Maxxis Tires
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Hmm... I am not much help,as I do not have these tires, but will be following this thread. I am looking for a new set of 33x9.5's for my Bronco and am looking for options besides the BFG AT's that I have now. Tire choices seem to be pretty limited in this size.
Where'd you get those? That size is not listed on the Maxxis website:
http://www.maxxis.com/products/automotive/product_detail.asp?id=5477
Post some pics when they're mounted.
http://www.maxxis.com/products/automotive/product_detail.asp?id=5477
Post some pics when they're mounted.
I nearly bought those, I checked them out, they are priced very competively. Was shown one that was very badly scolloped, it was on a 4wd service vehicle that was the front vehicle for a rally. When the rally was finished they forgot to bring the tyre pressures backup for normal road use. They drove home some hundred or so miles and the tyre's were that badly scolloped they had to be taken off the 4wd.
Now I am not saying that is the fault of the tyre's but we all have driven on tyres with the wrong pressure in them at some point in time, but it seemed to me they over heated to cause that much damage in such a short space of time. Whether that is a fault of the tyre wall construction or the rubber compound I don't know or maybe a bad batch, the tyre dealer I have known for many years and is the dealer in the area to sell Maxxis tyres.
He may just have been trying to tell me that this tyre is very critical to having the right tyre pressure when it comes to running on different surfaces. In my tyre application I did not want to be playing with the tyre pressure every time the road conditions changed.
I ended up buying Micket Thompson MTZ, now some people have had trouble with those also, but I have not seen the scolloping any where near as bad as this Maxxis.
One thing I did find out is that some tyres of the same brand that come to Australia do have different compounds in them and one way to tell this by is in which counrty the tyre was manufactured in. The dealer told me that a certain tyre out of Japan was of a harder compound than the same tyre produced in Indonsian and that he would get shipments from both factories.
I did not check where this actual Maxxis was manufactured but they would certainetly have more than one factory as they are a fairly major manufacturer on tyres. They may have a manufacturing plant in the US, it would interesting to see what counties the have manufacturing plants in?
Now I am not saying that is the fault of the tyre's but we all have driven on tyres with the wrong pressure in them at some point in time, but it seemed to me they over heated to cause that much damage in such a short space of time. Whether that is a fault of the tyre wall construction or the rubber compound I don't know or maybe a bad batch, the tyre dealer I have known for many years and is the dealer in the area to sell Maxxis tyres.
He may just have been trying to tell me that this tyre is very critical to having the right tyre pressure when it comes to running on different surfaces. In my tyre application I did not want to be playing with the tyre pressure every time the road conditions changed.
I ended up buying Micket Thompson MTZ, now some people have had trouble with those also, but I have not seen the scolloping any where near as bad as this Maxxis.
One thing I did find out is that some tyres of the same brand that come to Australia do have different compounds in them and one way to tell this by is in which counrty the tyre was manufactured in. The dealer told me that a certain tyre out of Japan was of a harder compound than the same tyre produced in Indonsian and that he would get shipments from both factories.
I did not check where this actual Maxxis was manufactured but they would certainetly have more than one factory as they are a fairly major manufacturer on tyres. They may have a manufacturing plant in the US, it would interesting to see what counties the have manufacturing plants in?
you didnt mention tire pressure a few lbs would ruin any tire.i drove 2 miles on a goodyear mt almost flat and ruined it had to buy a new 1. only did it because i thought they were good tires geuss air pressure is critical to all tires.lots of guys here run maxxis and love em putting a set on my sons truck mostly because they are 165.00 per tire for 35s verses 200.00 for other brands good luck
I drive this tires in a Sammy, really is a good tire , very similar to others mt's like BFg ,Cooper or sourser for example.
identical as in tread or in make compound etc?
Tread is identical. Im not sure about compound. For the money, I was very pleased with the Mud Dawgs. Look down the page http://www.summittire.us/Pages II/lightruck.html compared to http://www.maxxis.com/products/automotive/product_detail.asp?id=5477
yeah looks the same dont it. Couldnt find a distributor for summit in oz so prob wont be worth it with the transport costs
