Dub, What type of truck is it? The weight of the front end will determine a lot about the life and wear of the tires. On newer Ford trucks I got great life out of Nitto's and Toyo's MT tires. I currently have AT BFG tires and hate them. After they are gone it's back to a MT tire for me. The road noise I actually find soothing to me maybe because I've heard for 25 years since I've always run some sort of a MT tire.
I run 3 Vehicles (cj5,Pinz,f150) with Mickey Thompson's and have been happy. One set of Baja Claws are 9 years old and still look/ride great. (spring/fall weekend driving only). The best look for me is the MTZ's. They ride great, not a lot of noise and have the look with the sidewall bite. Not bad off-road either.
I haven't personally heard of problems with the Firestones, but Cooper and Mickey Thompson make the best tires IMO. Ultimately, it comes down to do you actually plan on driving offroad? If not, Toyo MTs are great; however, they are an extremely heavy tire that will hurt gas mileage. They also don't have the best off-road performance. But if that doesn't bother you they look good and may be a good option. However, I am biased towards Cooper and Mickey Thompson. Check out the Cooper ST Maxx, Mickey Thompson ATZ and MTZ. Check the weight of the tires and try to find a quality tires thats not overly heavy. Hope this helps!
Dub I managed to to get the first set of destination mt 2s my firestone dealer sold for my work truck. “3500 Duramax”. After going through dozens of sets of the original destination mt Firestone hit a homerun with the mt 2 I’ve got about 17000 miles on them so far they are holding up well they do roar a bit more it seems but are wearing even and pull good when needed. With the original mts it seemed the rubber was too soft and would beat out and sometimes even tear lugs off when in rough terrain.
I like the Toyo MT's as well they last quite a while and ride pretty good for a mud tire. I have always put BFG A/T's on my trucks, but they don't do well in thick mud they cake up and don't self clean. My buddy has a set of Super Swamper M16's on his K5 and I was really impressed with how they did going down the road, a lot different than the original TSL's I had on my first truck.
Dub - Look at this site and you can compare a lot of the tires that are out there. Not recommending buying from them, just to use a resource. I like the Kenda Klever tire for the money.
https://rimzoneonline.com/tires/ken...MIl9u9taSK2AIVy4uzCh3g4g1GEAAYBSAAEgJTI_D_BwE
i got the terra trac AT II last year and am very happy with them. never had them mudding, but they do well on dry off road and also around construction site debris. (my michelin were getting chunks torn out of them). very responsive for a bigger tire.
they are priced right and there is absolutely no road noise. only thing I'm not crazy about is they do just ok on wet pavement.
they have a cpl models with a more aggressive tread.
i got mine in fla from a mom & pop tire store, buying local.
https://www.herculestire.com/our-tires/suv-and-light-truck/