KO2 vs KO3 vs KM3:What Anthony's Buying Next

What's up, everybody? All right. Today we're gonna talk a little bit about the BFGoodrich KO3s.

So, I personally run the BFGoodrich KO2 tire on my 2025 Jeep Wrangler.

Roughly 26,000 miles on them. What I could say about the tire is great on-road tire. Never really had problems off-road with it. Great tire in the snow and in the wet weather. I know everybody talks about how the KO3 has a bunch of vibrations and that, you know, they can't balance them.

You know, based on my experience with the KO2s, I've got two friends that run them. You know, one of my buddies, he's on his fourth set, another buddy's on his third. No issues with the KO2s, no issues with the wall splitting.

The big problem that people do run into with sidewall splits and everything like that, is because people don't realize that there's different load range tires for different vehicles, right? So, like a load range C that's on a, let's say, Bronco Raptor or even my Jeep Wrangler. It's a softer compound tire than, let's say, a load range E or an F, right?

Now, if you're constantly airing up and airing down your tires and you're doing some serious off-roading and some serious rock crawling, you're probably gonna want to go a step up with, meaning, like, from a load range C to a load range D, right? That'll keep your sidewall a little bit stiffer. Now, if you're just a daily driver, like most of my driving is on-road driving, a good bit of off-road that I do do, the BFGoodrich tires have never let me down, right?

Listen, I could talk about Nittos. We had a Bronco with Nitto Ridge Grapplers out there. The thing was like, you know, like a cow on ice, just slipping and sliding, no traction, can't get up anywhere. Do they look good? Yeah, they look good, but they're useless.

To me, when I'm looking at a tire, I need this tire to be reliable on-road, reliable off-road. Like I said, in my experiences with the KO2s, great tire. Would I get the KO3s?

Personally, yes, only because I had a great experience with the KO2s. I actually, myself, had Toyo R/T Trail, and that tire was atrocious. In the wet weather, that truck was slipping all over the place. Off-road, the tire was great, meaning it climbed great, in the rock it did well, sand did well.

But as soon as I was on pavement and it was raining, I was slipping and sliding everywhere, where with the KO2s, rain does great. The past year that we had this crazy snowstorm, I was out there in the Jeep having a bunch of fun in the pines with the Jeep.

KO2s didn't let me down. As far as people say, airing up and airing down, I've probably aired down my tires, I don't know, 10, 15 times. I've yet to have an issue with my sidewalls, luckily. But my next tire is probably gonna be the BFG KM3.

It is one of my favorite tires. It looks good. It's knobby. They're not too loud, just like the KO2s, actually. 25,000 miles later, and there's no road noise compared to the DuraTracs. For example, the Goodyear DuraTracs, those things are just super noisy.

After, like, 15,000 miles, you hear the hum on them. They're not the best tire, honestly. I've had those tires give up in the snow. I've had those tires let me down in the sleet. I've had those tires even let me down in dirt. Right. So my personal take on the BFG KO2, KO3, great tire.

When it comes down to the balancing issue, a lot of people just go get your regular balance done. Bigger tires do require being road-force balanced, which not many shops do. So that's also a big problem because my KO2s, no issues, no rattle, no shake, no wobble. They are road-force balanced, though, so try that out before you guys badmouth the tire.

Or you guys also gotta make sure that your installer is putting the tire on right. There are marks on a tire, which is a high side and a low side. So if your installer isn't installing them right, you will also have a shake.

Other than that, guys, we'll catch you on the next one.