2021 Gladiator Rubicon - Replacement Tire Advice

[Sean_Gladiator_JT]

2021 Gladiator Rubicon.
Falken Wildpeak 285 70R17 AT3 Original Tires - 65k miles
Was planning on replacing in the spring but finally had a flat on one of them due to local construction.

May just get another set of them, no lift, mainly highway and some trail riding / light off roading over the years (Hell's Revenge basics out at Moab was the most).

Any thoughts / suggestions on replacements for highway, cross country, light off roading - will be waiting until the next set for a lift and 35s.

Possibly Firestone Transforce AT2?

Looking for suggestions.

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[Silver77]

I ran Duratracs for a while then switched over to MT Baja Boss ATs. I love the Mickey Thompson's - very grippy and pretty quiet.

 

[Stan H]

I will double down on the unparalleled off road traction of the Mickey Thompson MT's but they do get noisy in last 20-25% of lifespan.

 

[629]

Well….i live in the mountains where it snows and do a lot of steep rocky loose dirt muddy roads etc. We (my work in public safety) buy those factory wildpeaks for all our pickups. I don’t care for how they look (too modern) for me…but the joke around here is they are the official tire of the county. When my rubicons factory set is gone I’m buy another if they are still in production. I’ve had many many different ats and mts and these perform the best overall with long wear (and I drive frequently at high speeds in the mountains on them I was over 90 yesterday on them). But they are expensive so there’s that.

 

[Stan H]

Well….i live in the mountains where it snows and do a lot of steep rocky loose dirt muddy roads etc. We (my work in public safety) buy those factory wildpeaks for all our pickups. I don’t care for how they look (too modern) for me…but the joke around here is they are the official tire of the county. When my rubicons factory set is gone I’m buy another if they are still in production. I’ve had many many different ats and mts and these perform the best overall with long wear (and I drive frequently at high speeds in the mountains on them I was over 90 yesterday on them). But they are expensive so there’s that.

MT's or AT's in the wikdpeaks ?

 

[629]

MT's or AT's in the wikdpeaks ?

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[JT Diesel]

I also have a '21 Gladiator Rubicon, stock, except for bed canopy and roof top tent. I replaced the OEM Falkens with their new Wildpeak AT4W. It's a slightly more robust tire than the AT3W, which suits my mostly highway driving, with offroad travel on PNW forestry roads. They ride well and they look great.

 

[jeramie964]

I ran Duratracs for a while then switched over to MT Baja Boss ATs. I love the Mickey Thompson's - very grippy and pretty quiet.

I've had the MT Baja Boss ATs for the past 5 years and I've really enjoyed them. They were originally on my 2-door JK and then I put them on my JT Rubicon when I bought it earlier this year (and put the stock JT Rubi tires and wheels on my JK before I sold it). They've been awesome tires in the snow which we get a lot of here in the Colorado mountains. I'm looking at the new Duratracs RT's as a replacement possibly or just sticking with the Baja Boss AT's again. The Duratracs are lighter and still have the snowflake rating.

Any particular reason you switched to the Baja Boss ATs? I know the new RT's are the next generation Duratrac that came out in the past year and I've seen some very positive reviews on them. I'm going to go from a 33.2" to a 34.5" tire size since my JT Rubicon has the AEV 2″ Spacer Lift on it when I bought it.

 

[Silver77]

I've had the MT Baja Boss ATs for the past 5 years and I've really enjoyed them. They were originally on my 2-door JK and then I put them on my JT Rubicon when I bought it earlier this year (and put the stock JT Rubi tires and wheels on my JK before I sold it). They've been awesome tires in the snow which we get a lot of here in the Colorado mountains. I'm looking at the new Duratracs RT's as a replacement possibly or just sticking with the Baja Boss AT's again. The Duratracs are lighter and still have the snowflake rating.

Any particular reason you switched to the Baja Boss ATs? I know the new RT's are the next generation Duratrac that came out in the past year and I've seen some very positive reviews on them. I'm going to go from a 33.2" to a 34.5" tire size since my JT Rubicon has the AEV 2″ Spacer Lift on it when I bought it.

No specific reason, I have no complaints about the Duratracs other than they tend to slip a bit more (versus the Baja's) in rain in 2 wheel. This was also about 2 years ago so the previous style, not the new RTs.

I was moving up to 35s, used to Have MTZs on my TJ, and the Baja Boss ATs were getting a lot of kudos on this board so I decided to give them a try.

 

[Stan H]

No specific reason, I have no complaints about the Duratracs other than they tend to slip a bit more (versus the Baja's) in rain in 2 wheel. This was also about 2 years ago so the previous style, not the new RTs.

I was moving up to 35s, used to Have MTZs on my TJ, and the Baja Boss ATs were getting a lot of kudos on this board so I decided to give them a try.

Aaaand .....your thoughts on the MTBB AT's ??

 

[Old Dogger]

I also have a '21 Gladiator Rubicon, stock, except for bed canopy and roof top tent. I replaced the OEM Falkens with their new Wildpeak AT4W. It's a slightly more robust tire than the AT3W, which suits my mostly highway driving, with offroad travel on PNW forestry roads. They ride well and they look great.

Same here, the Wildpeaks are great tires!

 

[Silver77]

Aaaand .....your thoughts on the MTBB AT's ??

Zero complaints, seem to grip better than the Duratracs in 2-wheel and had no issues at all last winter. That said, I've also added a full Clayton overland lift and steel rear bumper which are likely helping with that. Pretty quiet at all speeds.

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