I nee new tires and am on a slight budget, i'm trying to decide between these 2 the yoko AT or the cooper S/T? any input

 

have you checked out the Nitto Terragrappler?

Find out which one has more sidewall plies and overall plies...to see which is stronger.

 

Yeah I've been reading posts all night and I'd look into the nitto's. But I still think I like the BFG's even if they do cost more.

 

the BFG does have 1 more sidewall ply than the nitto

Performance wise, my nittos did awesome when I was at shoe creek last weekend. I was quite suprised how well they did.

the BFG costs $$$...if I had the cash, I would of gone with them. But the Nittos IMO do just as well. Sorry for the incoherence.

 

i've checked the nitto's but i've heard they don't do well in mud, i'm trying to get a good snow tire and decent in mud, and the bfg's suck in mud, i had them on my last taco

 

Yeah, the bfg's are like 200 bucks more. but they look cool. Besides, can't I just charge it and let my life insurance or bankruptcy pay for it later. JK

 

Cooper S/T! My bro had them on his old '01 Taco and they kicked butt on and off road. Tire wear seemed to be really good too.

 

hmm..something good in snow and decent in mud?

Proabably going to have to go with an MT

BFG MT is a great tire.

Realize that when you do get an MT, you wont get the miles as if you went with an AT

 

Sorry for the hi-jack, but I'm in AZ and since it's so friggin hot here any softer tires just don't last. My "rugged trails" have about 12'000 miles on them and look like I attacked them with a cheese grater.

 

i was going to get the bfg mud at costco until they went up $50 a tire on the first i've never seen a tire go up that fast, before the jump they were about $10 cheaper than the AT wierd huh?

 

well back on the orginal topic...I tend to stray away from them..LOL

I would go with the Yoko AT.

I think they would act similiar in the same conditions, as would the nitto and any other AT tire.

 

really?

wow thats insane! Did you get the right tire size?

 

jjrgr21, where do you live?

 

maryland
and yes i had the correct tire size, i was checking the 245/75/16 the MUD was 151.99 and the at was 162.99. and still is, but now the mud is like 190 so i dropped the ball on that one.

 

why did you want to know where i live?

 

I have new Cooper ST's on my 84 and so far they have not slipped or had any problems. I'm very happy with them, I only have about 30 hours of wheeling on them. Lots of forest and logging roads.

I have not ran on the other tires talked about, but I'm completely happy with the S/Ts.

 

I am a fan of Cooper as far as cost vs performance. I have BFGs on my truck right now (used to have S/Ts on my other truck) and I definately like the S/Ts more for off roading. My next tires will almost for sure be Cooper.