Vehicles using LT235/65R16 tire size:

• Chevrolet Colorado
• Chevrolet Equinox
• Ford Transit 150
• Ford Transit 250
• Ford Transit 350
• Dodge D150
• Honda Odyssey
• GMC Envoy
• Nissan NV400

1. Continental Vancontact A/S - Best All-Season tire

Let’s get this list started with a great all-season truck tire that’s suitable for commercial duty, the Continental Vancontact A/S. The Vancontact A/S is a tire that’s industry-standard and is featured as the original equipment tire for many vans and commercial vehicles. The Vancontact A/S comes in with a very respectable SimpleScore of 8.8 for longevity, thanks to a robust 6-ply rating (which also means enhanced load capacity), damage-resistant rubber compound, and resilient internal construction. Year-round grip is another real plus with this tire, thanks to an all-season tread pattern with wide circumferential grooves that evacuate standing water from the tire’s contact patch to resist hydroplaning. For improved traction in winter weather, the Vancontact A/S is designed with rippled and stepped grooves. We give the Continental Vancontact A/S a SimpleScore of 9.9 for traction. It also registers a very strong SimpleScore of 9.8 for handling: its tread design, square shoulder, and wide, flat footprint of the Vancontact A/S all add up to good stability, road manners, and drivability. We should also note that the Vancontact A/S features a tread pitch that’s computer-tuned for low road noise and a forgiving ride and is designed as a good fit for EVs thanks to its low rolling resistance.

2. Falken Wildpeak A/T3W - Best All-Terrain tire

For 4WD-equipped light trucks with LT235/65R16 tires, you need an all-terrain tire to get the most out of their performance potential. Our recommendation here would be the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W. According to Falken, the 3W stands for Wet, Winter, and Wear. That’s a pretty good call, really; after all, the Wildpeak A/T3W has the tire industry’s Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service. The Falken tire delivers confident, consistent grip with an aggressive all-terrain lug tread and a tread depth that’s a full 19/32”. A set of lugs at the shoulders wrap around and extend onto the sidewall to offer enhanced lateral traction for cornering or clawing out of ruts. That’s all we needed to see to give the Falken Wildpeak A/T3W a SimpleScore of 9.9 for traction. The Wear part of the 3W designation is also a definite strength for this tire – the Wildpeak A/T3W has a reinforced sidewall and heat dissipation technology that guards the tire’s internal construction against excessive buildup of heat along with a durable silica-infused tread formulation, step-down features and support ramps for offroad toughness. Falken covers the Wildpeak A/T3W with a 55,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, and the SimpleTire team gives this tire a SimpleScore of 8.9 for longevity. The Wildpeak A/T3W is a durable all-terrain tire that doesn’t come with any serious compromises in the way of road manners and composed behavior on the pavement, for a SimpleScore of 9.6 for handling.

3. Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT - Best All-Season tire

When it comes to Goodyear, the brand name carries quite a reputation for performance, value, and quality, and the Wrangler Workhorse HT is no exception. The Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT receives an overall average SimpleScore of 9.2, which can be broken down to 9.8 for handling, 9.9 for traction, and 7.9 for longevity. With a 60,000 mile warranty, the Wrangler Workhorse HT is certainly durable with excellent wear properties – Goodyear designed this tire to last with a long-wearing tread formulation, a 2-ply polyester casing, 2-ply polyester-reinforced sidewalls, twin high-tensile steel belts, and a polyamide spiral-wound cap layer. That very respectable number for traction is thanks to the Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse HT’s all-season tread design and a system made up of circumferential and angled grooves, a closed shoulder with slots for water drainage, and a dense network of sipes for enhanced winter performance. All those tread features are designed to interlock and work together for grip in wet, dry, or winter conditions. That tread design and the rigidity of the Wrangler Workhorse HT’s casing and treadface are also factors in its confident, predictable handling and the SimpleScore of 9.8 in that category.

4. Maxxis HT-770 Bravo Series - Best Highway tire

If you’re looking for excellent value in a light truck all-season tire, you really should take a look at the Maxxis HT-770 Bravo Series. SimpleScores for the Maxxis HT-770 Bravo Series are 8.6 overall, with 8.3 for handling, 9.2 for longevity, and 8.5 for traction. The HT-770 Bravo Series incorporates several innovations, such as a unique “ripple” sipe pattern that creates extra biting edges for grip in snow or slush and U-shaped circumferential grooves that route water away from the tire’s contact patch more efficiently to resist hydroplaning. The closed shoulder boosts handling performance and encourages long, even wear, and a jointless nylon cap ply aids in high-speed stability and road manners. Maxxis covers the HT-770 Bravo Series with a 60,000 mile warranty.

5. Nexen Roadian HTX2 - Best All-Weather tire

We’re going to wrap this list up with a great all-weather tire for light trucks, the Nexen Roadian HTX2. All-weather tires occupy a space between all-season and winter tires, with a tread designed for more aggressive traction and performance that’s more capable in winter weather. Indeed, thanks to its wide grooves, open shoulders, and large, angled tread blocks with an advanced sipe pattern, the Nexen Roadian HTX2 gets a solid 9.1 SimpleScore for traction (earning it the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating for severe winter service). The Roadian HTX2’s all-weather rubber compound is also engineered for great wear properties and is backed by a 70,000 mile manufacturer’s tread life warranty, earning a SimpleScore of 9.9 for longevity. The shoulder design and internal construction of this tire help to deliver confident cornering, steering response and road manners (as well as low rolling resistance), for a SimpleScore of 9.3 for handling.

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