Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Cooper Discoverer AT/3 Tires. Any good?

53k on gravel is dang good.

coopers.......a gravel road in the states is consiterd a fine paved road in these parts. period.

These are very popular around here.



Cooper ST/Maxx(?).

I have a set on the farm pickup. They are susposed to have a harder or long wearing thread compound. At least that what Bob the tire master told me. He said alot of oil field are using them.

My cowboy buddy has a set on his brand new 1-ton Chevy and he drives more gravel than anyone.
They are a little stiff and might get squirrely with a half ton, maybe they make one with less plies. Work great on heavier pickups though. We will see how they last.

It seems the BFG AT's rule in the west Texas mesquite country and on caliche rock roads with oil field pumpers. A 20% price reduction would make them the perfect tire.

Keep the tires, look for a new truck.

I was basically a life long fan of BFG Long trails,

With my truck getting up in age I decided to save a little money and I went the Coopers. Seems to be an OK tire, but noisier than I prefer.

I think I have AT-3 on a Tahoe now, but will have to look. It's the the second set of Cooper shoes the 'Hoe has worn. Also have Coopers on a 87 Chevy 4WD and had 2 sets on a '99 Mercury Grand Marquis. 0 problems.

Am about 30K miles into my first set of Coopers on the 2001 Dodge 3/4 ton Cummins, which works hard on differing surfaces and so far, so good with the Coopers.

Rooster that's actually pretty good.

BFG All Terrain's are good for your purposes. On my Tundra I had Yokohama Geolander AT/S. Uncle Dusty told me they're a good tire too, and I've never know Uncle Dusty to be wrong.

I picked up a set for my 2004 2500 just last week. I was really only looking for a new set to get me through this winter till I order a new truck next spring. So far they seem decent enough, but we'll see how they hold up.

Not the AT3, but have had mixed results from ATR and HTR's. We had a set of the HT's on a 2wd Grand Cherokee that performed great. Had some ATR's on a F-150 that never gave me any issues, but sold the truck when they had about 30,000 on the tires.

I put a set of ATR's on my Tacoma that were about perfect for 20,000 miles. After that I had to have them re-balanced at each rotation and they got slipperey on wet pavement even though they still had tread. I probably could have gotten at least 50,000 out of them, but ran over something and ruined 1 tire at 45,000. I just bought 4 new ones. I ALMOST went with the Firestone Destination AT, but would have had to order them. Found a set of BFG Rugged Terrain's. Not to be confused with the Rugged Trails that come from the factory. No compliants, but they were about $250 more for the set.

While the Coopers might not last quite as long, they are cheaper. My truck will be at about 130,000 next time I need tires. I may decide to go with a less expensive tire at that time.

Turned out to be HT on it now. Had AT previously. I like the HT.

I brought a tire down to get fixed at the station here by work and the guy was really bragging up the Dynapro Hankook ATm 10 ply tires. They look BA. Did a small amount of research and they seem to get good reviews for traction, treadlife and noise. Also reasonable price.

Another one to consider.

I've used several sets on different trucks. All good.

Steve.

Those are the tires I've got on my 06 Chevy 1/2 ton. So far (maybe 15,000) they've been great! Before this set I had Cooper Discoverer ST's on there and got 60,000 out of them. The BFG's on my Dodge are wearing fast, and I'll likely put a set of the ST Maxx's on there.

Don't know about the AT3, but have had a set of LSX on my truck for over a year.
Smooth, quiet, good wear(so far), no issues

I put four on my 2000 Tundra last year and they are providing good service with no drama. They are a bit noisier than my last Goodyear's, but not terrible.

jim

Get the Firestones. The Destination is an excellent tire. Way better than any Cooper made. Nice, soft and excellent mileage tire. You won't be disatisfied. A little pricey but you'll be rewarded.