- This is a Toyo Open Country A/T II and it's arguably
one of the best all terrain tires on the market
and today, we're here to tell you just why.
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And in true Custom Offsets fashion,
of course we gotta kick it off with a burn out test.
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I'd say that's sufficient.
So when it comes to the Toyo tire lineup,
the A/T's actually on the less aggressive side
of kinda the big three.
So your all terrains, your hybrid tires,
and of course your mud tires.
So, in that lineup, you've got the Toyo Open Country A/T II,
the Open Country R/T is gonna be your hybrid,
and the Open Country M/T is gonna be
that mud terrain for you.
So, this Open Country A/T II has been out for awhile.
It's obviously a revision of the original Open Country
that they had so much success with.
But, we've had the current design now for quite a bit
and it's really proven it's success in the tire industry.
I think a lot of that comes from the availability of sizes
and just how this tire performs.
So you're looking at anything from
all the way as small as 15 inch wheel diameters,
all the way up to 22 inch wheel diameters.
So, there's probably an application out there for you.
The one that we're testing today is a 295/55R20.
And then depending on which size you select,
they actually offer up to a 65,000 mile warranty,
which is pretty impressive,
and you're getting that because this is an all terrain tire.
Now, in some of the larger sizes,
you won't quite get the 65,000,
but you do have a 50,000 mile warranty.
So, still plenty of life out of these tires.
Within the Open Country A/T II lineup,
there's actually different versions of the tire.
So, on the weaker side of things, I guess you can say,
you're gonna have P-metric tires,
then your standard size tires that's gonna be ideal
for your 1500 trucks,
all the way up to then flotation sizes.
So those are the 33/12.5s or 35/12.5s,
even up to 37 for this Open Country.
So, why it's important is that if you're putting these
on a 2500, they're actually not intended for that use
in many of the sizes.
The load range and the load index just isn't there
for the 2500.
So this is an ideal tire for someone
who puts a lot of miles on but is primarily operating
on highways or on city streets, on the pavement.
Not necessarily that off-road guy
or the guy that's towing all the time,
but just the guy that puts a lot of miles on his truck.
One of the differences you'll see
when you're shopping for these tires
is that even the same size can be kinda different in price
and sometimes it's a substantial difference.
So one of the things that you'll notice,
a little small detail,
is that you'll have an XT designation on that tire.
What they're saying there is that's basically
the more extreme version of the tire.
So, it actually has a little bit deeper tread wells
so you get more traction off-road,
as well as a more aggressive shoulder.
So, one of the things about this tire is that
the sidewall, or the shoulder of the tire,
doesn't look very aggressive at all.
Really, the aggressiveness is within that tread pattern,
that tread contact that actually is contacting the pavement.
But the shoulder or the sidewall
is not super aggressive-looking
until you jump to that XT designation.
Then you're gonna see that the side lugs,
I guess you can call it, are raised up a little bit more
and do give you a bit more grip off-road
and just a better looking tire
if you have a lifted truck and you kinda wanna go for that
more aggressive look.
The design of the tread pattern
is actually relatively aggressive,
just in the fact that it has a lot of steep angles
and cuts in it.
And they do add a lot of siping on the tread blocks as well,
which is great if you're somebody
who does have to deal with snow
like we do here in Wisconsin.
As far as grip goes, on the ice and snow,
these things are pretty good.
You're never gonna beat out a true winter tire,
but when it comes to the Toyo tire lineup,
these are one of the better options for you.
When it comes to noise, these Toyo Open Country A/T IIs
are relatively quiet.
Now, if you're driving on stock tires right now
that came on your vehicle from the dealership,
you're going to notice a slight increase in noise,
but you don't really pick up any sort of noise
'til about 35 or 40 miles an hour.
And then when you do, it's definitely not unbearable
by any means.
This is probably one of the quietest riding tires
that I've driven on in the last five years or so,
out of all the different tire reviews that we've done.
A lot of it is because it is an all terrain tire.
It's not as aggressive as some of the other things
that we typically show.
But very smooth tire, very quiet tire.
And definitely, if you're coming from a stock OEM tire,
this is gonna perform significantly better for you,
at least in my opinion,
when it comes to grip, both on and off-road
and then barely any noticeable noise increase.
If you've already got all terrain tires or a hybrid tire,
you're gonna see that these are probably quieter
than what you're running right now.
One of the things that really helps
the longevity of this tire is that they include
these tie bars between the tread blocks.
So, basically what's that doing is adding some more
rubber compound kind of between your tread block itself
and the tread wells.
So, it dissipates where all the weight is going to
'cause if you can imagine,
the road is really only pressing up on those tread blocks.
All the space in between doesn't make any sort of contact.
So, to increase stability, they've added these tie bars
and they kind of dissipate some of that weight,
which really helps, like I said, with the longevity
as well as the stability of this tire.
You can send this thing through roundabouts.
You can drive it down the highway at 80 miles an hour
and the tire just feels good.
It feels planted and very stable across any speeds
or in cornering or even towing trailers, all of that stuff.
This is a very stable tire.
Even though this is an all terrain tire,
if you do decide to take it off the pavement,
you're gonna do okay.
I'm not gonna say that you're gonna do great.
Toyo has the M/T if you're gonna take this,
your truck off-road all the time.
You're gonna wanna go with something like that.
But, if you see the occasional gravel road,
you're gonna be A-okay.
So they do also have stone ejectors on the outside edges
of these tires too to actually get rid of some of the debris
that would typically clog up a tire
and make it slipperier in a low traction environment.
So it's nice to see that they added that,
as well as the siping, like I mentioned before,
for better performance in wet or snow conditions.
Due to all those factors,
you're gonna see that the price point
on these Open Country A/T IIs is a bit higher
than some of the lesser known brands out there.
However, you kinda get what you pay for
when it comes to tires.
We've said that in a ton of different tire videos
and this one especially.
If you want a tire that lasts 50 to 65,000 miles,
and that's just what covered in warranty.
We've actually had people go even further
with the tires than that,
but that's why you're gonna end up paying
just a little bit more for these tires.
Just for comparison sake, like I said,
we're driving the 295/50R20s
and I think a lot of people are kinda curious
about weights of tires.
So this is basically a 33x12.
The math is a little off there.
It's like a 32.8, but essentially 33x12
and it weighs in right around 60 pounds.
So, for the amount of tire you're getting,
not too bad as far as weight and rolling mass
and rolling resistance.
If you're somebody who's really into tires
and wants to know all the nitty gritty details,
we have all the specs you could ever want
on the website at customoffsets.com.
And that's where you can find full details on this tire,
pricing, and all the size availability
for your specific truck.
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