Tires for Gulf Coast - Texas (no snow but lots of rain)?

Oskar_Z28 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 01:48 PM

OK, I spent alot of time reading about different tires on here, and there are some that people love because of mud / snow conditions. But I need something that will do well in the dry, and in torrential rain (no snow here). Currently I have 3 Dunlops and one heavy duty 12ply Bridgestone truck tire. The truck feels like on ice when it rains.

I had really good experience in the rain with BFGs ATs on my older truck, but when I priced these they were $200 each. I am looking at something cheaper yet still decent.

I looked at discount tire website and here are ones that I am interested in:

BFG Rugged Trail ~140 ea
BFG Long Trail ~140 ea
Yoko Geolander A/T ~150 ea
Continental Cross Contact LX ~140 ea

I also went to Costco, but they don't have a tire under $160.

Any comments on these or maybe others?

Key is - not too expensive, but good in rain.

TRDDunn · #2 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 10:23 PM

I just got BFG a/t's for my 07 but you said to expensive(great in rain) My wifes 06 has the Geolander a/t's and says they do well in rain also look great. She has 265/75/16. Hope it helps

TRDSport · #3 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 01:28 AM

I just bought a set of the Geolander A/T-S from tirerack.com. I got 275/70/16 and shipped to my door it was about $575. Each tire was $118 plus $102 for shipping. I checked discounttire.com to see what their total, out the door installed price was and it came to $720. I am going to be using one of tirerack's recommended installers and when all is said and done, I will have spent about $650.

I went with the Geolanders because I wanted good all around performance in all weather/road conditions plus they got great reviews on tirerack.com. I'll report back in a couple weeks after I get them mounted and I return from a 2000 mile road trip.

clifpaul · #4 (**permalink**) 08-23-2008, 02:55 AM

I had a set of the geolander at+2 (which the ats has superseded) on the GMC fullsize I traded in for my tacoma. They were pretty good tires for north Texas, so you should be happy with them on the coast. IMO.

Oskar_Z28 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008, 09:01 AM

Thanks for all comments. Although not on my original list, I ended up getting good deal on Michelin A/T 2s at $150 each, so went with those. It was a toss up between the geolander and these however. I will see how they do over time. The truck definately rides better than on Dunlops that were there before.