Help with tire choice and why?

[Northwoodz]

Subject has been beaten to death I know, but.......Like the title says, I have narrowed down my tire choices to three in 245/65/17 for my 22 OB. Some input from real world owners would be great. Northern MI, ridiculous snow, very rare off roading if at all, mostly looks and snow. Your choice and why?

Toyo Open Country A/T III
BFG KO2
and Falken Wildpeak A/T3W

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[ohiooutdoors]

I personally love my open countries!

I am in the snowbelt here in Ohio and I was pleasantly surprised at how they are in the snow. On top of that I have been clearing a property so my wife and I could build our house. The property is 300-350ft of mud and ruts in the rain it trucked through and also in some freshly cleared areas the tires didnt even break a sweat. My property is 30% wetland and maple beech forest so you could imagine how sloppy it gets.

I took them on a hiking trip and same thing it was a 10 mile dirt road to the trail where I have traveled with a tuned GLI. I can say I made a quart of the way before finding a turn around in the GLI and this thing went the whole ten miles through water, dips, potholes and slop.

 

[Tigger]

I have the Toyo A/T III on my 22 OB. Here in Illinois we do not get as much snow as you but last year we had a foot dump on us and our out of the way subdivision did not see a plough for several days. The tires were great and I’m hoping it snows like that again as it was a blast!

edit: also, I kept mine at the 18’s

 

[Broncosprt57]

Checkout the vredestein pinza, I think you’ll be impressed.

however if you’re not doing off-roading and are more concerned with overall performance
The Michelin cross climate are probably the best tires out there.

 

[The YETI]

Toyo Open Country ATIII 245 17 45 here near Muskegon, MI…Been awesome in the heavy snow!

 

[13MikeH]

Affordability aside, the OEM spec add on Wildpeak AT are nice tires. It was one of my upgrades and they have handled everything from side streets, open highway, snow, ice, sand, mud over 17,000 miles.

 

[RSH]

Subject has been beaten to death I know, but.......Like the title says, I have narrowed down my tire choices to three in 245/65/17 for my 22 OB. Some input from real world owners would be great. Northern MI, ridiculous snow, very rare off roading if at all, mostly looks and snow. Your choice and why?

Toyo Open Country A/T III
BFG KO2
and Falken Wildpeak A/T3W

Doesn't the BS Outer Banks have 18 inch rims?

Assuming you're switching rim size
I believe running 245/65R/17 tires on a stock height BSOB will surely rub.

I have that size tire on my Badlands.
At full steering lock and front suspension fully compressed/articulated the tires can just kiss the backside of the inner fender well.

If you dont think you'll do any type of driving that will fully articulate the suspension, you might get away with it.

As far as tire make, I would pick the Falkens.
Toyos are hit or miss, some people love them, others hate them.
I wouldn't run K02's with the 1.5 engine.
K02's are heavy (10lbs each more than the Toyo's and 5lbs each more than the Falkens) it's just more mass to get rolling and to stop.

 

[Meanderthal]

Doesn't the BS Outer Banks have 18 inch rims?

Assuming you're switching rim size
I believe running 245/65R/17 tires on a stock height BSOB will surely rub.

I have that size tire on my Badlands.
At full steering lock and front suspension fully compressed/articulated the tires can just kiss the backside of the inner fender well.

If you dont think you'll do any type of driving that will fully articulate the suspension, you might get away with it.

As far as tire make, I would pick the Falkens.
Toyos are hit or miss, some people love them, others hate them.
I wouldn't run K02's with the 1.5 engine.
K02's are heavy (10lbs each more than the Toyo's and 5lbs each more than the Falkens) it's just more mass to get rolling and to stop.

There should not be any issue running 245/65/17 on any BS lifted or not (unless there is some other kind of modification).

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