![]() See if you also find foundations underneath these blocks, they also help keeping things stable. So with this, even having larger gaps between the shoulder blocks, the rubber don’t move as independently and these supports keep them firm. ![]() Let me see if I can put an arrow pointing these ridges for your better understanding. The on road performance of Toyo Open Country AT3 is really impressive, the ridges between the shoulder blocks which act as noise barrier also keep these blocks stable. Toyo Open Country AT3 on the other hand, with it’s lighter and softer make, is going to provide you with better fuel efficiency.īut for folks who are still going with KO2, go for a slightly skinnier tire, (see tire sizes below). And this combined with the stiffness of the tire and of course, the vigorous biting edges, the tire simply has more rolling resistance to it. of plies inside, the BF Goodrich KO2 is also heavier in comparison. KO2s feel “on the edge” and they don’t provide better resistance to the impacts.įor Your Info: The best for ride comfort out of all other all terrain tires is Yokohama Geolandar G015 (review). That’s why these tires don’t feel as stiff to drive on, as the BF Goodrich KO2. Now although things get a little subjective here, the Toyo Open Country AT3 feels more comfortable to drive on.Īs I mentioned in the durability above, the tire has less no of layers inside, so it offers less rigidity in comparison. The second one is even more important and it the feel of ride. Sure, ride comfort depends on noise, but its only one part of the puzzle. Let’s not get too much in to it as this topic would not end, and just put it at this the Toyo AT3 with these ridges within resist the air moving in & out and this way the tire dampens the noise level more. Now they are seen in most of the tires out there which try to tackle the noise levels. These ridges were first introduced by Cooper tires and they named it Whisper Groove Technology. On Toyo Open Country AT3, if you looked at the shoulder blocks closely in the tread pattern section above, you must have noted the ridge between them. So it makes sense why with wider shoulder blocks, the BF Goodrich KO2 is slightly more louder on road. Most of this air goes out and comes back in through the shoulders. Think of it like the tire trying to whistle, blowing air out of the tire as the tire rolls, and that air goes back in. Noise is simply air flowing through the grooves. They are very weak especially the ones on P metrics. But the tire also has 2 steel belts running with 2 layers of nylon, but here nylon is not spirally wound. ![]() The Toyo Open Country AT3 provides 2 ply as it’s inner construction include 2 layers of poly-amide. That’s why this tire is said to have 3 ply sidewalls. And both of these then get spirally wound with nylon cords two times around. The tire has very solid 3 ply polyester made skeleton inside, which is then reinforced with steel belts of high tensile strength cords. None of the top tier All Terrain tires can beat BF Goodrich KO2, when it comes to durability. All blocks have interlocking siping which are full depth.įor Your Info: See if you can note triangular shapes hidden in KO2’s grooves. On BF Goodrich KO2, there are smaller ribs and they all make very similar shape with each other. The other blocks besides this look very similar and they are seen with notches and interlocking siping which helps tire in wet. Toyo Open Country AT3 in the middle has very unique S shaped blocks (they were also seen in it’s previous model AT2). On Toyo Open Country AT3 (review), these shoulder blocks are boring in comparison, they don’t offer wild notches but they sure are staggered and are optimized for on road traction with wave like siping and ridges between each block. They are also staggered and they join the sidewall lugs which provide traction when pressured down. These provide very tough biting off road. It’s bulky shoulders have sharp slits which join the large block valleys around. The tire features very unique design here. But considering the shoulder blocks of both, it’s quite prominent, that things are more wild on BF Goodrich KO2. BF Goodrich KO2 offers wider grooves especially around shoulder blocks.īoth tires show a very aggressive design, and they both look very different from each other.
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