Customer reviews for BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A KO2 - 35X12.50R20/E 121R Tire forWonderful Investment!!!
I wanted a larger, beefier tire than the stock Expedition ones. After installing a couple sets on customer's cars I decided that I really liked the looks of the All Terrain KO2. I did my research online through various sources and talked to people that I knew had these tires. I heard mixed reviews (as I expected). I decided to put these tires on my truck and haven't looked back yet. I have so far towed a full size Ford Bronco, a Bobcat excavator and a camper with no problems or worries about these tires. I have also had them in the sand, mud, and rain. I have not once felt uneasy about my safety while driving with these tires and have noticed superior traction over previous all terrain tires I have owned. These tires are surprisingly quiet for there aggressive tread pattern. Below 60mph I can hardly hear any noise and at interstate speeds I get a noticeable noise but nothing too loud nor anywhere near what I would expect for these tires. I have put a few hundred miles on them thus far and if the next few thousand will be as successful then I will enjoy owning them. I plan to purchase either the KO2s for my Bronco or the Mud Terrain KM2s. GREAT TIRE BFG!!! Another Satisfied Customer!!!
Best tire
Absolutely solid tires. I have had 5 sets of these since 2001. A set of 33x10.5r16 on a 2001 Wrangler, 3 sets of 265/70R17's on a 2006 Tacoma, and a set of 285/70R17's on a FJ Cruiser. Always got 80K out of them, on highway and off-road, and always seem to have good tread left on them, very puncture resistant on the trails when aired down, and ride quality is very good.
Would buy again for sure!
Bought the KO2's for my 2001 Ford Explorer Sport 2dr. I put on 265/75 16's. I put them on at 169K miles and now have 209K ... I can't wear the dam things out! I still have 15K/20K left. I run 34/36lbs normal driving and down to 12/15lbs off-road. I rotate and re balance every 5K miles. The Ford weighs 4440 lbs with a full tank of gas and everything in it except me. I have geared down from 3.73's to 4.10's because I want to go to the 285/75 16" KM2 .. this is all I intend on doing. I have the Dana 35 IFS and pushing it any further would not bode it well methinks. I have a Detroit TrueTrak in the rear with the Ford 8.8.
Horrible Tires
The new KO2 is a horrible tire. I have had BFG tires on 4 Jeeps and 3 trucks before this set and have been great. The new set I have have been a nightmare. They have been to three different shops for 6 attempts at balancing them. They will not balance out. For the amount of time I have spent bringing these to a shop I could have purchased a new set of tires from a different manufacture. This will be my last set of BFG tires.
I really don't understand why so many dislike them
Bought them last fall for my overlanding rig, ran them hard for over a year now & put ~20,000 miles on them. I will likely re-buy another set in 285/70R17 (C-rated) once tread runs out on the current set. Overall very happy and confused why a lot of people in the community keep thrashing this tire ... the below is fully based on my own experiences, I do not claim to be an off-road expert nor did I have a lot of comparisons with other truck tires. I paid for my tires. PROs: + Ability off-road ... I have been throwing rock gardens/shelves, deep sand, muddy forest roads, desert roads, deep snow at these tires and never had any traction issues off-road. If other tires are even better I haven't been in a situation (yet) where that would've mattered ... the areas where I feel they excelled at (even vs. other off-roaders I met on the trails) were: (1) deep snow and (2) deep sand - others got stuck and we didn't + Quiet on the highway, light, didn't affect fuel consumption much (~1 mpg) when I switched from the stock tires in 255/75R16 to 265/70R17 KOs (they are the lightest tire in this class ... which is noticeable in terms of performance, breaking, MPGs) + Even wear & durable: 20,000 miles, rotation every 5,000 miles, balancing after 15,000 miles - still enough tread for another 20-30k + Looks: Subjective but I like them over a lot of other A/T tires CONs: - Tendency to hydroplane in wet conditions - scary, but manageable - Traction on packed snow or ice is not great - didn't run into these conditions off-road but on regular streets in the winter I got into some sketchy situations - They wander a bit when changing lanes at higher speeds (>75mph) ... but that's to be expected when getting C-rated tire on a ~6,000lbs rig (fully loaded) Some other thoughts: > C-rated over E-rated tire all day ... been pushing them aired down on sharp rocks and haven't had any flats or cracks in the tire > the weight does matter ... especially on our somewhat underpowered Tacomas (even with re-gear) ... it's nice to have a bit of extra punch vs. some other A/T tires that are 20% heavier > In dry / sandy states these tires are really hard to beat. In some rainier / wetter states like Washington there are other tires that perform better in wet conditions ... but so far not enough to change my mind ;)
Best tire for everything!
Bought KO2’s in 2015 and have put 40000 miles on them. They have been across the country a few times now both on highway and gravel roads. I have taken them OFF ROAD on super rocky trails. Beat them up and still have enough tread to get me through the next year. no wear problems at all. Plus they look aggressive.
Thanks for the awesome review NLer. BFGoodrich customers ROCK!
So many sets, won't buy anything else.
My first set were the original ATs that came on a '90 Bronco I bought at my first duty base near Fairbanks, AK. They never let me down even in the nastiest of tundra muck. Next set, AT KOs, went on an '02 V8 Explorer the wife and I bought our last year in Alaska that we used to haul a 10k lb trailer to South Dakota in the middle of December. They gripped and pulled up some pretty good snow-covered inclines even with all that weight behind us. Put 80k miles on that set before we traded the Explorer for an '07 Expedition with some Rugged Trails on it. Traded that for a '11 F150 with a set of KO2s on it. Those lasted nearly 50K over some seriously nasty terrain chasing elk in New Mexico. Currently in a '14 F250 that came with a set of NITTOs that were absolute garbage in the mud. Went with another set of KO2s and nearly 10k on them so far with minimal signs of wear and they go through mud like it's merely wet pavement. For those commenters that buy tires based on looks over performance, I'll be the guy that points and laughs when your stuck on the trail or replacing those "pretty" tires after just 40k miles. Pretty won't always get you home.
Thanks for the review, NM Elk Hunter, and your commitment to BFGoodrich tires!
very disapointed
after running the bfg all-terrain t/a ko for the past 5 years on 2 f 350s and a exployer and being completely satisfied I needed a new set and was told the new t/a ko2 may be replacing old t/a ko. so I did not want to buy a set of tires that couldent be replaced if one of them got an unfixable flat. so I bought a set of the 285/65/20 T/A KO2 to replace my set of wore out 285/65 20 T/A KO. what a disappointment! what used to be a rugged beefy looking tire that stuck out and accented any truck (witch is why most folks buy them) now leaves a gayping hole in my wheelwells even though there the same size! how can the same size tire weigh 3 lbs less and be 1 inch smaller in dia. yet cost more? BFG if it ant broke don't fix it!
Awesome!
I put 4 new KO2's on my 2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD crew cab. I went to West Va with the family for the weekend. We did some off roading in snowing and icing conditions. Let me say these tires are AWESOME! They performed beyond my expectations. There was little or no slip even in mud, water or the more technical sections of the trail. My only concern is the tread wear. There is a slight hum at highway speeds but it is not too bad.
Way too loud.
I bought these a year ago for my 2011 Z71 1500. I had the original KO's on my truck before and absolutely loved them. These ones were great for the first 20,000 miles but have became very loud over the last couple months. It has gotten so bad I hate driving my truck places and am looking to get rid of them. My old set had about 50,000 miles before I replaced them in order to go on a trip in Oregon but these haven't lasted half the duration the old ones did and I am very disappointed.