Vehicles using LT265/60R18 tires include:

• Cadillac Escalade
• Chevrolet Trailblazer
• Dodge Durango
• RAM 3500
• Ford Ranger
• GMC Savana 1500
• Jeep Grand Cherokee
• Kia Borrego
• Lincoln Mark LT
• Mitsubishi Montero
• Nissan Pathfinder
• Toyota Land Cruiser

1. Bridgestone DriveGuard - Best All-Season tire

We’re going to get this list started with the Bridgestone DriveGuard, a premium all-season touring tire that comes with a nice bonus: the peace of mind that goes along with run-flat technology. Run-flat tires are designed with a stiffened sidewall that can support the vehicle’s weight even after complete tire failure and loss of inflation pressure. It’s a design that can enable a driver to go as far as another 50 miles at 50 mph. Along with the run-flat design, you can depend on the DriveGuard Plus to deliver great performance and dependable grip in a variety of weather conditions. That means traction on rainy days and resistance to hydroplaning on a wet road, with circumferential grooves that cut through standing water and channel it through and behind the tire's contact patch. Full-depth 3D sipes multiply the tire’s surface area and traction by adding hundreds of extra biting edges in snow, slush, and rain. For wet-weather performance and good drainage, its asymmetric all-season tread features a system of angled and circumferential grooves with open shoulder slots. After taking that into account, we chalk up the DriveGuard Plus with a SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction. Wear properties are also very impressive thanks to robust internal construction and materials, a long-wearing tread compound, and of course the run-flat design. Bridgestone covers the DriveGuard Plus with a 65,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, and our team arrived at a SimpleScore of 9.6 for longevity for this tire. In the handling category, the DriveGuard Plus gets a solid 9.9 SimpeScore thanks to its asymmetric tread pattern and stable, rigid tread face that are designed for cornering, braking, control, and steering responses that are direct and accurate. All in all, this is a Grand Touring tire that’s truly hard to beat when it comes to year-round traction, a quiet, accommodating ride, great handling ability, and excellent wear properties.

2. Continental TerrainContact A/T - Best All-Terrain tire

Next up is our pick for an all-terrain tire, one that delivers the best of both worlds: consistent, dependable traction off the pavement with ride quality, noise levels, and road manners that are completely composed and civilized on the highway. The Continental TerrainContact A/T starts with an overall SimpleScore of 9.0, and a traction score of 9.6 thanks to Continental’s +Silane tread formulation and TractionPlus design. The TractionPlus system includes a closed shoulder, full-depth sipes, and deep traction grooves for grip that’s consistent and secure in off-road or wintry conditions. The TerrainContact A/T is durable too, with twin steel belts, a 2-ply polyester casing, and a spiral-wound polyamide layer for rock-solid stability at highway speeds. Continental covers the TerrainContact A/T with a 60,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, and we calculated that to a SimpleScore of 8.4 for longevity. The closed shoulder and reinforced casing of the TerrainContact A/T all help enhance steering response, cornering, and braking performance, chalking up a SimpleScore of 9.1 for handling. Bonus: the TerrainContact A/T is available with an outlined white letter sidewall that’s a great addition to any truck’s looks.

3. Nokian Nordman 9 SUV - Best Winter tire

Anytime a tire manufacturer is based in Finland, you’d expect them to have some expertise in developing tires to safely navigate the rough Scandinavian winters, and you’d be right. If you live in a part of the country where winter weather is harsh and you have to deal with snow, slush, and ice that stays on the ground (and the roads) for weeks at a time, you probably already know that in most cases, all-season tires just aren’t capable of getting the job done. You should probably consider the Nokian Nordman 9 SUV – Nokian is a Finnish tire manufacturer (yes, the same parent company as Nokia phones) and they have decades of experience with winter conditions and winter tire design. The Nordman 9 SUV is capable of handling the absolute dead-worst that winter weather can throw your way, with a rubber compound that’s purpose-built to remain flexible and deliver unmatched traction in sub-freezing conditions. The Nordman 9’s winter tread features include a network of deep grooves and strategically placed sipes that multiply your tire’s surface area and biting edges to dig into snow and slush. The Nordman 9 SUV is pre-drilled, making it easy for a tire shop to install studs that would be strategically placed to bolster traction and safely get you across skating-rink-slick roads with confidence. NOTE: studded tires are not legal in all states and are limited to certain months of the year in states where they are legal – check your state laws to be sure.

4. Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 - Great All-Season tire

For most drivers of light trucks, SUVs, and crossovers, all-season tires are a jack-of-all-trades choice that makes the most sense all the way around. With premium all-season tires, you can depend on them for year-round traction with a quiet, refined ride, excellent wear properties, stable handling, and stable, secure road manners. The Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 is a tire that delivers on all those expectations and more – it’s designed for year-round traction in wet, dry, or light winter conditions with a network of circumferential grooves that work to resist hydroplaning as they divert water from the tire’s contact patch. In addition, a system of 3D sipes with angled and lateral grooves gives a healthy boost to all-season grip, earning it a SimpleScore rating of 9.7 for traction. With a 70,000 mile limited manufacturer tread life warranty, wear properties are also excellent, thanks to its tough internal construction and a durable, damage-resistant rubber formulation, marking up a SimpleScore rating of 9.8 for longevity. Handling and cornering are all superb thanks to a sequence-tuned shoulder block and optimized footprint for a SimpleScore rating of 9.4 for handling. Overall, the Pirelli Scorpion All Season Plus 3 gets an average SimpleScore of 9.2.

5. Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT - Best Highway tire

Let’s wrap things up with a great offering from Goodyear, the Wrangler Steadfast HT. The Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT is a highway all-season tire that’s developed to match year-round grip with Grand Touring-style levels of ride comfort, road manners, stability, and wear properties. Durability is a top priority with the Wrangler Steadfast HT, with a tread infused with DuPont Kevlar, a reinforced sidewall and built-in WearGauge indicators molded in the tread face itself to give a driver an early alert to uneven or excessive wear. Goodyear covers the Wrangler Steadfast HT from the factory with a 70,000 mile warranty. With that kind of long, even wear and the durability to resist damage from potholes and other hazards, we give the Wrangler Steadfast HT an unbeatable SimpleScore of 9.9 for longevity. A SimpleScore of 9.7 for traction is quite impressive as well, thanks to a network of sipes for winter grip, lateral/angled grooves, and extra-wide circumferential grooves that all work as a system to cut the risk of hydroplaning and give you the peace of mind to get through wet weather with confidence. Cornering, braking response, and steering input are all quick and correct, thanks to that proven tread design and a solid center rib – the Steadfast HT comes in with a SimpleScore of 9.5 for handling. Overall SimpleScore for the Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT is a very strong 9.7.

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