This will be a comprehensive review of 285/70/17 Toyo R/T on a 2007 Tacoma
I am mainly writing this review because with all the research I did online for these tires, I could only find the generic paid reviews on offroading magazines. Everybody said they were great tires but nothing about how they handled at speed or when they are aired down. Below is what I wished they would have written.
I have had these tires for around ~3,000+ miles and have already had them on rocks, sand, mud pits, on the highway and towed with them. I’ve also already blown out a tire on a trail in Colorado which you’ll see in the pics below.
Cost: These tires are extremely expensive. I feel that they are overpriced but someone has to pay for all that R&D I suppose. As of 7/19/16, for $20 more a tire, you can get the Toyo M/T’s which is a true mud terrain. I purchased my set at Discount tire and had them price match a sale on 4wheelparts.com so I got them A LOT cheaper than what discount was charging. I picked these over the M/T because I do a lot of highway driving and don't need a true mud terrain.
Initial break-in: For the first 1,000 miles (1,610 km) the tires are very squirrely at high speeds. They tend to wander from left to right enough that it gets annoying on road trips. Once you get some miles on them and they break in, it’s not as bad.
Balancing: These tires took barely any weight to balance. Maybe 1 row of weights at the most. I’m really impressed with how little weight it took to balance them.
Highway: Over 65+mph (105 km) these tires are louder than A/T’s but it’s not that bad. Under 65mph (105km), they are very quiet and hardly noticeable. I had them up to 80mph+ (130km) on road trips for over two hours at a time and they performed fine.
Towing: I didn’t notice any difference towing a 16’ dual axle trailer when on the freeway or back roads.
Rock: On slick rock, they suck…just like every other tire on the market. On dry or moist rocks, they performed awesome with minimal wheel spin! I’m really happy with their performance. They chipped a bit more than I would like but we were going over rough rock in Moab and Colorado.
Sand: We went through some deep sand sections, aired down to 20psi, and I never once felt that I was sliding around or at risk of getting stuck. I had to put the pedal to the floor to get the tires to break loose and fishtail around.
Fire access roads: They were great but I’d recommend airing down instead of running them at your usual highway psi for comfort.
Mud: They are great through mud and clean out fairly quickly at low speeds.
Snow: For the small sections of snow we went through, I didn't have any issues but I haven't wheeled or driven enough in snow to give you an honest opinion about it. I will update this thread in the future if I do any snow driving (don't hold your breath since I live in Texas).
Aired down: They rode great aired down and handled well. On & off road. Tons of grip when aired down.
Final Thoughts: As for what is advertised, I feel that they are a great all around Hybrid tire and I have no regrets buying them. I love Toyo tires because of the thick sidewalls and great rubber compound they use. This will be my fourth set of Toyo tires (my 3 previous sets were Toyo A/T’s, which I feel is the best A/T on the market for the price). Overall I have no worries about taking these tires offroad at any point.
Why did I choose these tires over the Goodyear DuraTracs? My final choice was between the two and I chose the Toyo's because of the stronger sidewalls. There are too many reviews online of the DuraTrac's sidewalls failing off road.
I replaced these tires with a set of Toyo AT3's since I won't be doing any hard wheeling for a 3-4 years because of my kiddo. I wanted a more mild tread since I will be mainly driving highways until my kid is old enough to wheel.
Final Update: I put approximately ~55k miles on them and probably could've gotten another 5k miles out of them if I had wanted to. The R/T's got loud around the 50k mileage mark like most tires do when they wear down. I also kept two of the R/T's as my spare tires and they still didn't need a lot of weight to balance them when they mounted the tires on my spare rims which is crazy to me. The R/T's were a fantastic tire and other than the break in period, I'd highly recommend them. I'll be buying another set of the R/T's in the future for sure.
I replaced these R/T tires with a set of Toyo A/T3's since I won't be doing any hard wheeling for a 3-4 years because of my kiddo. I wanted a more mild tread since I will be mainly driving highways until my kid is old enough to wheel.
Tire Breakdown:
Toyo A/T- You drive mostly highway miles with a little wheeling, fire road or deer lease driving.
Toyo R/T- Weekend wheeling or more frequent wheeling but travel quite a bit on highways.
Toyo M/T- Wheeling all the time or dedicated trail rig.
If you have any questions, please post them below and I'll answer them.
Popped a tire after bumping a rock going downhill. It's a 100% my fault it popped.
Here you can see just how thick that sidewall is!
