Suggestions for quiet aggressive looking tread tires

[66 Galaxie]

Looking to get tougher/all terrain tires that are on the quieter side for highway trips.

All suggestions welcome.

 

[Kpwweb]

All this is really subjective. I’ve had “quiet” street tires that would almost put me to sleep on long trips due to their resonance and “noisy” AT tires that kept me awake the whole time.

But mostly AT tires are going to be louder than most street tires. I would go online to tire rack or discount tire or tiresize and read reviews. Just note that tires get noisier as they wear.

I love my Micky Thompson Bajas, but they would not be the quietest. They are not so loud that you can’t carry on a comfortable conversation, but you do hear them.

Inflation pressure has a lot to do with noise as well.

 

[Coveman]

I just put some new tires on my burb, read a lot of reviews, had a little sticker shock. I had Cooper AT3s before, bunch of reviews said they were not taking a balance so I looked on. I also wanted something with good highway manners, but not something that would leave me sit in the snow or mud. The new Michelin Defender LTX Platinum All-Season seemed good on the highway but it got panned for snow and even some reviews said the rain performance was poor. I had just got my wife some Michelin cross climates for her T4R and she loves them but they dont make it for trucks.

I then researched some less expensive options like Atturo and Otani and found that people had given them good reviews (and mentioned liking the price alot too)

So I wound up going with the Atturo Trail Blade ATS LT 285/60R20 Load E 10 Ply A/T All Terrain Tire, they took a balance, have deep tread and wound up costing about half of what the bigger names cost right now. They’re quiet (most new tires are) and hopefully they wear ok and hang on in the elements as other reviewers mentioned. Time will tell!

 

[Jay P Wy]

I have Falken Wildpeak A/T4 Ws on my 2008 Avalanche (275/55R20). They are quiet, balanced with no issues, do well on wet roads and are great in the winter. Pic is from Tire Rack but I got them from a local dealer.

 

[Antonm]

The nitto recon grappler is a quite yet aggressive looking tire. I just put them on the Tahoe, they ride / sound like the factory tires to me.
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[Doubeleive]

All this is really subjective. I’ve had “quiet” street tires that would almost put me to sleep on long trips due to their resonance and “noisy” AT tires that kept me awake the whole time.

But mostly AT tires are going to be louder than most street tires. I would go online to tire rack or discount tire or tiresize and read reviews. Just note that tires get noisier as they wear.

I love my Micky Thompson Bajas, but they would not be the quietest. They are not so loud that you can’t carry on a comfortable conversation, but you do hear them.

Inflation pressure has a lot to do with noise as well.

it's not subjective at all, there is such a thing as quiet AT tires and noisy as hell AT tires and plenty in between.
For instance these Nexen are pretty dam quiet by most standards, I have these 22's on the wifes truck and 20's on my silverado
the Denali gets sport tires

 

[PPV_2018]

I also believe the width of the tire plays into the noise factor as well. Reason why i think so is because I used to drive an f250 for work that had extra meaty Goodyear AT tires and they were practically silent , and i was doing lots of highway miles.

On the flip side, every single jeep that passes the house sounds like a rubber barrel rolling down the street AND we rented a jeep gladiator on the west coast a few years back with those thin little a/t tires and it was so loud we thought something was dragging underneath.

 

[CCPLuvr]

We put Falken Wildpeak AT4W on our Yukon XL in 35x11.5. Compared to AT3W we had on a previous vehicle these are louder. I kinda wish we had tried these instead:

Terra Grappler G3 | All-Terrain Light Truck Tire | Nitto Tire

Our latest and most advanced Grappler, with all-terrain versatility plus 3PMS-rated all-weather capability.

www.nittotire.com

 

[Bigburb3500]

I have had BFG KO2s, KO3s, Falken Wildpeak AT3s (not the AT4s) and Toyo Open Country (don’t remember which generation).
KO3s are by far my favorite from an all around performance, but having some balancing issues (shocking I know). My KO2s I have had 3 sets and never a problem. WP AT3 were ok. No complaints one way or another but wet performance (seat of the pants) was/is not as good at KO2.
Open Country aged poorly and cupped terribly, rode poorly, and generally would not recommend based on price. The BFGs and WP are more worth the $$

 

[Doubeleive]

the toyo open country were by far the worst tires I have ever "tried" ungodly noisy and i would only recommend to my worst enemy who would hopefully die at the first chance of rain because they were 100% useless with almost 0 wet traction. really sucked because they come so "highly recommended" how that happened is beyond belief....
had to eat about $500 in them to the 1st sucker that I could pass them off too.
"they looked nice" is about the only thing I can say positive. I was literally scared to drive with them on a paved surface. I would call them a 100% off-road use only tire.

