Air Pressure Guide For All-Terrain Tires

Air Pressure Guide For All-Terrain Tires

When it comes to all-terrain tires, air pressure plays a crucial role in ensuring safety and performance on different types of terrain such as rocks, mud, sand, gravel, and paved roads. And according to my experience, on rocky terrains, consider keeping air…

Falken Wildpeak AT3w on sand

Are All-Terrain Tires Good On Sand?

The whole point on sand is to keep tires floating as much as possible, and to do that, tires should be lighter, capable of running lowered air pressure, have softer tread composition and provide thick enough sidewall lugs. And considering all these…

All-Terrain Tires Cause Vibrations

Do All-Terrain Tires Cause Vibrations?

When it comes to al-terrain tires, you can expect some limited comfort overall, as their more number of plies internally causes an overall stiffness, resulting in less absorption of vibrations in the tread. Moreover, with bigger grooves, especially on aggressive A/T tires,…

All-Terrain Tires Good In Snow

Are All-Terrain Tires Good In Snow?

All-terrain tires are not so bad when it comes to overall winter performance, and that's the reason why they get to have 3 peak mountain snowflake ratings in almost all of them. Though they can never be better compared to dedicated winter…

Off-Road Tires

What are Different types of Off-Road Tires?

It has always been a long lived war between on-road comfort and off-road capability. Improve one and the other goes down. That's why as the off-road tires get to become more and more aggressive, they start losing their on-road abilities. Though you…

LT Mean On A Tire

What Does LT Mean On A Tire?

So basically Light Truck (LT) tires are made for carrying higher load and handle rougher terrains compared to P metric sizes. That's why these tires are ideal for heavy-duty vehicles such as SUVs, vans, and pickups. Their reinforced sidewalls can handle additional…

common all-terrain tire size

What is the most common all-terrain tire size?

265/70R17 is the most common all terrain tire size. Though keep in mind that there are a lot of factors contributing to that. And in order to explain them all, I've talked about section width, aspect ratios, and rim sizes and how…

Mud-Terrain Tire

Difference Between Mud-Terrain And All-Terrain Tires?

All-terrain tires are better suited for driving on paved roads and in all-season conditions, with superior performance on wet and snowy roads, as they offer closed up rib placements and shoulder lugs that provide more stable lateral/directional traction and steering response. Mud-terrain…

All-Terrain Tire Fuel Usage

Do All-Terrain Tires Get Worse Gas Mileage?

When it comes to all-terrain tires, although you do have to compromise a little in the fuel efficiency department, compared to on-road tires, you can reduce the gap by choosing more on-road oriented design. Some all-terrain tires are just more streamlined towards…

All-Terrain Tires For Daily Driving

Are All-Terrain Tires Good For Daily Driving?

So basically all-terrain tires can be really great when it comes to daily driving. As these give you with all season traction having 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake ratings, and they also don't disappoint on roads with their good enough comfort, traction and…

Are all-terrain tires good for rocky terrains?

Are all-terrain tires good for rocky terrains?

All-terrain tires comes in a lot of shapes and features, and there are some which are definitely worth when it comes to rocks no doubt. So these tires are really good for this type of terrains. Though compared to more aggressive tires…

Tire Load Index And Range

Tire Load Index And Range (Ply) Ratings

So basically there are 2 different types of tires P metric and LT. With P metric tires, you get a less stronger inner construction, so these tires aren't able to pick up as much weight, though they get to offer superior fuel…

Check Tire Tread Depth With Penny

How To Check Tire Tread Depth With Penny?

It does not matter whether it's the Lincoln's head or George's. These test only give you a rough idea in determining tire tread depth. Though if you must, just know that if you insert both of these coins down and their heads…

All-Terrain Tires Slow You Down

Do All-Terrain Tires Slow You Down?

You can not get a lot of on-performance out of all-terrain tires, as they are not built for that. But still, there are some really unique all-terrain tires, that allow you to go on minor off-road terrains, whilst keeping on-road stability, grip…

Increase Tread Life

How To Increase Tread Life?

So in order to improve your fuel economy, make sure you have the right kind of tire size first of all. And if you do, make sure you get your tires aligned every 6 months, rotated every 5k miles, and properly balanced…

UTQG Rating

What is UTQG Rating?

The UTQG tells you a lot about the tire's traction abilities on wet, and is a way of telling what type of tread it is. Though since the rating is very vague, there's not much you can get out of them, and…

3 Peak Mountain Snowflake Rating

What Are M+S And 3PMSF Ratings?

while tires that have the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) rating symbol may provide better traction in snowy conditions than tires that have only the Mud and Snow (M+S) rating symbol, they are not as capable as true winter tires in all…

Are All-Terrain Tires Harder To Puncture?

Compared to all-season, all-terrain tires give out a huge difference in durability, as you can not take a passenger tire on sharp rocky terrains. But even these tires are not completely puncture proof, no tire is, though they get as durable as…