When I was planning on DD-ing my 80 again, my plan was to buy Hummer 37" take offs for cheap. Not an awesome tire by any means but the price is right for wearing out on the road and they look pretty cool.
Best 37" A/T tire 16" or 17" rim, that is the question!
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I would only do 17" rims. First reason is almost no 37's are made in 16" sizes, second is that 17" rims tend to have more backspacing (they are tucked in more). This is useful, because you can then space out the wheels with spacers to exactly what you want, which IMO is about a 4" backspace, which cannot be achieved off the shelf with your stock rims.
If I were in your shoes, I'd probably get Terra Grapplers for the AT's and IROKs for the MT's. The reason I haven't gone to two sets is that I don't put enough miles on my truck to justify it (7,500 - 10,000 per year). I just won't wear out a couple of sets before the useful life of the compound itself is fading.
That's why I run Trxus, but if money were no object and I didn't mind selling two sets of tires every three years and buying two more new sets, why not? I'd just make sure your trail tires are decent to get you to the trail if you travel some distance - that to me is one of the biggest values of a road friendly MT.
If I were in your shoes, I'd probably get Terra Grapplers for the AT's and IROKs for the MT's. The reason I haven't gone to two sets is that I don't put enough miles on my truck to justify it (7,500 - 10,000 per year). I just won't wear out a couple of sets before the useful life of the compound itself is fading.
That's why I run Trxus, but if money were no object and I didn't mind selling two sets of tires every three years and buying two more new sets, why not? I'd just make sure your trail tires are decent to get you to the trail if you travel some distance - that to me is one of the biggest values of a road friendly MT.
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Wow thanks for the replys... I have a lot to chew on!
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Yeah for me I'm doing 15-20,000 miles a year so doing the second set of rims makes a lot of sence.
I have been looking at the Nittos I just hate to do everything like the heard. Reluctantly, I think you are right and I value your opinion!
I was able to pick up some 17" 6 hole Tundra wheels in really good shape. They came with 35" Km2's with about 25% tread left on them. That said, I was really surprised how quite and smooth they still are compared to me Firestone destinations MT's.
No dig on the Firestone Mt's if they made them in a 37" it would be my first choice for my MT set. I have almost 50,000 mi. on them and still almost half the tread left. However, they have become very rough and noisy and the
hates to ride in my truck at this point. All you married w/ children brothers out there know that, if the
ain't happy then we aren't either. Besides I would like to be able to here the stereo at 70MPH again...
I looked at those but,I just knew I would not be happy. That is why I bought the second set of rims. I got a very good bargain from a fellow mudder so I just couldn't pass it up. But thanks for your input I really appreciate it!
Hmmm, I haven't even thought about Bias plys for years. I had some on my old 1 ton GMC but back then it was all about getting the chicks, going as fast as you could over everything. Kinda like KOH type of driving before it became vogue! Not really the finesse that we do now w/ 6'000lbs Samurais. LOL!
Something to think on for sure!
I liked my duratracks for dd duty and they are great in the snow and ice to boot if that applies to you. I think the largest size is a 315 though. Im running 37x12.5x17 km2's on 4"bs'd rock crawler rims, they fit great and are surprisingly decent to dd with stock gears.
Note, for the 37's Id go with a 4" bs'd rim to negate the need for spacers.
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Dura trac's I haven't even considered. Like you I have heard of nothing but people destroying them. I did have real good luck with the old Good Year MT/R's Again, they stopped making them like the MT's except for the military applications and you can only get 16.5's and I think those black military steel rims are really ugly. This is just my opinion a lot of guys love that look and that is OK by me too!
Now to the KM2's I know a lot of guys that have real good experiences with them. They even make a 245/75/16LT that is reasonable on the wallet. I like the look of them too! I just have had such bad luck with BF tires in the past I am a little gun shy!
Let me ask you this, how well did the KM2's balance in the size that you have?
Hey, thank you very much for the photos too! I like how they look on your truck!
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Now that my rig is trailered, I run bias tires only. So much stronger!
All the guys that I know who run DuraTracs on the street love them but if I were you, I would buy the closest thing to a street tire you could find for your DD tires... I was going to DD on the Millitary MT/Rs because tire noise and rough ride doesn't bother me. I was looking at a cost advantage. Good luck with whatever you decide!
All the guys that I know who run DuraTracs on the street love them but if I were you, I would buy the closest thing to a street tire you could find for your DD tires... I was going to DD on the Millitary MT/Rs because tire noise and rough ride doesn't bother me. I was looking at a cost advantage. Good luck with whatever you decide!
They balanced ok. I do have a slight vibe at around 80km/h when negotiating right hand bends on the hwy but thats it. They said they put 10 oz worth of balancing beads in each tire.
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