if i gave you my mullet tire i wouldnt have bragging rights and thats not fun at all 
Not Your Normal Tire Thread? (1 Viewer)
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You just don't want to get rid of your BEST tire 
I pretty much hate all of the Wild Countries and Kelly Safaris. I've seen lots and lots of them come apart. Maybe the vehicles were too heavy? But the amount I've seen are sort of scary. And yes I've had a few sets of them.
I'm running BFG MTs and I don't really care for them either. They are an OK tire. On ice and snow packed streets they are downright dangerous. My next set will be BFG ATs and as Robbie suggests I have a set of 4 chains. This winter I found out that put chains on an MT tire sucks. On the AT they slip right on and stay put and there isn't any mud tire that can touch a chained up AT. In the past I've run some Swedish Chains that have spikes in them. You can't run them on the highway but they kick butt on the trail. Lots of ranchers run them in Montana. They put them on their field trucks to take hay to the cows in October and pull them off in May. They generally get two seasons out of them. Another issue I had with my chains this winter is clearance is fine without them, but chains rubbing on mudflaps and fenderflares sucks! So before you go nuts on chains or tires that might be something to think about.
I'm running BFG MTs and I don't really care for them either. They are an OK tire. On ice and snow packed streets they are downright dangerous. My next set will be BFG ATs and as Robbie suggests I have a set of 4 chains. This winter I found out that put chains on an MT tire sucks. On the AT they slip right on and stay put and there isn't any mud tire that can touch a chained up AT. In the past I've run some Swedish Chains that have spikes in them. You can't run them on the highway but they kick butt on the trail. Lots of ranchers run them in Montana. They put them on their field trucks to take hay to the cows in October and pull them off in May. They generally get two seasons out of them. Another issue I had with my chains this winter is clearance is fine without them, but chains rubbing on mudflaps and fenderflares sucks!
So before you go nuts on chains or tires that might be something to think about.
Re:Longest Lasting Tire?
[quote author=DRTDuck link=board=2;threadid=16604;start=msg159848#msg159848 date=1084975775]
TRXUS might be your answer.
BGF AT KO are wonderful in every situation except mud. I have had to turn around a couple of times while hunting in North Central Missouri.
TRXUS have been report to be good on dry/wet pavement (they are siped) and mud.
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I used trxus for over a year. they wore great...balanced really badly (even interco says the mfg of their tire is not the greatest). However, I never got the chance to put them on a gsp9700 balancing machine...which I think could balance them correctly. I really liked the trxus tires. they were awesome in snow, worked great on trails...hooked up nicely.
Kumar
[quote author=DRTDuck link=board=2;threadid=16604;start=msg159848#msg159848 date=1084975775]
TRXUS might be your answer.
BGF AT KO are wonderful in every situation except mud. I have had to turn around a couple of times while hunting in North Central Missouri.
TRXUS have been report to be good on dry/wet pavement (they are siped) and mud.
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I used trxus for over a year. they wore great...balanced really badly (even interco says the mfg of their tire is not the greatest). However, I never got the chance to put them on a gsp9700 balancing machine...which I think could balance them correctly. I really liked the trxus tires. they were awesome in snow, worked great on trails...hooked up nicely.
Kumar
[quote author=landtoy80 link=board=2;threadid=16604;start=msg160299#msg160299 date=1085014935]
Tires are only loud if you have a cheap stero
I like having the RVT's on the 80. I can hear the wife comming home about a half block away and can KILL the p#@n sight before she pulls in the driveway
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I've got boggers on mine.
Tires are only loud if you have a cheap stero
I like having the RVT's on the 80. I can hear the wife comming home about a half block away and can KILL the p#@n sight before she pulls in the driveway
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I've got boggers on mine.
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[quote author=tucker74 link=board=2;threadid=16604;start=msg159954#msg159954 date=1084981496]
Buddy of mine put some Nitto Terra Grappler A/T 305/70R16s on his LX450 - he seems to really like them...and the price isn't bad. The also have a really agressive Mud Grappler - don't know about those, but they look cool. Here's a pic of the A/T...
These ride/handle great on the road - and off road around central Texas as well...
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I saw a new set of these on Tahoe this morning. They were 285/75R16's. But impressed me as one of the more aggressive A/T tires on the market.
Buddy of mine put some Nitto Terra Grappler A/T 305/70R16s on his LX450 - he seems to really like them...and the price isn't bad. The also have a really agressive Mud Grappler - don't know about those, but they look cool. Here's a pic of the A/T...
These ride/handle great on the road - and off road around central Texas as well...
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I saw a new set of these on Tahoe this morning. They were 285/75R16's. But impressed me as one of the more aggressive A/T tires on the market.
tucker74
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He really likes them - has a set of 325/70R16s on a '75 Bronco that he wheels (liked them so much he put them on his LX450). I went w/ something a little more agressive...
Tucker
Tucker
i think BFG MT have to be siped if running on the road especially with water ice and snow. I have pro comp MT and they are siped from the factory and do great in rain etc. But this isnt supposed to be a normal tire thread so... has anyone run the creepy crawlers?
I ran through the originals plus 2 sets of BFG AT's on my j**p Cherokee before switching to the Yokohama Geolandar MT. I'v had them about 3 years and I love these tires! The truck rides better than with the AT's.
Not as noisy as I expected; but it is a mud tire, so it still rumbles. You can feel the lugs on the pavement below 5 MPH, but then it smooths out.
Handling on the street is about the same as the AT's. I think the softer compound makes up for the mud tread.
I was even surprised in deep sand! Don't get me wrong; like mud tires in general, they still dig in. But the directional tread seems to push a little better than most mud tires. Aired down they do a good job staying up on top of the sand.
In the rain they are much better than the BFG AT's. The AT's tended to hydroplane easily while the Yokohama MT's just pushed the water out to the sides.
If you can tolerate a mud tire, I highly recommend the Yokohama MT!
-Boyd
Not as noisy as I expected; but it is a mud tire, so it still rumbles. You can feel the lugs on the pavement below 5 MPH, but then it smooths out.
Handling on the street is about the same as the AT's. I think the softer compound makes up for the mud tread.
I was even surprised in deep sand! Don't get me wrong; like mud tires in general, they still dig in. But the directional tread seems to push a little better than most mud tires. Aired down they do a good job staying up on top of the sand.
In the rain they are much better than the BFG AT's. The AT's tended to hydroplane easily while the Yokohama MT's just pushed the water out to the sides.
If you can tolerate a mud tire, I highly recommend the Yokohama MT!
-Boyd
landtoy80 said:
I was kidding about the WIldCountry being the mullet tire of all tires
But I do now have a real mullet tire(s).
Short lugs in the inside and long on the outside {mullet smiley]
Well, before I had the tires turned in it was short on the out side and long on the inside [reverse mullet}
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