Falken Wildpeak AT4W

These are absolutely incredible. As in life, one gets what he pays for. Worth every dollar! Highly recommend

I've owned my 2007 Ford Ranger Sport for about 4 years now and the previous tires were truck/suv highway type. I was looking to replace them because they were absolutely horrible in the wet and snow. My ranger would ALWAYS lose traction on wet painted crosswalks, even at normal acceleration, and would take longer than I liked to recover. I don't do any off road driving and wanted the Michelin CrossClimate 2 because I put them on my daughter's Ford Escape and they performed above and beyond in Fargo and Duluth winters. But the CC2 doesn't come in the right size for my Ranger and all of the light truck street/highway tires rated poorly in wet and snow. In desperation I looked into the AT tire world and found many reviews that gave the WP AT4 high marks in wet and snow. The first rain shower after I put them on, I went looking for my crosswalk nemesis and was extremely pleased. No loss of traction at normal acceleration and when I punched it to force traction loss, traction was regained as soon as I cleared the paint. We've had several snow falls and some ice already this winter and I've had good experience. When I hit the gas a little too hard on a turn and start a fishtail, the tires grab again as soon as I let off the gas. I hit a patch of ice at the end of my block one morning and the tires and anitlock brakes kept me from sliding into the intersect for the first time since I bought my truck. On dry pavement, they are louder and ride more trucky, but I soon got used to it. Overall, my early impression is that I made a good choice.

The actual size of my tires are 35x11.5r17 in a C load range. I upgraded from a 285/70r17 at4w in a Passenger load range. When I upgraded to the 285's the performance gain over the goodyear wrangler duratracs I had was immense. They cornered better, had less noise, held a balance much better, and had much better traction in the wet. The 35's did not have a gain or loss in performance in dry performance at all, but the wet traction is slightly worse. The only negative I have for the bigger tires is they felt a little lazy on turn in but I fixed that by bumping the pressures up just a little. All of these tires were on a 2021 f150 that is lifted 2inches in the front 1 in in the rear, and has a steeda rear sway bay. It is worth noting that the duratracs had 30k miles and had 9-10/32nds inch of tread (16 new) and the 285 falkens had 20k miles and had 11/32 inch tread (no idea new) and the 35's only have 6k miles on them so far.

I bought the new a/t4w based of how the older a/t3w was reviewed of how it performed in the snow. I wanted an all terrain tire that lasted long and did well for many types of driving conditions. The a/t4w's do well in dry road and off conditions. Their wet road performance is acceptable. they are quite and comfortable on the road as well. The snow and ice performance is where they lack a lot. For a 3 peak mountain snow rated tire, and the previous models ratings I was very disappointed in these tires. Falken advertises these tires as being engineered for severe winter conditions. They really missed the mark on that. If you live in a dry warm climate, these tires would do well. If you have all the seasons and expect them to do well on snowy slippery roads I would look else where. Unfortunately I will be replacing these tires due to poor snow and ice performance after only 15,000 miles,

Dry and wet grip feel good in my use which is mainly long highway stretches but with plenty of medium speed curvy back roads. I run them on my 2013 Lexus GX460. Have not had opportunity to test in snow or ice as of yet. Off road grip has been great with that mostly being loose gravel, soft dirt, and some mud/water crossings typically with rock bottoms. Wear has been very good in my experience so far with about 15,000 miles on them yet. I expect they will last to about 60,000 at the rate they are going however I will likely swap before making it that far. Previous tires I can compare to on this vehicle are Michelin primacy A/S and Toyo AT3. Compared to the Toyos, wear and handling are improved as well as needing less weight to be in balance. Comfort leans to the Toyo but it is close.