Tires for Overlanding: Selecting an All Terrain tire
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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Join us for episode two of our new educational series on Tires for Overlanding, where we review selecting various tires, driving and recovery, vehicle preparation, Tread Lightly, and more. For this second episode, we discuss the fundamentals of all-terrain tires for overlanding, including construction, lug design, and tread features for sand, rock, ice, snow, and wet conditions.
There is nothing like an all-terrain tire for long-distance adventure travel. The AT tire performs well in most conditions due to its very design, striking the compromise between wet, dry, tame, and technical terrain.
How to Select an All-Terrain Tire for Overlanding:
Select a tire that favors being taller than wider. This means choosing a tire with a 70-80% aspect ratio for a 17 inch rim (75-85% for a 16" wheel). A narrower tire reduces rolling and wind resistance and the taller aspect ratio improves ground clearance.
Select a slightly more open lug pattern to improve mud evacuation and stone ejection.
A chamfered profile will improve lug integrity and also reduce stone/mud retention.
Select an all-terrain with a light truck rating (LT) and two or three sidewall plies for durability. Ensure the load rating matches your GVWR.
Find an all-terrain with a three-peak mountain-snowflake rating for winter conditions. This will also improve wet pavement-stopping performance.
Avoid focusing only on tread life, as the longest-lived ATs will have a much harder rubber compound and less adhesion on pavement and dry rock.
Staged and sound-tuned lug profiles significantly reduce noise and fatigue for long trips.
Look for all-terrains with shoulder lugs to help improve side lug integrity and increase traction in mud and ruts.
All-terrain tires are more likely to pack with mud and clay.
All-terrain tires have reduced mechanical keying on rocks when compared with a mud tire 
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I’ve had a set of those Hankooks, they were ok. The best all purpose AT tires I’ve used were BFG AT 2s. They’re tough, quiet and long lasting. They don’t self clear red clay mud very well, that’s the only real problem.
BFGs are awesome tires too
If you like the bfg’s try the nitto ridge grapplers. They’re the quietest tire I’ve ever had on my truck
NItto seems to be tough and fast, these look good, I have found the Kenda Klever RT to be under rated tires that outperform.
We had good luck with the Kenda too, although I consider the Klever to be more of an XT (hybrid) than an AT
Why do you recommend the Light Truck variant? I am currently looking for 31x10.5x15 tires for a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero and most all tires in that size are load range C. I’m not sure if perhaps that’s the same as LT? Thanks!
Usually load range E would be light truck but load range C can also be light truck. You will have to check if it has the designation of LT (light truck) or P (passenger) from the manufacturer. This tells you the sidewall construction.
How do these compare with the Falken Wildpeak AT3W?
I am on my 2nd set of Falkens. I have had no issues in snow, mud, or sand.
Why do you recommend a light truck variant versus a passenger tire?
Due to the construction. Most P-rated tires will be a lighter-duty carcass construction with weaker sidewalls as well.
Those appeared to be “3D” sipes? So little dimples and corresponding nubs partway down the tread inside the sipes…those help with tread block integrity by letting the neighbor block support the next block. That should reduce tread squirm while cornering on the road
Great observation and added insight