I know this has probably been gone over before, but I'm stuck between these two tires. I can get them for around the same price, toyo's a bit cheaper.
I've searched and come up with the following:
KM2s:
Lighter, more popular, not siped, not as good in ice/snow, tried and true tested offroad
Toyo Open Country M/T:
Heavier, thicker sidewall (10ply), wears better, siped (better ice/snow), quieter on road

Am I missing anything? I know that a lot of people here run the KM2's due to their popularity, but I hope to hear from both sides! I want to make sure I make the right choice before dropping all this money! thanks all.

 

mel at off road evoltuion has run both and he swears by toyos. i have seen his jk run with both and toyos are clearly way better on the trail. while i have not run km2's, i have run km's in the past and while they are great tires, after running toyos, it'd be hard for me to run anything else again.

km2 look great and they are definitly the "in things" right now and so i'm sure you will get a lot of votes for it but based on my experiences and from what i have seen, toyos are a much better tire especially if you play hard on the rocks or drive in snowy/icy roads. their sidewalls are practically bulletproof, their rubber compound is incredibly grippy on the rocks and their siped lugs offer superior grip on pavement.

 

i was leaning towards to KM's when i bump up to 37's..

Now, i'm going look at Toyo's again.

 

I have the KMII's and although I like them well enough, they don't seem to hold up that well. I have managed to puncture 2 of them so far. 1 side wall while wheeling - didn't seem to me to be that hard of a hit for it to puncture. One on the road - those big lugs pulled in some road debris. Maybe I am just unlucky. But next time around I am going to try the Toyo's.

 

Since the Toyo is a 10 ply, won't that affect ride quality somewhat? Maybe some of yall who've run the 10 ply and aired them down to say 30 or so pounds can tell us. I'm just curious. Seems like that would be a rock hard tire to me.

 

i run 26psi in my 37's and it offers a very comfortable ride and with a very even footprint.

 

10 ply makes a very heavy wheel as well you might want to consider weight depending on what your needs are.

 

I have KM2s and Hankooks. The KM2 is 8ply and the Hankook is 10 ply. You can tell the difference right away. The Hankook is a slow rolling tire that is heavy. I get about 3-4 mpg less when I run the 10 ply, but I also run steel wheels with them. I have to run lower tire pressure to get the 10 plys to ride nice. When I weighed my KM2s on aluminum wheels vs Hankooks on steel wheels, they Hankook/steel was 30 lbs heavier EACH!

 

yeah, i couldnt believe how easy the tire got sliced at JKfest

 

Thanks, Eddie. I reckon then, it really all depends on what you're gonna be doin.....as with most anything.