My current '18 T4R is still on its first set of load range E BFG's. I ran E range BFGs on my previous truck, an '02 Tacoma TRD 4x4. I first spooned on BFG All Terrain T/As back in early 1997 on a 1996 Chevy S-10 4x4 pickup, load range C, after experiencing ten flat tires in the first six months of ownership after buying the truck new. Those tires were Goodyear Wranglers. All flats were gravel punctures in the tread and one sliced sidewall.
In my experience, price difference between C and E range were minimal. Since I hate flat tires, I went with E range. I've gotten plenty of nails and screws in these tires, but leaks were slow; like 10 psi per 24 hours or less slow. Never have had a completely flat tire with a BFG.
I don't do nearly the off roading that I once did. My Tacoma was always off road, back in the days I lived in the eastern Sierra Nevada; the Sierra, Death Valley and adjacent areas of Nevada were my backyard and playground. Lots of slicing and dicing those tires. Today, my T4R does get off road now and then, especially during hunting season. I also now live in northern Nevada, on a dirt road, in an area where dirt roads outnumber paved ones.
A lot of people knock BFG's. Granted, there are far more choices now in off road tires. But for me, they just plain work. Since the big city is three or more hours away, I don't have a lot of choices of where to go to buy tires. But the small town tire dealer nearest me carries BFGs at prices comparable to the big city or online sources. Free rotations and flat repairs locally make the time and travel costs to the big city to save a few bucks null and void.
