I've been considering basically all of the tires you guys have batted around, and I'll throw one more into the mix the Firestone Destination MT. I had these on my 97 Pathfinder and they now make them in the 285/70r17 size. I really think this may be the way I go but they are really heavy at 61lbs.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....87QR7DESTMTOWL