Falken Rocky Mountain AT-S tires SUCK in the snow.

[airmanwilliams]

Not sure what yall are talking about, Love my rocky mountain ats 32's. Been even playing in the snow a few times behind the dealership alittle and did fine for my little sidekick. Must be best for the smaller rigs.

 

[Maverick]

Do the Rocky Mountain ATS have the snowflake symbol on them?

BFG AT does, Toyo and Nitto's don't, but Toyo is still decent.

By the way, Duratrac's = Nitto's with chains (based on where 4wd was needed on final approach to the cabin).

Funny comment from my 80yo aunt as I was driving her and my parents up to the cabin Friday night. I had mentioned that these tires (Duratrac's) were great in the snow but would be reserved for winter use only since they wear out fast. She said something along the lines of, "well that's what we used to do in the old days before all this new technology came along." What's old is new again. (Oh, and she drives a '94 cruiser with all the lockers and stuff.)

 

[Tacoma]

Not sure what yall are talking about, Love my rocky mountain ats 32's. Been even playing in the snow a few times behind the dealership alittle and did fine for my little sidekick. Must be best for the smaller rigs.

Must be, because they suck on fullsize rigs. In fact, they suck worse than worn-out Big O XT's, which suck pretty bad in snow-- but I was STILL able to motor through frame-deep snow with those!! Spence and I nearly got stuck in like a foot of snow, on a dirt road, where other people clearly had no issues turning around. It actually makes me angry thinking about how pathetic the performance of these Rocky Mountains is.

 

[kmboren]

I have them on my 98 cummins Diesel and they do suck something Terrible in the snow. They were used on the truck when I got them and a total steering tire with zero sipping left. Maybe new they are better new but half way through they go to crap. Cannot get out of my pack snow driveway that is usually dirt without putting it in 4 wheel drive.

 

[LT.]

The other thing i noticed about the horrible falken tires is i lost miles per gallon. A good two miles per gallon or there abouts over my toyo ats. I will never own anoter set of falkens.

LT.

 

[spencevans]

As I was doing some light reading in my 3x3' library today, I was wondering about the Falken Tires. Mainly because they were reasonably priced in the Four Wheeler magazine I was reading and they had a cool advertisement. They seem to be a popular tire among Jeepers. It's is good to see other experience before I drop 1k on a new set of tires. It just sparked my interest for a brief moment. Then I got back to business.

I recently purchased a set of BFG's newest tire, the Rugged Terrain, for my 2005 Duramax. I would consider them an all terrain tire. They have been amazing in snow. They ride quiet and return good fuel mileage. They are ideal for daily driver that doubles as an expedition rig. I think BFG knocked it out of the park when they made the Rugged Terrain. I plan to get some Rugged Terrains for my G-wagon when my current tires wear out.

In the past I have had several sets of BFG KO's, but they did not perform as well on or offroad as the Rugged Terrains have so far. I look forward to seeing how the Rugged Terrains perform with 40-50K miles on them. I was always hard pressed to get 40k miles out of a set of the KO's. I am hoping to get 60-70k miles out of new Rugged Terrains.