Best Tyres for the Ford Ranger

I've owned my 2007 Ford Ranger Sport for about 4 years now and the previous tires were truck/suv highway type. I was looking to replace them because they were absolutely horrible in the wet and snow. My ranger would ALWAYS lose traction on wet painted crosswalks, even at normal acceleration, and would take longer than I liked to recover. I don't do any off road driving and wanted the Michelin CrossClimate 2 because I put them on my daughter's Ford Escape and they performed above and beyond in Fargo and Duluth winters. But the CC2 doesn't come in the right size for my Ranger and all of the light truck street/highway tires rated poorly in wet and snow. In desperation I looked into the AT tire world and found many reviews that gave the WP AT4 high marks in wet and snow. The first rain shower after I put them on, I went looking for my crosswalk nemesis and was extremely pleased. No loss of traction at normal acceleration and when I punched it to force traction loss, traction was regained as soon as I cleared the paint. We've had several snow falls and some ice already this winter and I've had good experience. When I hit the gas a little too hard on a turn and start a fishtail, the tires grab again as soon as I let off the gas. I hit a patch of ice at the end of my block one morning and the tires and anitlock brakes kept me from sliding into the intersect for the first time since I bought my truck. On dry pavement, they are louder and ride more trucky, but I soon got used to it. Overall, my early impression is that I made a good choice.

After 60.000kms in a ranger raptor i can assure that this tyre has been brilliant in every single way.

-Quiet cant hear any noise even with low tread
-Wet roads and low temperature roads not an issue at all and proven that can be trusted
-Ice / Snow do the job without missing a beat

But the most astonishing review is that with 60.000 kms low treat did off road trails with a group of 4x4’s with MT fitted (was the only one with AT ) via mud rock and so one and they were super impressive to the point that everyone was amazed how I didnt got stuck

These are the OE tires on a Ranger Raptor. Wear has been surprisingly good, and they're very good in snow.

Went with the Nokian LT3 as it's one of the few tires I could get in an 85 aspect ratio. As an unabashed sidewall (and pizza cutter) fan, I'll optimize for that over quite a few other things.

Starting grip (accelerating from a full stop) is ok in 2WD, but I think this is largely because these are load E LT tires. It's worse than the blizzaks I had prior, but those were much lower load tires. Never had an issue with 4X4 engaged.

Lateral grip is excellent. There's occasionally a little initial softness going into a corner with ice or compacted snow, but this is pretty rare, and the tires are very good at letting you know how much grip you have left. Even with a bed rack and rooftop tent, it usually takes some effort to make the backend swing out (again speaking to the good lateral grip.) Even if the backend does swing out, it's a very forgiving tire to recover.

Rock solid in slushy conditions, I change these out for 235/85R16 Falken AT4Ws in the spring so I can't speak as much to the purely wet or dry performance (but I've never had an issue either.)

Been incredibly happy with them, and the only annoyance is that starting grip from a full stop, but I have chains if it ever bothers me too much.

I did 45000 miles on them. Came with my ranger raptor 1st generation. First 20 000 miles economy was good it average around 9,5 l/100 km. They were good on snow. Wet traction was ok, but you have to be careful. Last 25000 miles
Economy got higher around 11 l/100km. Snow grip is ok, but if you get on ice it's nightmare.

I've been driving the Dueler on a 2024 Ford Ranger for five months. 255/60 R18 tires on the original rims. TUV registration is no problem, no speedometer adjustment required.
First impressions before the onset of winter showed no noticeable change in driving noise. Yeah! Fuel consumption only increased by 0.3-0.5 L/100 km, depending on driving style. I drive quite defensively, never felt unsafe. Always felt like I had reserves. Tires provide good footfeel. Only had a few snowy days, but good grip even on snow. Didn't drive on ice. Highly recommend! I'll stick with the Dueler, don't want to change.

When pulling away in wet conditions - in heavy traffic, so not fast - my Ford's traction control comes on. It is like driving on a very slippery road when wet. Very disappointed.

Bought these for my Ford Ranger based in the UK. Early days but so far excellent grip on dry and wet roads, no aquaplaning in heavy rain. Have noticed on mud im able to move along in 2WD whereas on the OEM Continental tyres I would have to select 4WD. Performance in light wet snow on UK roads has been excellent. Waiting for heavy snow to assess further. Slight rumbling from tread pattern at ~28mph but you have to really listen for it. Otherwise completely on par noise wise with previous conti tyres. Highway speed any tyre noise is overridden by wind noise from mirrors. Ride comfort is excellent and mpg is 0.5mpg average better than Conti's. Run tyres at 35psi inline with ECE117 tyre label rating reg. when driving on asphalt. Will review further when have higher wear but so far so good.