deer catchers and FCii's
I agree, they do much more damage in a deer hit. Before the current past time of owning a 4x4 shop I ran a collision repair facility, a fender bender would turn into a front end tear off with a brush guard very quickly.
As for the FCII's, I sell a ton of them, we are putting them on anything from a typical street TJ in 31's to 33's up to the 305's on diesel Dodge 2500's. We are getting up to 40K with good rotation habits, properly sized rims (wide enough to keep the tread flat and the shoulders square) and good maintenance of the truck.
As for the new Mickey ATZ's and MTZ's, the ATZ's are getting good reviews so far, all have been installed on heavy trucks, Super Duty's and Dodges, 33's and 35's on 18 to 20 inch rims. They balance well, ride quiet and smooth but haven't been on long enough to get a milage figure. I can tell you they are heavy and have nice deep tread blocks. I would think something light might have an issue with sliding sideways with the big treadblocks and low void ratio on the ATZ's but have not had any reports to that affect yet. The MTZ's are so freaking wide, it's hard to find a buyer. I believe they are mostly a poser tire, not really for wheeling but for big street trucks to look tough. 15.5" wide is nuts though in a 33-35" tire IMHO.
Woody puts enough damn miles on, will be interesting to see what kind of miles he gets out of the FCII's on the 80, I'm guessing around 45,000 with no issues. Someone needs to talk him out of switching back to the Michelins for the summer though, now that it has real tires, the truck will look ghey again with the little ones on it.
