Nitto or Toyo, 285-75r17, which wears better?

[Motorhead]

I am looking to go to the 285-75r17 highway tire for my truck. Which tire seems to wear longer? I have ben looking at the NITTO Dura grappler and the TOYO Open country AT

 

[JR]

Toyo expanded their product line in the late 90s to form the Nitto brand. I have no direct experience with Toyos in your size but I did recently pick up a set of 285/75/17 Nitto Terra Grapplers and am satisfied with them so far. Time will tell how they hold up. The Toyos appear to be a good bit more expensive but I wonder how similar in design and structure the two tires really are being they come from the same manufacture.

 

[LFalconer]

Toyo expanded their product line in the late 90s to form the Nitto brand. I have no direct experience with Toyos in your size but I did recently pick up a set of 285/75/17 Nitto Terra Grapplers and am satisfied with them so far. Time will tell how they hold up. The Toyos appear to be a good bit more expensive but I wonder how similar in design and structure the two tires really are being they come from the same manufacture.

I have a set of 285/70 -17 Nitto Terra Grapplers on my 2006 in sig. After 20K miles the tread wear has been acceptable for a truck that tows a heavy gooseneck. Tread wear is even. I expect to get ~ 40K tread life, which is reasonable in my book.

The Terra Grapplers work well in light off road work as well. They have stayed balanced from day 1, unlike my experiences with BFG All Terrains. The Nitto's are quiet on the highway and are good in snow, ice and general muck we get in the area of Virginia I live in. I will stay with the Nitto's my next time around.

I have no experience with the Toyo's personally - however from folks that run them - they like them.

Luke

 

[MChrist]

I had 285/70/17 Dura Grapplers and they were great!! Wore evenly, nice solid tire, got about 60-65,000 miles out of them and all my miles are stop and go rural miles, towing 10% of the time. Would have gotten 80,000 if they were highway miles, I think.

 

[NGuzik]

I have around 10,000 on my set of 285/75/17 open country ATs. They have been great in the mud and snow.. I was most impressed when I took my truck out on the sand dunes and aired down. Night and day difference from the older style open country's. End up story they look brand new and have been holding up great.

 

[Prairie Dog]

That's good to hear NGuzik because my previous generation AT's aren't wearing very good at all. I'm not sure I trust them enough to buy a set of the newer style.

Scott

 

[Kry226]

By their nature, the highway tire will probably wear better than the A/T. I've had the Nitto TGs (about 51k) and now the Dura Grapplers. Completely happy with both but went to the DG since I tow more now. Excellent tire.

If highway, DGs all the way.

 

[AH64ID]

My dad has the Dura Grapplers in 285/75/17 and they are wearing quite well, many of the miles are with a Lance 850 and a trailer of some sort putting the tires at 90-100% of max load.

The Nitto has a higher load rating than the Toyo, by 775 lbs IIRC.

 

[ChrisHansen]

I have the Dura Grapplers in 285/70/17 and they are wore out,with only 30,000 miles on them. Most city and highway driving. I am going back to BFGoodrich which lasted 50,000 miles.

 

[BDaugherty]

I'm not sure it's fair to compare the highway tread to the a/t. That said, the toyo at2 are awesome. Toyo claims a 50k treadweAr warranty...but I've heard they have a lot of conditions. As a wholesaler or tires, i have found nitto and toyo prices to be very similar for a given tread and size.

 

[Regcabguy]

Tire warranty conditions would include common sense items like proper rim width,regular rotation, balance and alignment.

 

[brods]

Toyo’s Open Country AT lasted 50K on my truck with no noticeable MPG loss. They were the older style tire made in Japan. Have just over 11K on Nitto Dura grapplers and they appear to be wearing very little, but there has been about 1 mpg reduction with them. The Nitto’s have done surprisingly well in the snow and ice this winter. The Nittos did have quite pronounced new tire squirm at first, the Toyo’s did not. If the Nittos last significantly longer than 50K and recover some mpg as the tread wears down, I will probably go with them again when this set wears out. Both were/are the 285/75R17 size.

 

[R.Taylor]

I had the Toyo Open Country AT 285/75R17, They lasted almost 42k and that was with 6 rotations and alignment kept within spec. In December I replaced them with a set of the new Toyo Open Country AT II's in 285/75R17, Hopefully I'll get 40k out of this set. Been pleased with mud and snow traction. I keep the front's at 60psi and the rears at 55psi.

 

[BillDriscoll]

I just put the 285/75 17 Nitto Dura Grapplers on my truck right before thanks giving. I've driven from Pensacola to Grand Rapids MI and back and also Pensacola to Miami and back so I have some mileage on them while there new.
Pros: Quiet compared to an AT tire, which is all I have ever run on my Dodges, and they track better. Since I have 4.10 gear, they stretch out my final drive a tad. 70mph equals right @ 2000rpm
These Look nice. No wear in first 4K miles. So far I would buy them again.Living in FL I done forsee a need for an AT tire, except for looks.
Cons: Who drives 70? lol I pretty much hit the cruise @75 and go. The wife doesn't use the cruise and 78-80 isnt an uncommon occurrence. Gotta admit, the truck want to run. My fuel mileage dropped about a mpg down to 15, probably to do with the extreamly cold weather all the way up and back and the higher speeds. In town its also dropped a little because of the gearing. I wouldnt run those size tires ion a 3.73 rear end. Probably too low for the power band.
In the snow they were fine in fwd on the city streets when I needed it. AT's would be better in the snow but these tires are dooable, just reach down and pull the leaver if needed.
My truck is totally stock with 120K miles one her.

 

[tmothy89]

I had the Dura Grapplers, and got 40k out of them. Good traction on dry and wet pavement. But if you're planning to go off the road, they are not good. Get the Terra Grapplers instead.

 

[wyosteve]

I guess I'm the exception. I have Nitto Terra Grapplers in 285/75 on my truck and have been satisfied with their performance in mud and snow, but am not satisfied with the mileage. I have 25k on them and maybe will get 5k more. I do tow on average once a week, but I expected longer mileage on them. My previous BFG's would get 50 to 55k and Michelins were even better. I'm going back to BFG's after these Nittos.