Builds Poppy- '84 FJ60
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I too am running a set Cooper AT3's but on a 4X4 Rodeo. Very happy with these and previous Coopers....But I like trying new tires rather than buying the same over and over. I try never buying the same tire twice in a row
In 35 years of Land Cruisers I've only run one particular tire twice..that was the Armstrong Tru-Trac in the late 70's...before off road radials and the
choices were slim.
I've run Tru Tracs, Norseman, Desert Dogs, four different BFG's, Three different Goodyears, Kelly, Bridgestone, General, Cooper, Swampers ,
radial Swampers, Hercules, Mastercraft ( Goodyear ), Big O, Toyo , Kumho and I'm sure more I can't think of right now. They all had their pluses and minuses. For the most bullet proof..TSL Swampers and BFG Bajas ( both have 4 ply sidewalls and 6 ply treads ). I never even bothered with a spare for those.
Most fragile ......Goodyear MTR's , both first gen and the new Kevlar. With the first gen I had 11 sidewall punctures on a single run through a pretty rough trail I'd run a dozen times before on a freshly installed set. The second gen kevlar MTR's I've thrown the sidewalls completely off five times
always on the highway. No flats off road yet. Discount Tire, after five free replacements , is now replacing them with BFG Crawlers. The nice thing is none of the set made it to 18,000 miles and with the replacement warranty, I've had three years of virtually new tires for just the price of the sales tax and the new warranty charge
In my opinion the most consistent brands...BFG, Cooper, Toyo. Best buy..probably Cooper and BFG for dual purpose if you but for me it's Swampers if you need something to survive a war zone and don't care about road manners
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For the ice, snow and slush up here in the winters, the BFG ATs and my driving habits are the perfect choice. Seems the Cooper and Toyo get REALLY hard in the extreme cold (-5 to -35F)and traction suffers dearly. The BFGs get hard as well but still work the best IMO.
For me its nice to have one set of tires year round. We've had several vehicles and cruisers with the BFG and no issues at all for a true YEAR ROUND tire option.
J
For me its nice to have one set of tires year round. We've had several vehicles and cruisers with the BFG and no issues at all for a true YEAR ROUND tire option.
J
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Got a LED automatic triggered under hood light kit for Poppy. When I get some time I'll get this installed.
Pic to come.
J
Pic to come.
J
My KO2's are wayyy better in the snow vs the KO's...which did get hard esp after half life
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Good to know. I have both in my shopping cart right now...
I haven't seen too many KO to KO2 reviews from people that have had both. J
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I had a set of those on something years back. The Kelly Safaris are in decent shape on there now but since I'm about to buy 2 sets of tires... Might as well make it 3 sets....
Ice?, snow? slush? -35f.....I can't even find a definition for these terms in my " Guide to Southern Arizona Winters " ..I'm going to have to Google these terms... I hope there's pics otherwise I'll never understand it.....
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Some pictures for you...
-18 ambient that morning. I think it got to -25 and then the wind chill was -46 and 30-40 mph winds.
COLDER THAN A WELL DIGGERS A$$............But I've seen way worse here.
is that second picture where they store the frozen bodies of unprepared tourists that visit from sunshine states?
....or do you just throw them behind the tool shed til the spring thaw?
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do stores up there even know what suntan lotion is?
Down here Tequila is a drink...I think up there it's in the antifreeze isle right next to the Prestone
Down here Tequila is a drink...I think up there it's in the antifreeze isle right next to the Prestone
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This should sum it up pretty well....
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Wyoming...
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in
Wyoming.
If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work
there, you live in Wyoming.
If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you
live in Wyoming.
If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with
someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in Wyoming.
If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Salt Lake City for the weekend,
you live in Wyoming.
If you measure distance in squares of farm land, you live
in Wyoming.
If you know several people who have hit a cow more than
once, you live in Wyoming.
If you have gone from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you
live in Wyoming.
If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard
without flinching, you live in Wyoming.
If you install security lights on your house and garage,
but leave both unlocked, you live in Wyoming.
If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how
to use them, you live in Wyoming.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live
in Wyoming.
If the I-80 speed limit is 80 mph -- you're going 90 and everybody is
passing you, you live in Wyoming.
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes
are filled with snow, you live in Wyoming.
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road
construction, you live in Wyoming.
If you have more hours on your snow blower than miles on
your car, yo u live in Wyoming.
If you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Wyoming.
If you understand these jokes, and forward them to all
your Wyoming friends & others, you actually have lived in Wyoming (Or any
number of other "Upper Midwestern" states).
Cheers,
J
hmmm... maybe we should change the name to Why-oming....except in the summer...then I understand Why
That list is spot on, especially the Halloween snow suit costumes. Ha damn how it don't miss that. But, I do miss most everything else 
Is Poppy a Wyo native?
Is Poppy a Wyo native?
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Cooper SST ftw, just got a set of 31 10.50/15 for the fourunner and they are loud but balanced well and a good deal at 800 shipped, rides nice and very agggressive, should be a great snow tire, sipes and such....
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I'd go for the KO2, they wouldn't have made a new version if it wasn't better.
