Head to head
Milestar Patagonia M/T-02 vs Toyo Open Country M/T
The cheapest and the most expensive of the six tires in our price tracker. The Milestar costs 61% of the Toyo. This page sets out what the published data says the other 39% buys.
By Bill Belcamino · Last verified 17 September 2026
What the published data supports
The Toyo costs $169.72 more per tire in LT285/70R17 — $678.88 across a set. For that, the published data shows 2/32″ more tread in the flotation sizes, Load Range E in 33×12.50R17 where the Milestar is D, the highest composite retailer rating in our set, and a manufacturer that states its snow position outright.
The Milestar is lighter in every size listed — by 10.2 lb per tire in 37×12.50R17 — and in LT285/70R17 it matches the Toyo’s load rating with marginally deeper tread. Both describe three-ply casings.
Side by side
Specification
Milestar Patagonia M/T-02
Toyo Open Country M/T
Price, LT285/70R17
$260.95
$430.67
LT285/70R17
62.2 lb · 19/32″ · 121/118Q (E)
64.0 lb · 18.9/32″ · 121/118P (E)
33×12.50R17
65.1 lb · 19/32″ · 2,600 lb at 50 psi (D)
70.0 lb · 21/32″ · 3,085 lb at 65 psi (E)
35×12.50R17
Not listed in this size
78.0 lb · 21/32″ (E)
37×12.50R17
73.8 lb · 19/32″ (D)
84.0 lb · 21/32″ (D)
Casing
MILETECH 3-Ply Sidewall (Milestar)
Three-ply polyester casing (Tire Rack)
Composite retailer rating
Not rated
9.3 overall (SimpleTire)
Snow position
Not stated
Usable in light snow; explicitly not 3PMSF
Treadwear warranty
None found
None
3PMSF certification
Not stated
No
Size rows are from the tiresize specification pages; prices from our price tracker. The Milestar’s construction is Milestar’s own; the Toyo’s casing description is Tire Rack’s.
Where the published data favours the Milestar
Price, by the widest margin in our tracker: 61% of the Toyo’s price, $169.72 a tire less.
Mass, in every size: 1.8 lb lighter in LT285/70R17, 4.9 lb in 33×12.50R17, and 10.2 lb in 37×12.50R17 — 41 lb of unsprung, rotating mass across a set of 37s.
In LT285/70R17, the most common size here, the two carry the identical Load Range E rating and the Milestar lists marginally deeper tread, 19/32″ against 18.9/32″.
Where the published data favours the Toyo
Depth in the flotation sizes: 21/32″ against 19/32″ in both 33×12.50R17 and 37×12.50R17.
Load range in 33×12.50R17: Load Range E at 3,085 lb against the Milestar’s Load Range D at 2,600 lb. Some of the Milestar’s weight advantage in that size is the lower load range.
Third-party signal and disclosure. The Toyo carries the highest composite retailer rating in our set, 9.3, and Toyo is the only manufacturer in the tracker that states where its tire stops in snow. Neither is a test result, but both are more than the Milestar publishes.
What the evidence does not establish
Whether the price gap buys measurable performance. No independent test covers both tires, and neither publishes wear, noise or traction figures a buyer could compare.
The composite rating is a retailer’s, not a laboratory measurement. The Milestar is not rated on that scale at all, so the absence of a score is not a low score.
Neither carries a treadwear warranty or 3PMSF certification.
What they cost
Tire
LT285/70R17, per tire
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Milestar Patagonia M/T-02
$260.95
11 Sep 2026
Toyo Open Country M/T
$430.67
11 Sep 2026
The Milestar is 61% of the price of the Toyo — the widest spread between any two tires in the price tracker.
Which matters for your use case
If price and mass decide it, the Milestar is $679 cheaper across a set and lighter in every size.
If you run 33×12.50R17 and need Load Range E, only the Toyo is listed in that load range.
If you want the most depth in a flotation size, the Toyo lists 2/32″ more.
If you want the strongest third-party signal available, the Toyo carries it — with the caveat that it is a retailer composite.
Model pages and data
Toyo Open Country M/T · specification database
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Sources
Milestar, Patagonia M/T-02 (milestar.com) · Tire Rack, Toyo Open Country M/T description and warranty (tirerack.com) · Toyo Tires, Open Country M/T (toyotires.com), all read 17 September 2026 · Tire Size (tiresize.com), model specification pages, read 17 September 2026 · SimpleTire, Open Country M/T (simpletire.com) · Mud Tires price tracker.
How these figures are gathered and what we refuse to estimate: our method.