Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Falken Wildpeak A/T3W???

Has anyone used these tires? The reviews I've seen appear to be pretty complimentary.

I would like to know how they compare to the Michelin Defender LTX M/S in terms of road noise, mostly, but also ride and handling.

My off-roading is minimal and not something I do for fun, and my daily driver is now also my hunting truck (went from two pickups down to one). If these Falkens are not a significant step down from the Michelin as a highway tire, I may give them a try.

Do you care where your tires were made? Falkens are good tires, mostly, but when there are a lot of great US made tires to choose from, it's hard for me to give a Chinese or Thailand made tire a second look.

Bought a set for my HD Chebby in December...yes Thailand mfg........

Bought complete tire/wheel pkg from DTD in PHX

They ship 'em ready to bolt on....best way...I sell the old stuff for $200+ or so (KO2's this time)

So far..been great.....285-75x16's...ride nice & smooth 5K miles

This is my hwy truck.....but my next set (I'm a tire/wheel slut)

I went with Cooper ST Maxx 285-70x17's for my Lexus LX

Made in USA !!!!!!!!!! 3 ply side wall....much more aggressive...called a 'Hybrid'

Watch DTD for Memorial Day savings.....pic...Cooper's

https://www.discounttiredirect.com/

To tell the truth, I don't even know where the Michelins I've been buying the last 20 years were made.

And since you mentioned it, I went out and looked at the tires on the three vehicles I currently park at home: Michelin HydroEdges on my wife's Y2K Mustang, BFG All-Terrain T/As on the 97" GMC 4x4 I will be selling very soon, the junky old Firestones on the 2015 F150 I just acquired. None give any hint that I (a blind old fart) could see as the the CoO.

I'm glad you made me look, though...the Michelins on the wife's Mustang have been on there a while, and I notice the sidewalls showing a little cracking. Time for new skins for that car.

Anyway, I could buy a tire made in Thailand, I think, as long as it is a quality product...but absolutely NO communist Chinese stuff will be purchased as long as I have a choice. Thanks for bringing that aspect of it all to light.

Michelin are good tires of course.........

They just don't build anything suited for my use

Hwy or mild hwy AT....need more than that.....

I'm in the dirt & rocks......

Predominant use is a definite consideration.

I always used Michelin highway tires on my 2wd daily driver, and I put BFG All-Terrain T/As on my old GMC 4wd...but I decided to consolidate vehicles so I'm looking for something maybe a little better for off-road for the 2015 F150 (the old GMC will be going away soon). I don't generally have opportunities to really use a 4wd as hard as you would up there in Utah---especially if you go around lookin fer it...but I definitely don't think of Michelin highway tires as being what I want to be on should I choose to go out chasing hogs in Texas pasture at night.

I don't object to the All-Terrain T/As on my GMC, really, but I've never had a highway tire on that pickup so I don't know how it compares to something like a Michelin highway tire for comfort and noise. The "new" F150 is really a nice ride and I'm not willing to give up much, but if I can have a little better off-road tire without sacrificing the quiet and smooth ride I'm willing to give that a try.

Sometimes you really have to look close, but the COO is there. Usually pretty tiny and on old tires hard to see. Wildpeaks are made in both Thailand and China, depending on the size and supplier. If buying the Falkens, I'd want to see the tire before I bought it because there are plenty of Chinese Wildpeaks on the US market.

I don't know about the AT3W, but the Wildpeak Trail that I ordered were made in China. I returned them and bought something else. A friend has another set of Trail that were made in the Thailand.

Never used the AT3W but did consider them. You might be interested in the comments by Joe Bacal. The AT3W was one of his favorite tires but he claims that Falken changed the rubber compound(s) and he's no longer a fan. His comments can be seen in the thread below.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...acal-test-driver-consultant#Post16111840

Well hell.

Made in China is a definite NO-GO.

Guess I'll just have to keep my eyes and ears open. I have time before I need to select something, so that's what I'll do.

Thanks for all the input.

mine are mfg in Thailand.........

You got lucky, I guess. I'd still rather have American made, but the Thai folks need jobs too.

