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I ran across BFG ATs for my jeep for 75/piece.

Right above some weird butterfly things.

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can't seem to find the country of origin. some countries are much cheaper than others.
 

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When I bought my 1st-gen Tacoma (RIP), it came with a brand new set of these. They were ok but sucked in the rain (about what you’d expect from any M/T), and they did wear noticeably fast; I probably would’ve gotten 25-30k out of them if I had kept them, but I sold the set and got some Michelin LTXs. Overall, I think they were ok, but for a daily driver I’d rather have reputable name brand tires on my truck. Trail truck? Farm truck? Yeah, why not.
 

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Those look like they'll be real loud.
Checkout Americus Rugged ATR tires. There awesome, and for about $132 a tire, PS there more now in price. I got the 31s for my 93 Ranger. Love these tires.
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Lotta tires are made in China lately. I try to avoid them. Cooper and their bargain brand Mastercraft are still made in the USA.
 

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Lotta tires are made in China lately. I try to avoid them. Cooper and their bargain brand Mastercraft are still made in the USA.
Cooper is owned by Goodyear...

I had one set of AT3's and was not very impressed.
 

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Cooper is owned by Goodyear...

I had one set of AT3's and was not very impressed.
I have them on my Ranger now. Performance-wise they're fine but wearing out faster than I'd like.
I'll just spend less on Mastercraft's next time. They have one with a tread very similar to the Falken Wildpeak.
 

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Cooper is owned by Goodyear...

I had one set of AT3's and was not very impressed.
Cooper/Mastercraft tires are a mixed bag. I've had good ones and bad ones. The AT tires I had by them a number of years ago were great at first and down right scary on wet roads a few years later. They no longer make that model. Their all season and winter tires were fine. I've never used their mud tires. Jim seems to like them.
 

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Cooper/Mastercraft tires are a mixed bag. I've had good ones and bad ones. The AT tires I had by them a number of years ago were great at first and down right scary on wet roads a few years later. They no longer make that model. Their all season and winter tires were fine. I've never used their mud tires. Jim seems to like them.
I had a set of the Jeep Rubicon BFG MT's on my F-150 first. Left those on the 17's and put the Coopers on my set of 16's because 16's were cheaper despite being the same OD. Within a couple years two of the BFG's and sneaked their way back onto the truck as the Coopers blew belts. When the third Cooper did its thing I went to Falkens and never looked back.
 

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Cooper is owned by Goodyear...

I had one set of AT3's and was not very impressed.
Interesting.
I’ve always had really good experience with cooper and master craft. Never had a Goodyear product that was worth it’s weight in trash.

The copper discoverer AT is my favorite LT tire.
 

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