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Another vote for the Cooper AT3 as a good all season highway tire. Also another vote for pizza cutters.

I have a double-cab short bed 2014 TRD Off Road. I'm running Toyo Open Country MTs. They have good manners up to 105 or so. I've considered switching to the BFG AT .. probably for your situation, my first choice

Got a question for you ... any problems cornering HARD with the damn ABS / VSC engaging? Mine has put me in the ditch twice and, on a somewhat sharp corner on the interstate, locked up once pretty near putting me into the concrete center divider. The driver next to me appeared to, er ... "soil himself" . I might have, too, but I was way way way too busy trying to keep from killing us all to take time out for that. I've complained to the dealership and they say it is not fixable, they have employees with similar trucks and the same problem which they can't resolve.

Tom

Another vote for Michelin LTX M/S version.

In 03 my then brand new truck came with Goodyear and I had to change them within 50K, at the time Costco had a great sale on Michelin LTX's M/S so I tried them. They worked great being quite on the road but tough enough for off-road, every hunting season I run the crap out of my truck for several months and 1000's of miles and these tires take it.

I have gotten over 60k+ from each set and had usable tread on each set I replace but have a rule of not starting a fall hunting season with tires that have 60K or more miles on them so every couple of years I get new tires around labor day.

This past fall I looked at the Defender's but went back to the Michelin LTX's M/S this is my 5th set on my Dakota and at 307K miles it may be it's last

General Grabbers

I ran BFG Rugged Trail tires on my Tacos and they did good on/off road and lasted a long time.

Brad- now that you've had the Michelin Defenders for a few months, how do you like them?

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Absolutely wonderful tires.

This early spring after I got them I drove home from Billings to Bozeman in a virtual whiteout on I90 with blowing accumulating snow (turned to ice) on the highway. Absolutely awful conditions. Traction was incredible given the conditions.

You may know the stretch along the Yellowstone between Big Timber and Livingston

Brad, good to know. I have new tires in the near future for my F150 and these are at the top of the list.

How are the Defenders in mud? Do they clean out at all?

Heck, if they kept you on the road in that wind, let alone a whiteout, they must be good!

I'm about to get a new set for my 2014 regular cab, I'm thinking of 235 85r16's has anyone ran that size on their second generation Taco?

Not much. They are a highway tire. I put a set on my Ram 2500 almost 40k miles ago. I think they will go another 10-15k before I'm ready to replace them. Will use them again, but I have no need for an all terrain tire anymore. I have a Honda Pioneerto play in the mud with.

I think you can only get those in a 10 ply. Pretty stiff heavy tire, especially for a regular cab. might look at the 265/75R16 load range C (6 ply). They will fit on a standard factory Toyota 7" wide wheel.

Thanks

I would actually not recommend those. I have them, and have had a pile of them for years on different vehicles. They're not good on wet paved roads. I won't be buying another set.

They're ok in snow, good in sand, bad in mud.