I would look at the Pro Comp A/T Sport. I put them on my Ram, and really like them. Quiet and track extremely well.

I have on my 2010 Taco and have been very pleased with them.

We put a set of the falken wildpeak a/t3w's 10 ply on my wife's '10 tundra. I don't like them and will not be buying them again. Every time the weather changes we have to add air and they don't hold up to gravel worth a damn. They are fairly quiet on the highway though.
I pet a set of Cooper at3 xlt's on my 2500 HD early this year. So far I really like them. May normal daily commute is about 175-200 miles round trip,depending on where I am working. They handle a trailer good and are quiet on the road and are holding up good to the gravel roads.i will be replacing the tires on my wife's truck with the Coopers.

I've wondered about those Cooper AT3. I know several people that have done well with the previous Discoverer for towing and hunting rigs.

On the Wildpeaks, I'm curious if the gravel is cutting or chunking the tread, or are you getting flats?

I bought some a year ago based on great/positive reviews. Drove around with them and hated them. Didn't handle for chidt and didn't compliment my truck. I only put 16 miles on those pos and swapped them out for some Goodyear duratracks. Those goodyears are extremely well made tires with plenty of siping and great tread pattern. They handle much better on the road and are better in the dirt and work very well in the snow. The funny thing is the duratracks are quieter as well. I'm not a Falken wildpeak fan in the least.

Just put a set of the Wild Peak AT3 on my pickup Thursday, put about 600 on them and so far so good. They make some noise but I do not consider it objectionable, and don't think anyone else would either. Handling is different from the worn Bridgestone Duelers which were OEM on the truck. I presume any new tire would show a difference as the sharp edges would grab where the rounded tread edges on a worn tire would not.

Where was that set made?

Thailand!

The Wildpeaks that we put on my wife's Toyota Tundra were made in Thailand. Junk total junk. Will never own another set of them. I damn sure wouldn't recommend them.
I will highly recommend the Cooper AT3 XLT'S though.

I replaced a set of BFG AT with the Falken Wildpeak on my Silverado. Have about 7000 miles on them now. I like them better than the BFGs. Quieter, ride is better, just as good in dirt/sand/light mud. My mpg average did go down about 1 mpg so far but I am not running the Falken with quite as much air pressure as the BFG.

I checked last night, mine were made in Thailand.

I have 265/70R16 Wildpeak Faulkens on my 2000 PAthfinder 4x4. Great in the desert, on rocks and good on the road. Terrible in the snow. Gonna wear them out and replace with Nexen Roadian AT Pro8. Have had two sets on other vehicles and the performance greatly exceeds The Wildpeaks. MTG

I ordered a set for the wife's F-150 and they just arrived. Manufactured 06/21 in Japan.
Yes, the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W

These General Grabbers were the #1 tire as far as performance on Tire Rack .com. They had a rebate so I got a decent price on them.
I would not get them again. Seem a bit noisy, not the best in the snow, and the mileage went down. They were a 8itch to balance, I had to have that done twice, and they are looking to wear goofy and kinda fast. So so much for good ratings. Forgot to say they are on a newer 4Runner.

Actually,

that pic, you could easily get by with a set of street Michelin's.

Most anything are a decent replacement of the new BFG's.

Check out the stuff made for Discount Tire by other manufactures. It's usually pretty good, for less$.

I recently got a set of the Mastercraft CXT's on my truck. They are a fairly aggressive tire, more MT than AT BUT the beautiful part about them is they are almost dead quiet on my 3500 and seem to be holding up really well since all I mostly do with that truck is pull a trailer of some sort. They have been excellent in mud and wet grass, they are siped and handle wet roads real well. I'll find out how they are in snow and ice soon, but I am thinking they'll be good. Mastercraft is a budget Cooper brand I believe as well, so their price is quite a bit better than a Toyo or Cooper tire. I like them so much on my truck I ordered another set for my Rubicon. I cannot wait to replace the Mickey Thompsons that are on it, they have been the worst tire in just about every condition I just mentioned. Anyhow, just wanted to throw out another idea for reasonable tires that seem to be a solid truck tire.

I was thinking of getting Mickey Thompsons, which of those tires do you have that you don't like?

