BFG AT's last a long time

[cary]

Yep. Here in the PNW roads have to be built to drain well, or they won't last 3 weeks. I've been building them for 20 years, so I have a reasonably firm grasp of how that works. We still have a lot of rutting on the Interstates and local roads that "allows" one to test the capabilities of our tires. Wide BFG A/T's that don't have channels in the tread to dissipate water, well, at least on my rig, they suck. In California, the roads suck in the rain, but how much does it rain? It must not rain much, because all the bad drivers from California that have moved up here tailgate me in the rain. Every October 15th, there's a one month learning curve for all the new out -of -state drivers where pileups happen every day from doing just that. Rant over.

Speeds people in the Willamette Valley drive:

In the dry- too slow

In the rain - just right

In the snow - way to fast.

 

[tntoyota]

Its spreading!

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=186412


How bout a tire forum?


Oh and I forgot to mention, I WILL NEVER ADORN MY VEHICLES WITH FIRESTONE TIRES OR ANOTHER BRAND ASSOCIATED WITH THEM A.K.A BRIDGESTONE

 

[Bearcat80]

Speeds people in the Willamette Valley drive:

In the dry- too slow

In the rain - just right

In the snow - way to fast.

Right on,

Especially in the snow. Something about our wet mashed potato snow combined with people who experience it once a year makes it especially treacherous. I like to stay home, if I can. oh, and thanks for spelling Willamette right. It's my home fishing river and my alma mater.

 

[cary]

Right on,

Especially in the snow. Something about our wet mashed potato snow combined with people who experience it once a year makes it especially treacherous. I like to stay home, if I can. oh, and thanks for spelling Willamette right. It's my home fishing river and my alma mater.

Considering the river ran right through the middle of town, I kinda figured out how to spell it, I'm a Duck.

Funny snow story. We get the once a year 6 or snow inches of snow in Eugene. I drove a lowered BMW 320i at the time. Not a problem for me, I have it up in Tahoe a lot with far more snow, the drive from my place to UO is about 3 miles, relatively flat. I'm cruising down the street going about 20 mph, and this guy comes by me in the next lane going about 45, stupid yea?!! He gets even dumber, as he cranks the wheel to turn left onto the freeway. Of course, nothing happens for about 100 feet, then the front tires dig in a bit as he starts his series of 360's down the road. The scary thing was I saw several more people do similar things all in the space of a few minutes.

The scariest driving I ever did was going to pick up my then girlfriend (now wife) from work in an ice storm. Those make snow look nice.

 

[samibattlemaiden]

to repeat the above stated bfg ats suck for a real long time, real squirley in rain and snow in my oppinion. my dad and i did like a 720 on the freeway in his girlfriends taco a few years back heading back to central minisota from damn near the canadian border. don't get me wrong it was awsome a highspeed spinn on the freeway none the less but, ide put my money on the muds if it was me they do just fine in rain and haven't tried em in the snow just yet.

 

[stayalert]

to repeat the above stated bfg ats suck for a real long time, real squirley in rain and snow in my oppinion. my dad and i did like a 720 on the freeway in his girlfriends taco a few years back heading back to central minisota from damn near the canadian border. don't get me wrong it was awsome a highspeed spinn on the freeway none the less but, ide put my money on the muds if it was me they do just fine in rain and haven't tried em in the snow just yet.

I started the thread

I 'ed I 'ed I 'ed again

My tires will suck just fine for me for a long time

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