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I have been using BF Goodrich KM2's 255 85 16's on my 2012 Toyota Tacoma.
They now have 49,700 miles on them and a few hundred more miles to them.
Not bad at all for a MT tire and they performed excellent in all scenarios mud, ice, rain, sharp rocks, ect.

I never expected them to last this long, 50k, but rotation every 5k helped in that.

That said, I am looking to replace them soon and am looking for more of quieter tire. Not that the KM2's were that bad,
I still may go back to them. It would take a very good reason to replace them with another brand.

I'm looking at Toyot MT's or Coopers ST's, Or?

Any here have experience with any other 255 85 16s?

I have the same exact tires on my 2009 Tacoma and they are excellent. If you are going to replace them with the same set, you may want to buy them quickly. BF Goodrich has discontinued this size and they are starting to become hard to find.

I've heard nothing but good things about the Toyo MT. I would've bought them myself if they weren't so expensive. I had a set of KM2s on my Grand Cherokee and got good mileage out of them as well but they weren't all that great in the winter.

I've been well pleased with Cooper AT/3's. I put a set of 265/75/16's on my 07 Tacoma about 1 1/2 years ago. They are about 1" taller and about the same width as the 265/70/16's that came from the factory. I put them on about a week before "Snow Jam 2014 hit north GA. They did better than any tire I've ever owned in snow and ice. They have done very well in mud. They are not a mud tire, but work as well as any AT in mud. I liked them well enough to put a set on my Wrangler last Fall.

They are rated as a 55,000 mile tire. I have 21,000 on them now and they still look new. Very quiet with good road manners.

Cooper was running an $80 rebate when I bought mine. After the rebate they were about 1/2 the cost of the BF Goodrich AT's

Photo of one on the Wrangler.

Ran a set of Toyo M55s in this size on my 3/4ton Ford. Favorite set of tires I've ever owned. Aggressive enough to work well in mud, snow, and rock but good manners on the pavement and pretty quiet. Couldn't find another set when I wore them out last winter, they may have discontinued them. I was certainly impressed by their performance and would run another set in a heartbeat if I could find them.

I was looking at the M55 too. Looks like a good tire.

I'm leaning toward the Cooper SST Maxxi also.

Thank you for the responses here.

Hercules AT2 is almost identical to the Cooper AT3 and has a great warranty and lower $. Many are not aware that Hercules is a Cooper line.

Toyo M55s are still available. I have the Cooper ST Maxx on my truck, the wife has the Toyo MT on hers. The ST Maxx behaves a bit better in the snow and ice. mtmuley

I liked the M55 for puncture resistance and long wear. A bud of mine who used to run a tire shop in logging country turned me onto them. He was always touting their ability to stand up to rock jabs and debris on skid roads, said he rarely saw one with a puncture. He claimed that the M55 had the toughest casing of any tire available today and that they were the only one Toyo would recap because of that. Said he'd seen more than one set sent in to be recapped 4 or 5 times before Toyo would refuse them. He said "they ride like steel and wear like iron", I didn't find either of those to be untrue.

My Taco is older and has 15" tires, my work truck is a HD 3/4ton Dodge. My AO is very hard on tires, but I run Toyo MTs year-round and have nothing but praise for their strength. They're not the best icy road tires, but do OK if used correctly. For every other terrain they rock. They're over built and heavy, and from what the Schwabs guys have told me, are even tougher than the M55 which is a legendarily tough tire.

You're ride quality and mileage might slip a little from what you're used to with the BFGs but if your first priority is a bomber tire with great traction, you won't regret the Toyo MT.............other than the bill. Or you could just buy another set of KM2s since you know what to expect.

I'll soon be getting a set of Cooper S/T MAXX 255/80/17s on my Tacoma. I usually run bridgestone revos but have read so many great reviews of the cooper MAXX that I'm going to give them a try.

Here is a pretty good review of them on tacomas: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/show-off-your-cooper-st-maxx.346956/

I read that the km2s are now discontinued in that size, so if you want another set, grab them. I just bought some for my jeep, but only have a few hundred miles on them.

I'd like to see a few hundred receipts faxed to BFG from customers who bought a different brand of tire just to keep using that size.

Bob, what did you get?

I run that size in BFG mudders in the winter- 10 ply but won't replace them when gone. The Toyos were over $300 each. If Cooper makes a tire in that size I would use it.

I just put new Hercules on my F350 and they seem to be really good.

Any modifications needed to run 255/85/16's on a current generation stock Tacoma? Was thinking perhaps it would be too wide and rub?

Here is more info on that than you would ever want:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/255-85-r16-owners-experience.155849/

I still haven't bought yet, the BFG's are still on at 58,000 miles. AND still looking good! I could probably get 65k from them.




I have Bilstein 5100s and add a leaf on the rear.

They run clean on this with the shocks set at their highest.

Real happy so far with everything.

Another vote for the Cooper AT3. We have had great luck and will finally need some new ones this year after 50k miles

I'm liking the AT3 on my Tacoma so far, but have only had them a few months. The cheapo GT Radial Adventuro mudders I had on it were the fastest-wearing and loudest mud tire I've ever used. About 11-12,000 miles wore them down by 40-45%. They might make it to 20K but probably won't offer much grip at that point. An E-rated tire shouldn't wear like that on a Tacoma. I put them on another set of wheels to use from Nov-Jan. You get what you pay for on tires sometimes. Changing over to the P-rated AT3 in the same size (265/75/R16) gained me about 2mpg also.

I went with the Toyo Open Country this time. I bought them a couple of months ago and have been waiting for my BFG's to wear down before I put them on.



My BFG KM2's had right at 30k miles and were wore down to about .26" tread depth. The mileage on them wasn't great, but that's to be expected on any M/T of this style. I probably would have bought another set had they not been discontinued. This size in a BFG A/T would be fantastic.