nice, you run maxxis bighorns. do you like them?
Yes and No. They were mounted on white spokes when I bought this truck last year. Not a tire that I've run before and I probably wouldn't have considered them if I was looking at buying new rubber. I don't wheel this truck, so as for the performance off road I can only guess, but I think they would be decent in the mud and take the gravel pretty good. After running them my thoughts are this.
Pros: The aggressiveness of the look is about right for me. They are quieter than I thought they would be for a fairly aggressive tread.
Cons: I ran a set of 8 ply bias for a while before I swapped the bighorns onto the factory 2 piece rims and put them back on. I had put on new shocks in the meantime and expected a better ride after putting the bighorns back on but the ride was no better, maybe even a little worse than the 8 ply bias. I am down to 22 psi front and 20 in the rear to try and get a better ride. That being said, I still have the original springs that were pretty flat and rusted when I bought the truck so I took them all apart, leaf by leaf, cleaned and re arched them. Made it a lot better but I should probably by new springs. So at least some of the poor ride maybe that I haven't pried open the wallet enough to by a set of OME's yet.
So I probably wouldn't consider them for my other 45 when it's done. It's just to heavy a tire for a light truck, but if for a heavy bush truck that was loaded most of the time and saw lots of mud and gravel, I think they could be a good tire. I 'm not sure what I will put on the other truck at this point. I like the stock tall skinny look and all of the 235/85R16's with an aggressive tread that I have been able to find are 10 ply, which I don't need or want.
Simple question but a complicated answer but HTH
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