Head to head
Falken Wildpeak M/T vs Toyo Open Country M/T
These two are strong in opposite places. Falken publishes how the tire is built and how much rubber you start with. Toyo publishes almost none of that, and carries the higher composite rating.
By Bill Belcamino · Last verified 17 September 2026
What the published data supports
Falken publishes three-ply DURASPEC construction, 20/32″ of tread and 63.3 lb in LT285/70R17 Load Range E. The tiresize specification pages list the Toyo at 18.9/32″ and 64.0 lb in the same size, and Tire Rack’s listing describes it as a three-ply polyester casing. Toyo rates 9.3 overall against Falken’s 8.4 on the one composite scale that rates both.
Toyo is also the only one of the two that states its snow position outright. Neither carries three-peak mountain snowflake certification, and neither publishes a warranty term we could locate.
Side by side
Specification
Falken Wildpeak M/T
Toyo Open Country M/T
Tread depth (LT285/70R17 Load E)
20/32″
18.9/32″
Weight (LT285/70R17 Load E)
63.3 lb
64.0 lb
Weight (33×12.50R17)
68.8 lb
70.0 lb
Tread depth (33×12.50R17)
21/32″
21/32″
Load index / speed (LT285/70R17 Load E)
121/118Q
121/118P
Load at pressure (LT285/70R17 Load E)
3,195 lb at 80 psi
3,195 lb at 80 psi
Sidewall construction
Three-ply DURASPEC, two high ply turn-ups
Three-ply polyester casing (Tire Rack)
Measured diameter (37×12.50R17)
36.7″
36.8″
Composite retailer rating
8.4 overall
9.3 overall
Traction rating
Not published separately
9.8
Durability rating
Not published separately
9.4
Longevity rating
Not published separately
8.8
3PMSF certification
Not stated
No
Published noise claim
Reduces road hum vs older M/T designs; no baseline
None published
Warranty
None found in the data reviewed
None found in the data reviewed
Composite figures are SimpleTire’s SimpleScore, a composite of one retailer’s own rating categories rather than an independent laboratory measurement. Cells reading “not published” are gaps in the published data, not poor results.
Where the Falken has documented advantages
Falken states its construction on its own site: three-ply DURASPEC with two high ply turn-ups. The Toyo is also three-ply — a polyester casing, as described in Tire Rack’s listing — so on ply count the two are level. What Falken adds is detail, and the fact that it comes from the manufacturer itself.
Falken also publishes 20/32″ of tread at 63.3 lb in LT285/70R17 Load Range E. The tiresize pages list the Toyo at 18.9/32″ and 64.0 lb in the same size, so the Falken starts with more rubber and less mass. In 33×12.50R17 the two list an identical 21/32″.
A caution specific to this tire: Falken sells LT285/70R17 in Load Range C as well as E, and they are genuinely different — 116/113Q, 18/32″, 61.3 lb and 2,755 lb at 50 psi. Check the part number, not the size. Load range explained covers what the letters commit a manufacturer to.
Where the Toyo has documented advantages
On SimpleTire’s composite scale the Open Country M/T rates 9.3 overall against the Falken’s 8.4, with 9.8 for traction — the highest traction figure in our set — 9.4 for durability and 8.8 for longevity. That is a genuine comparison, because this is one of the few pairings where both tires are rated on the same scale.
The caveat matters as much as the figure: SimpleScore is a composite of one retailer’s own rating categories, not an independent laboratory test. It is a useful relative signal between two tires on the same scale, and it is not a measurement.
Toyo also states its snow position outright — usable grip in light snow, explicitly without 3PMSF — where Falken states nothing either way. That is worth something in itself.
What the evidence does not establish
Neither tire has been measured against the other outside that retailer composite. No independent braking, traction or noise test covering both was found.
The Toyo’s three-ply casing is described in a retailer listing rather than on Toyo’s own page, so its construction rests on a secondary source. Tread depth, weight and load figures for the Toyo come from the tiresize specification pages rather than from Toyo directly — see the specification database.
Falken’s road-hum claim carries no baseline and no figure, and Toyo publishes no noise figure at all, so noise cannot be compared between them on published data. Neither carries 3PMSF.
What they cost
Readings from the price tracker, re-checked monthly against the same retailer and the same size.
Tire
Per tire, LT285/70R17
Read
Falken Wildpeak M/T
$400.00
11 Sep 2026
Toyo Open Country M/T
$430.67
11 Sep 2026
A $30.67 gap per tire at the tracked reading, or $122.68 across a set of four. The Falken moves far more across retailers — $303.96 to $400.00 on 10 September 2026 — so shopping it widens the gap considerably, while the Toyo is the most expensive of the six tracked.
Which matters for your use case
If you want construction stated by the manufacturer itself, only Falken does — and in LT285/70R17 it lists the deeper tread.
If you are buying on the strongest third-party signal available, the Toyo rates higher on the one scale that covers both.
If you want a manufacturer that states plainly where the tire stops in snow, that is the Toyo.
If you are price-sensitive, the Falken is the one worth shopping across retailers.
Model pages
Full published specifications for each tire: Falken Wildpeak M/T · Toyo Open Country M/T
Related
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Sources
Falken Tire, Wildpeak M/T (falkentire.com) · Toyo Tires, Open Country M/T (toyotires.com) · Tire Size, Falken Wildpeak M/T and Toyo Open Country M/T specification pages (tiresize.com) · SimpleTire, Falken Wildpeak MT01 and Toyo Open Country M/T (simpletire.com) · Tire Rack, Toyo Open Country M/T specifications (tirerack.com).
How these figures are gathered and what we refuse to estimate: our method.