Anyone running BFG A/T KO2

I’m shopping tires for my 2018 1794 Ed. Looking for outstanding off-road performance, but without making my lots of highway driving uncomfortable or excessively loud, or degrading my MPG. My off-roading is mostly roads, 75% of the time dry and 25% of the time in snow. Some reasonable inclines/declines, and once in a blue moon some sand, but no boulder crawling. I also do some towing. Monthly, a small dump trailer. And 3 or 4 times a year, a large camping trailer.

Considering the KO2s, but they are pricey these days and I don’t know what to expect with BFG—no experience with them. Anyone using them and have any opinions one way or another?

My alternative in consideration is the Cooper Discoverer AT3s.

 

I have considered them. However, in the size that I want they are only available in a load range E. Too stiff and too heavy to maintain the nice ride.
I have run the stock LTX A/Ts on my 15 as well as on my current Pro. I like the ride, drive and general performance. Not in love with the look. I also ran a set of LTX M/S on my 15. They were even better other than the look and mud/deep snow performance.

 

I ran them for 55k on my 2014 double cab in a 275/70r18 e load. They were fantastic in all the conditions I put them through. Highway, town, towing a 20’ center console boat, camping roads, trails to get to some mtb spots, and same trails to get to some snowboarding spots. We get anywhere from 150”-250” of snowfall a year. I don’t drive stupidly in poor conditions and have appropriate expectations for an all terrain tire. Meaning, I’m not gonna try and bog a 3’ deep rutted mud hole and bitch about the tires when I get stuck.

Some complain that they suck in the rain but I never shared that experience.

 

Also your vehicle description is slightly misleading-
A 1794 is a trim level and a TRD pro is another trim level that are mutually exclusive. The 1794 comes with 20” wheels and tires, but it is available with the TRD off road package which would give you the 18” wheel/tire setup.

If you’re wanting to keep “stock” diameter with these new tires, the 20” wheel only leaves you with about 5.5-6” of sidewall which I personally wouldn’t take off of any paved surface, and the 18” gives you a little more rubber with a little over 7” of sidewall. And just my personal, non-expert opinion, I feel a little safer there.

 

I’ve had several sets on various vehicles since ‘89. I always liked them until a 2015 silverado. I couldn’t get one to balance. Ended getting rid of that truck and into ‘17 tundra. Have since switched to cooper. Very happy with them. If you have a discount tire near you talk to them. If you don’t like BFG, they’ll swap them for something different within a certain time frame.

 

We have a lot of guys on the 1st Gen forum who've chimed in on this, and I've heard enough critical feedback that I wouldn't want them anymore.

I think KO2s look great look great, but those members will tell you to make sure they're road force balanced or the shimmies at speed will drive you nuts. I've heard two different people complain about the tires drying out within a couple of years, showing visible cracks. YMMV based on climate, use, storage, care of course.

 

Thanks. I fixed that recently in my signature, but forgot to change it in the...well...wherever the setting is that it shows up on the side of my post there. It would be correctly said as I have 1794, but with the TRD Off-road Package. Thus, the 1794 with the 18" wheels.

I have zero interest in changing my wheels. I intend to stick with the 18" for the same reason you noted here.

 

Good to know, thanks! I ran two sets of Cooper AT3s on my previous car -- a 4Runner. I liked them a lot, although I found they didn't last as long as they were said to.

I didn't realize when I posted this yesterday that Cooper also has a new Rugged Trek under the Discoverer line. That recalibrates / complicates my decision now. I'll have to decide now between the AT3, the Rugged Trek, and the BFGs. I'm actually leaning towards the Ruggeds at the moment, but not sure yet.

 

Really helpful--thanks!