 

[ReaperHWK]

the toyo open country were by far the worst tires I have ever "tried" ungodly noisy and i would only recommend to my worst enemy who would hopefully die at the first chance of rain because they were 100% useless with almost 0 wet traction. really sucked because they come so "highly recommended" how that happened is beyond belief....
had to eat about $500 in them to the 1st sucker that I could pass them off too.
"they looked nice" is about the only thing I can say positive. I was literally scared to drive with them on a paved surface. I would call them a 100% off-road use only tire.

I have Toyo open country R/t for years (on my f150) and they have been awesome. Looks like Toyo offers many tires in their “open country” line. I have these.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/toyo-open-country-r-t

 

[Antonm]

Ya’ll are crazy. The Toyo open county is a fantastic tire in pretty much all regards.

After running a host of tires over the decades, Toyo and Nitto are my two go-to brands now. I used to be a BFG guy but BFG’s and heavy diesels trucks are not a good match (I know this is a Tahoe forum so diesel trucks isn’t that relevant here, and to be fair the BFG’s have always been good on my lighter vehicles like Jeeps).

I routinely travel 1000s of miles while pulling a 34 foot travel trailer with my diesel Excursion running 35 inch tall Toyo open country tires. They’re F load range and work flawlessly in wet , in dry, on road, and off road (mild off-road I should say, an Excursion is huge so it not like I’m hitting double black trails with it).

If ya’ll are having issues with Toyo open country tires, then I’m betting either your trucks have issues or you do.
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[Doubeleive]

I just drive it, just my experience with that brand, to each there own. I can't recommend them to anyone. Nothing wrong with my vehicle, the OP asked about QUIET AT tires, the toyo's are not it, I wouldn't take them for free
for what it's worth they were toyo open country a/t II 352740, brand new from a nationwide dealer, they were balanced and all good, just crap ass tires
my primary complaint: road noise (extreme) & wet traction -100 if that was a rating.
if you have ever been driving down the road and hear a truck next to you "humming" from 40 feet away with your windows rolled up and radio on because of there tires, that's what those tires did 100%

 

[wilcfr]

Nitto Nomads. I put them on my Explorer Express van because it's AWD and takes me places to fly fish where a high top conversion was never meant to go. They work great in sand, light mud and snow and are really pretty quiet. The Nitto Terra Grapplers were also pretty nice and more aggressive looking. I had a set if them on the van and my Tahoe Z71.

 

[SuperDave]

I love the General Grabber AT's compatible to the KO2 but better in my opinion. Quite on the roads and great in the rain/snow, all around zero complaints with them.

 

[66 Galaxie]

Thanks for all the great info. Trying Toyos this time around.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I just put on Nitto Terra Grappler G3s, wife very pleased with the sound, or lack thereof. Was replacing Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs with almost 60k miles on them. Actually I did a before/after decibel test driving at 70-75mph: 78 pre and 60 post. And they look great

 

[Bigburb3500]

I just drive it, just my experience with that brand, to each there own. I can't recommend them to anyone. Nothing wrong with my vehicle, the OP asked about QUIET AT tires, the toyo's are not it, I wouldn't take them for free
for what it's worth they were toyo open country a/t II 352740, brand new from a nationwide dealer, they were balanced and all good, just crap ass tires
my primary complaint: road noise (extreme) & wet traction -100 if that was a rating.
if you have ever been driving down the road and hear a truck next to you "humming" from 40 feet away with your windows rolled up and radio on because of there tires, that's what those tires did 100%

I’m seconding Doubeleive, had these on my Land Cruiser and they just were crap. Had the KO2s afterwards and never had an issue with them (E rated too). Offroaded them and tons of road trips. KO2s were just a better tire. I will not say don’t get them, but just would not recommend them. Maybe the two of us just got super unlucky with the same bad batch.
I think OP just posted updating they are goi by with Toyos. Hopefully we get an update in 10-20k miles

 

[Leonardreaves]

Looking to get tougher/all terrain tires that are on the quieter side for highway trips.

All suggestions welcome.

Nitto Recon Grappler
I’m running 285s and my son is running larger size and I’m SOLD, SOLD, SOLD.
And they have 2 different sidewall looks…one more aggressive, and one less so you get to choose which side to show!

 

[Antonm]

Nitto Recon Grappler
I’m running 285s and my son is running larger size and I’m SOLD, SOLD, SOLD.
And they have 2 different sidewall looks…one more aggressive, and one less so you get to choose which side to show!

I agree, just put the exact same tire (even the same size I think) on the 23 Tahoe (wife keeps curbing the tires/ wheels, wanted something that can take a little more abuse than the factory tires). Only been like a week, but so far they're pretty awesome.

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