4R Trailhunter - Need new tires soon - Suggestions please

[Jade4rTx]

2025 4R Trailhunter
Current tire - Toyo Open Country 265/70 R18

Hello all, I am coming to the end of the factory tires.

I love my stock brass rims.

Can I get wider/taller tires without a lift or any wheel well mods, using my stock 18’s?

Staying with 265/70 R18, what tire to move to or stay with Toyo Open Country?

I appreciate any input on this.

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[1stRunner]

The 265/70 R18 is not of much in determining what size tire you have, the mfr actual size varies wildly. I have built 2 diesel trucks, 2 jeep JK wranglers and my current 26 4runner. Look up your current tire make and size on tiresize.com, get the "real" dimensions and compare it to the mfr tire you want to buy. You will be amazed at the variations from mfr to mfr. A lot of 35" tires are not 35", some will be as small as 33.5". You can get width, weight, height, and oodles of other info on there, I have never upgraded or changed my tires without verifying it there.

 

[Nodak]

really depends on your primary purpose of the driving.

city mostly ? i would say a highway biased tire with a SL rating

off road ? more a rugged biased tire (RT)

more offf than highway ? something along the lines of a tire like the dueler ascent a/t

more of a highway than off ? defender ltx ms2

i went defender ltx ms2 (heavy load rating, its still a SL rating but slightly beefier)

it was a hard toss up between the better off road look of the dueler ascent a/t that was mostly highway with some off roading and the defender ltx ms2. in the end i wanted mostly highway performance since i drive paved roads only and need 75mph performance and great winter traction and cross country comfort (trips from ND to GA 4k round trips)

only negative i would say is stay away from the goodyear duratrac, they have really gone downhill since 2018 in my opinion. on our 2018 tundra they were great, on our 23 tundra, they really suck now after 2 yrs of use and we only have 21k miles on them. on the 2018 we had 43k miles on them after 5 yrs (traded it in with them on the 2018) and they were still great for winters and highway driving.

 

[Joestac]

After swapping from factory Toyo > BFG KO3 in 275/70/18 > Falken Wildpeak AT4W in 265/70/18 > now on Toyo AT3 E Load in 275/70/18. I think these are the best of both worlds.

They are only 11 pounds heavier than stock tires, they are a true 33.19" diameter tire of the factory 32.64", and they don't hurt MPG too much. I am still averaging high 18s with a terrible traffic commute 4 days a week, sometimes mid 19s.

They are louder than the stock SL Toyos, but nothing you can't live with. If you aren't going to be off-roading and don't need E load tires, then ignore all of this.

 

[RunnerRocks]

At 100 miles, I switch to Toyo Open Country A/T III LT275 /70 R18 125S E-rated on our optional TRD PIO black wheels. Ran the same tire for 5+ years on our 2020 Ford Ranger. Good performance & wear with slight tread whine, but quiet for an A/T tire. A bit clunky feeling on bumps due to the extra weight. Overall around 21 MPG with 22+ at times.

Don't buy E-rated unless you need them for load or off-roading.

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