For those who didn’t know, Mickey Thompson, Dick Cepek, Mastercraft, Kelly, Fierce, Avon, Hercules, Ironman, Eldorado, Cooper, Dunlop, Goodyear are all under the same corporate umbrella. Goodyear boycotters be warned…..

Nitto, Toyo same company.

BFG, Uniroyal, Michelin same company.

Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, Fuzion company.

it doesn’t mean that all of the tires under the same company are of the same quality, but it is interesting to see who owns what. Typically they go good, better, best. For example, Mastercraft<Cooper<Goodyear, at least insofar as their marketing strategy is concerned.

https://www.mickeythompsontires.com/light-truck-tires/baja-atz-p3

Those are the ones I have right now. They have lasted well mileage wise, but all else has been crap. It is what the Jeep came with when I bought it, and they looked real good, but they're loud, horrible in water, stink in snow. I have tried everything under the sun to alter tire pressure, ect, but nothing has really made them good. It's too bad since it looks like a great tire. Maybe I just got a crap set but I'd never take another chance on them.

Well that's disappointing. I've been hearing great things about those tires.

Interesting. That is one of the tires I was interested in, but I wonder if Mickey Thompson is quitting them. They don't have many options on their website for that tire currently.

I’d give them away if I were given a set.

I just put my second set on a 1500 Ram. First set went 59,000 miles and still had quite a few miles left to go. In reality I should have run them awhile longer but the dealer gave me a little cash for the takeoffs.

Three months into my WildPeak tires and can't say enough good about them. Very pleased.

I feel the same way, had mine put on in June. Mine are on a ram 2500 and I use it a lot in the winter plowing snow, I have a 8 1/2' vplow that weighs just under 1000lbs. I was referred to these by a guy that has several 2500-3500 rams for winter plowing. I had goodyear duragrip and they were ok, not great and tread wore out at 8500 miles with every 4 months rotation. All I run is the 10 ply

I just had a set of the AT3W installed on my F150 this morning. Guess we’ll see how they do this winter. Can’t be worse than the Toyo’s that were just removed.

Oh, 2 made in USA, 2 from Thailand. 🤨 Look identical.

If I bought a set of four tires, I would expect that they all came from the same factory with the same date code.

At least they didn't throw in a China tire as well.

I agree that I really do expect all 4 (or 5) to be the same lot, but sometimes it just doesn't work out that way. Not sure about completely different countries of origin though. I'd make sure the like tires were on the same axle.

Yeah, I typically look at country of origin for goods we buy. We try to steer clear of China when we can. Unless a person was specifically looking for CoO or date code, you couldn’t tell these apart.

Just put a set on the ranch truck. Wasn't that thrilled with the coopers or toyo opencountry at II's that were on it before. This set was made by the J.A. PAN company.....grin

May have posted this previously....friend had them on his 4 Runner for maybe 6 months, before he replaced them with Michelins. They were like riding around with some bees in the back...Constant hummmmm on the highway at speed....Which is where he did 99% of his driving. A philosophy that most ignore when choosing tires.

In April I put a set of Wildpeaks on my Tacoma..love them.

Just put a set on my F150 about a month ago. Surprisingly quiet. They are a bit stiff as a 10 ply E tire, but I lowered the pressure down to 40 psi and they aren't too bad now. I've had them in the snow once, and they were fine. Made in Thailand.

6 months ago......

Chebby 2500 HD crew

285-75x16's

purty quiet on the highway...balanced nice with new wheels

Mounted on new Vision wheels from DTD in PHX

No complaints...

Not even a month old but I've put almost 1500 miles on mine. Interstate running 75-80 mph for about 800 of those miles. They've already seen wet, slick bentonite chasing antelope for 3 days, snow a couple weeks back, and been through standing water on our poorly drained roads. Unless something goes to [bleep], I'll be buying these again.

My wife likes hers too. Quiet for now and both sets balanced nicely.

Put a set on my f150, love them in our NEOhio snow belt winters, we typically get at least one or two snow sqalls off the lake that add up to 15 to 24 inches of snow overnight, they handle snow well.