
 
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