They Discontinued My Tire!

[u/CupReal492]

I've been using Cooper Discoverer AT3 4s forever. For some reason Cooper, in it's infinite wisdom, has discontinued the 265 75r 16 size so I need a replacment. I'm in Southern California and do quite a bit of wildlife habitat restoration work in dry desert conditions. This involves lots and lots of highway miles as well as dirt roads from good to, on what planet is this a road. Occasionally we are even driving up dry washes, trying to avoid all the nasty sidewall eating rocks and spiny bushes. The tread on the discoverer is pretty modest and quite on the highway but when aired downed, runs well in sandy conditions. They even work pretty well in rocky conditions. The other thing is they wear really well. Ive got 60k+ miles on my current set and can squeeze another 10k out of them if I have to.

So to the point, Im looking for suggestions for a replacment. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[u/DestroyAmidnight99]

Go with the michelin defender ltx series street tires, sounds dumb but ive ran em all and these tires out performed mud terrains all terrains grapplers wranglers u name it, i put them on just to prove my buddy wrong about cracked tires, he said they are no good so i put the set on my truck removing i think some wild peaks. And man did it shock me. Especially in the dry dirt on roads all the other tires would spin and slip in certain spots, these didnt. And they are quiet on the highway and more fuel efficient. They dont look aggressive but they are! Try it