Which one should I go with, or should I go with something total diff? Im mainly going to use these for highway miles. I live in Alaska so I have quiet a bit of snow and ice. I will be moving to Tennessee in about 6 months, so I want something I can use down there. I will be driving from Alaska to Tennessee so I need something duriable. One last thing. I have a 05 SCREW 4X4. I want to fit 35s on. Do I need a leveling lift in the front or should I put put a lift all the way around. I also have to take in consideration that I will be hauling a trailor on my trip. Ive also read that 35s have horible gas milage. So should I go with 33s? Im running an AF1 intake and an Evo in my truck if that has any bearing on the tires I should go with.

Thanks
David

 

Yeah, you need a leveling kit to fit 35's on a stock 4x4.

 

Pulling a trailer from Alaska to Tennesse I would go with 33" tires if you don't plan to re-gear. Big loss in power with the 35's, even heading downhill!! Beautiful country up there, I was at Elmendorf way back in 1973!

 

Which one of the tires would you go with? I want something agressive but something thats not terribly loud or that will wear quikly on the highway.

Thanks
David

 

i wnt with the 33x12.5 cooper s/t. they are a little louder than stock but youll soon get used to it. mine have like 25k on them and still look great.

 

I just dont want anything thats too loud since I will be driving it across the country. Anyone have any ideas for other tires that would be comparable?

Thanks
David

 

I just got some 285/70/17 Toyo OpenCountry A/T's. They are almost the same as Nitto TerraGrapplers. After 3 weeks of driving on them I am very happy. We have had 6" of snow and 1/2" of ice and these tires hookup no matter what. They are also comparable to stock tires in the noise department. Check out this site www.td4l.com. Hope this helps.

 

I've had Cooper's in the past and were satisfied with them, all I can speak for now is a set of BFG 315x70x17 AT's and I also have a set of Toyo 285x70x17 AT's, both of these are great tires for everyday use, minor offroading and are great for towing. Have pics in my gallery of both tires shown on my truck. BFG's are 35" and the Toyo's 33".

 

The Toyo's wear extremely well on road. Just put a set of 10 ply Mastercraft Courser C/T's on (made by cooper and almost exact same tread pattern as the S/T). So far in about 6" of snow they've handled very well and on dry road they do great. They are a little noisy, but turn the stereo up a little and don't notice it much any more

 

Thanks for advice its really helping. FTruck05, Im looking on the site. There are 3 Open Country ATs in that size. Do you know the diffrence between the 3?

Thanks
David

 

Ill check but I think 1. is white outlined letters 2. is black letters and 3. is 10ply

 

So these are the options

117T OWL

121S OWL

126S E10

I know for sure that OWL stands for Outlined White Letters and E10 is 10ply. The 10 ply will be a little stiffer but I dont know the difference between the other 2. I just got the cheapest ones(117T).

 

Thanks for the info.

David