All-Terrain Tires

The all-terrain tire is the best-selling truck tire type for a simple reason: it is the honest compromise. It gives up some of the quiet and the tread life of a highway tire, and it gives up some of the mud and rock capability of a mud-terrain, and in exchange it does both jobs well enough that most truck owners never need anything else. If your truck spends most of its life on pavement but sees gravel roads, job sites, trailheads and snow, this is your category.A good all-terrain uses a moderately open tread with reinforced shoulder blocks, stone ejectors in the grooves to prevent drilling, and enough siping to hold onto wet and cold pavement. Many modern all-terrains carry the 3PMSF severe snow rating, which means they passed a standardized snow traction test. That rating is worth looking for if you see real winters, though a dedicated winter tire still beats a 3PMSF all-terrain on ice.Expect roughly 40,000 to 60,000 miles of tread life from a quality all-terrain, a few decibels more road noise than a highway tire, and a small fuel economy penalty. Run them in LT construction with a load range of D or E if you tow or haul; run P-metric if you want the softer ride and do not load the truck heavily.