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I'll go skiing with you but MattIV @smiledochill and I made a rule last year that flatlanders don't go hiking with natives.

We were so close to the end of the trail! Just another 10 miles.

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It was just around the corner. On another note, remind me what gear ratio you have in your differentials?
4.10.
One of the things I’m trying to resist buying is bigger tires, I could drop cruising rpm’s down to 1500 or so. I’m very disappointed that these 37” bfg’s only measure out to about 16.5”radius. Lusting after the 38x11.50 ridge grappler which I beleive would be truer to size. I like the pizza cutter idea. But might need bump stops then.
And it takes 15000 miles to pay for the tires in expected fuel savings.

More than you asked for…
 
4.10.
One of the things I’m trying to resist buying is bigger tires, I could drop cruising rpm’s down to 1500 or so. I’m very disappointed that these 37” bfg’s only measure out to about 16.5”radius. Lusting after the 38x11.50 ridge grappler which I beleive would be truer to size. I like the pizza cutter idea. But might need bump stops then.
And it takes 15000 miles to pay for the tires in expected fuel savings.

More than you asked for…

I wouldn’t expect less information. This could be how a 3 mile hike turns into an all day trek.

This is good info. I’ve run these tires for years on trucks and SUVs but never on the Cruiser. I was thinking about getting a set of 37” tires for general driving, but perhaps the 39” would be a better choice for me. Perhaps a 39” BFG will be more like a 37-38” tire and that should mesh well with the 5:13 gears. I am planning for next year. I have other plans for my play money this year, including the possibility of finishing the hard top.
 
Ditch, do you have a link or where di dyou find that 38 x 11.5 grappler ? what rim size ?
Here ya go

I’m looking at 17” but the Nitto site is pretty friendly to use, to show all available.
Pretty tough to find the pizza cutter type sizes in a brand that I trust and Nitto has been very good to me on my Tundra.
But man is it real money, at least to me.
 
Damn, hoping they had a 15", some of us are stuck in the 80's.
I hate to even copy and paste this link into my thread!!

But here you go.

I figure if I can afford new tires I can afford new wheels rather than buy those. My wheels were $115 a piece.
Also FB marketplace.
 
Here ya go

I’m looking at 17” but the Nitto site is pretty friendly to use, to show all available.
Pretty tough to find the pizza cutter type sizes in a brand that I trust and Nitto has been very good to me on my Tundra.
But man is it real money, at least to me.
~$400 a tire is not too bad...
 
I have been running the mud hogs on my rig for 5 or more years now.
One of the only tire taller the 37 and still 12.50 wide. 10.50”at the tread
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Great tire soft compound all most like a sticky
39x12.50x17 280.00 with free delivery through Walmart
 
Broski, sweet , thanks for that, I been lookin and those fit the bill perfect. 313 for them is not bad at all IMO. Now I need some 17" rims with 2.5" backspace, anyone ???

FWIW the Ridge Grappler link quoted 128 per tire but have not gotten any further comms from the seller. I thnk they are a manuf. and are looking for orders of thousands of tires.
 
Broski, sweet , thanks for that, I been lookin and those fit the bill perfect. 313 for them is not bad at all IMO. Now I need some 17" rims with 2.5" backspace, anyone ???

FWIW the Ridge Grappler link quoted 128 per tire but have not gotten any further comms from the seller. I thnk they are a manuf. and are looking for orders of thousands of tires.
I think there’s been a mistake, the link you said you inquired about was for some “made in China” (actual web page name) thing called the alligator. The first link was to Nitto’s website.
 
No mistake, I dont see what the $00 came from, the Mud Hog says 313 per and the chinese ones quoted 128 per but there has been no further comms.
I will probably get the Mud Hogs and stack them until I get 17" rims. walmart shows them ready to ship at that price.
 
I’ll take 5 at $400!
And include a nice finder fee for you.
I only see $550-$650.
Shipping might kill the deal. I am not sure why you are seeing them that high. I pay a bit less than that for them, as a shop owner.
 
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