I'll Take the open country all day long>>>>That is all I'll say

 

I had the Coopers on a truck with 20” rims while at least three co-worker had the same tire on 18” rims, guessing as they were smaller rims. I thought the mud grip just absolutely sucked while everyone else was happy. I assume size effects the tread pattern.

 

I have the AT3s on my truck and love them personally.

 

Check the sidewalls; once upon a time, the Cooper Discoverers had nothing special as far as sidewall stiffness. But if you run on-road all the time, that might be good.

FWIW... I wonder if the purchase of Cooper by Goodyear will effect their tire designs long term. They may become rebranded Goodyears. Exclusive: Changes From Cooper-Goodyear Deal Are Still to Come.

 

I've always been a Cooper fan and I just put a new set of AT3's on my company pickup (Chevy Colorado). I'm ready for the Hankook's on my personal pickup (2020 Ranger) to wear out so that I can put a set on it.

 

Check out Nitto Ridge Grappers. You will thank me later

 

Had several sets of coopers many years back and they were all the same. Pretty good tires early on, normal wear. At about 30K the rubber turned hard as stone and they had no grip. Would break tires loose on wet pavement easily and would constantly need 4wd on grass if any incline was involved.

Never had a pair of Toyo's so cant comment. Have tried BF Goodrich, Multi-mile, Hankook, General, Continental, and a few others. Have yet to find a tire that overall outperforms Goodyears. Even wear throughout life of tire, rubber compound doesn't get hard so grip is still there up til end. Just changed out the factory set on my Silverado at 65K and still had another 10K left but chose to do so before the snow starts flying.

 

I’ve had at2 extremes on my last 2 trucks and zero complaints. When these are toast I’ve often thought about this exact questions as the cooper at3 xlt looks like a great tire, but after getting nearly 100,000 kms out of each set of the Toyos I’ve had it’ll have to be a bit cheaper to even think of switching

 

I know you only asked about the two brands of tires, but my last few sets of tires have been nitto trail and ridge grapplers and i will be sticking with them for the foreseeable future. My roommate is running the new nitto recon grapplers on her truck and they are a really nice all terrain tire also.

 

I've ran a few sets of cooper AT3's on my 3/4 ton diesel trucks with a 17 inch tire usually 285/70/17's for towing pretty heavy with a gooseneck and plowing snow and usually got 30k out of them. Now I drive fairly aggressive and usually only get 10-20k out of tires. They worked well with plowing and had decent traction for what I was using them for. They weren't too hard that I had problems stopping on wet pavement and where soft enough to grip in the snow. I'm currently running a mastercraft trail HD all terrain and I hate them. They are too hard and they slip/slide on wet pavement. I have NO experience with toyo's so I can't comment on them.

 

I had Open Countrys on my last truck and was very happy with them. Good ride, decent off road and fairly quiet on road.

Currently running Cooper AT3s on this truck and am not real impressed. They started out fine but 22,000 miles in they're about shot and highway noise has gotten bad in the last 15,000 or so miles.

Of the 2 you mentioned I'd go with the Toyos.

3/4 ton diesel, 20" rims

 

I’ve been running Toyos for quite a few years now on my trucks, all diesels. For me, there is no better tire. On my work trucks I’ve run just about every other brand and model of tire there is. While the Coopers were decent, they wear out way too fast. I understand the want to buy American, but when it comes to spending that much of my own money, I’ll stick with what I feel is best for me. I’ve had three sets of Open Country AT’s. One set were 285’s the other two were 35’s. I changed the 285’s out with 70K miles on them. One set of 35’s lasted 60K the other set last 65K. I then put a set of Open Country CT’s on just to try them. They were a way heavier tire than the AT’s and they only lasted around 50K miles, won’t run them again. I will always recommend Open Country AT’s as I’ve had great experiences with them.

 

Hows cooper evolution highway tires?


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Hows cooper evolution highway tires?


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Look at Ironman tires as well. They're a Cooper brand at a lot less $$$, and generally get great reviews.

 

I prefer these...

 

But the best traction tire I ever owned were these...Ran them in winter only...Kanati Mud Hogs...Under $700.00 for 4 shipped to my front door...(2016)

 

That's unusual.

Normally a mud tire is notoriously bad as a winter tire.

Then again you said snow, they'd probably be ok there, not-so-much on slippery stuff.

Either way, as long as they work for you. 👍

 

Take a look at Falken tires... Korean and U.S. tires but very good they would compete with BF Goodrich...

 

Went with the Toyo open Country AT3's. Changed the OEM's before their first winter. Never had them before but decided to give them a try. Plan was to get another set of rims and a dedicated set of winter tires but decided to give these a try. They've done well, ride nice, very low noise and done very well in the wet and snow.

-Grover

 

I have cooper at/3 of my 3/4 ton. Decent tire with average road noise. I had a hard time getting them balanced at first. Next tires I get will probably be nittos.

 

I've got Falken Wildpeak A/T's for the summer, and Nokian Hakkapelitta studded tires for winter... got to have them here in Colorado. Great tires.