HELP WITH NO COST TIRE REPLACEMENT

MY LESS THAN 3,000 MILE BFG KO2s 285/55/R20 ARE BEING REPLACED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE BALANCED OUT TO PROVIDE DECENT RIDE . MY CHOICES OF REPLACEMENT ARE MICHELIN LTX AT2 OR NITTO TERRA GRAPPLER G2 .
ONLY OFF ROAD DRIVING IS ON THE BEACH CRUISING AND SURF FISHING AND OCCASIONAL TRIPS ON DIRT ROADS IN STATE GAMELANDS .
FLOODED ROADS ARE COMMON HERE AFTER ANY THUNDERSTORM AND LONG TERM RAIN EVENTS.
WANT GOOD SMOOTH ROAD MANNERS ,LOW NOISE ,HUM ,GOOD WET ROAD HANLING ,GOOD TRACTION IN SOFT SAND .

WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK WOULD BE MY BEST CHIOCE ? THANKS FOR ALL OPINIONS AND INPUT .

 

I wonder if there’s a separate issue or one bad tire. I’m running the same tires as you. Rides been great so far. I’m at 24k

 

Of those choices I’d go with the MICHELIN‘s

 

The manager of the place I got my Coopers from said the same thing. KO2s are a good tire but were a bitch to balance. Said the same with Geolanders.

 

I had the Nitto Terra Grapplers (Load Range E) on a Ram 2500 and really liked them. They were quiet, handled well and didn't show hardly any wear after 10K miles. I would buy them again.

 

Terra grapplers

 

Same here. No problems at 11,000. For OP's use I would go with Michelins

 

I've been surprised at the good performance from the Michelin AT2's I bought last summer to run though the fair weather months, but is there any way to go the Defender M+S's?

 

I like my Michelin's and would buy them again.

 

On my second set of Michelin 10 ply defenders here...and would buy again. A really quiet great overall handling tire. Overall Excellent reviews on tirerack.com.



A decent tread wear warranty as well.

 

Based on what the OP said>>>>>>Defender LTX M/S gets my vote too. Hard to beat Michelin for quality, tread wear, warranty....

 

THANKS FOR THE INPUT EVERYONE. DEALER SAID TWO OF THE TIRES ARE BAD ,I GUESS IT COULD BE THE RIMS , WILL FIND OUT WHEN THEY PUT ON NEW TIRES .THEY DID SOME KIND OF SPECIAL BALACING , WHAT I THINK WAS CALLED "ROAD FORCE BALANCE" WHICH DID IMPROVE RIDE SOME . WHEN "BAD" TIRES WERE ROTATED FROM FRONT TO REAR THE IMPROVEMNT WAS DRAMATIC IN THE FRONT END.
I WISH THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM WITH THE BFGS ,THEY ARE GREAT TIRES , I HAD THEM ON MY JEEP , THEY GET GREAT REVIEWS HERE AND EVERY WERE I ELSE I LOOK . I JUST WANT MY TRUCK TO RIDE GOOD AND DEALER SAID IT'S THE TIRES.
THEY ONLY OFFERED THE NITTOS AND MICHELINS SO FAR .THE DELAY IS WHO IS PAYING ,TIRE DISTRIBUTER OR DEALER I HOPE THAT IS RESLOVED NEXT WEEK .

 

They should take care of you first irregardless whether the dealer pays or distributor.
Can't go wrong with either the Nittos or Michelins IMO.

 

YOU'RE RIGHT , I HAVE BEEN VERY PATEINT . MY PLAN WAS/IS TO CALL THEM MONDAY TO SAY WHAT TIRES I WANT AND SCHEDULE INSTALL DATE .WHO'S PAYING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME .

 

JUST DO IT!!!!