I am mainly writing this review because with all the research I did online for these tires, I could only find the generic paid reviews on offroading magazines. Everybody said they were great tires but nothing about how they handled at speed or when they are aired down. Below is what I wished they would have written.
I have had these tires for around ~3,000+ miles and have already had them on rocks, sand, mud pits, on the highway and towed with them. I’ve also already blown out a tire on a trail in Colorado which you’ll see in the pics below.
Cost: These tires are extremely expensive. I feel that they are overpriced but someone has to pay for all that R&D I suppose. As of 7/19/16, for $20 more a tire, you can get the Toyo M/T’s which is a true mud terrain. I purchased my set at Discount tire and had them price match a sale on 4wheelparts.com so I got them A LOT cheaper than what discount was charging. I picked these over the M/T because I do a lot of highway driving and don't need a true mud terrain.
Initial break-in: For the first 1,000 miles (1,610 km) the tires are very squirrely at high speeds. They tend to wander from left to right enough that it gets annoying on road trips. Once you get some miles on them and they break in, it’s not as bad.
Balancing: These tires took barely any weight to balance. Maybe 1 row of weights at the most. I’m really impressed with how little weight it took to balance them.
Highway: Over 65+mph (105 km) these tires are louder than A/T’s but it’s not that bad. Under 65mph (105km), they are very quiet and hardly noticeable. I had them up to 80mph+ (130km) on road trips for over two hours at a time and they performed fine.
Towing: I didn’t notice any difference towing a 16’ dual axle trailer when on the freeway or back roads.
Rock: On slick rock, they suck…just like every other tire on the market. On dry or moist rocks, they performed awesome with minimal wheel spin! I’m really happy with their performance. They chipped a bit more than I would like but we were going over rough rock in Moab and Colorado.
Sand: We went through some deep sand sections, aired down to 20psi, and I never once felt that I was sliding around or at risk of getting stuck. I had to put the pedal to the floor to get the tires to break loose and fishtail around.
Fire access roads: They were great but I’d recommend airing down instead of running them at your usual highway psi for comfort.
Mud: They are great through mud and clean out fairly quickly at low speeds.
Snow: For the small sections of snow we went through, I didn't have any issues but I haven't wheeled or driven enough in snow to give you an honest opinion about it. I will update this thread in the future if I do any snow driving (don't hold your breath since I live in Texas).
Aired down: They rode great aired down and handled well. On & off road. Tons of grip when aired down.
Final Thoughts: As for what is advertised, I feel that they are a great all around Hybrid tire and I have no regrets buying them. I love Toyo tires because of the thick sidewalls and great rubber compound they use. This will be my fourth set of Toyo tires (my 3 previous sets were Toyo A/T’s, which I feel is the best A/T on the market for the price). Overall I have no worries about taking these tires offroad at any point.
Why did I choose these tires over the Goodyear DuraTracs? My final choice was between the two and I chose the Toyo's because of the stronger sidewalls. There are too many reviews online of the DuraTrac's sidewalls failing off road.
I replaced these tires with a set of Toyo AT3's since I won't be doing any hard wheeling for a 3-4 years because of my kiddo. I wanted a more mild tread since I will be mainly driving highways until my kid is old enough to wheel.
Final Update: I put approximately ~55k miles on them and probably could've gotten another 5k miles out of them if I had wanted to. The R/T's got loud around the 50k mileage mark like most tires do when they wear down. I also kept two of the R/T's as my spare tires and they still didn't need a lot of weight to balance them when they mounted the tires on my spare rims which is crazy to me. The R/T's were a fantastic tire and other than the break in period, I'd highly recommend them. I'll be buying another set of the R/T's in the future for sure.
I replaced these R/T tires with a set of Toyo A/T3's since I won't be doing any hard wheeling for a 3-4 years because of my kiddo. I wanted a more mild tread since I will be mainly driving highways until my kid is old enough to wheel.
Tire Breakdown:
Toyo A/T- You drive mostly highway miles with a little wheeling, fire road or deer lease driving.
Toyo R/T- Weekend wheeling or more frequent wheeling but travel quite a bit on highways.
Toyo M/T- Wheeling all the time or dedicated trail rig.
If you have any questions, please post them below and I'll answer them.
Popped a tire after bumping a rock going downhill. It's a 100% my fault it popped.
Here you can see just how thick that sidewall is!
Last edited:
. I don't know how the northerners do that shit on a regular basis
