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Red Herring

Red Herring

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Want suggestions and opinions please. Tires are going on an 89 HJ61

I need to change out my 33x12.5x15 BFG mudders - just too noisy for me.

I cannot decide if i should put on the BFG A/T 32x11.5x15 or the 33x10.5x15.

Primarily used on road... mild wheeling. Not much difference in size...Will one return better fuel milage? What do you all think?

Thanks
 
The 33x10.5x15 is a good all rounder. I get a bit of tyre roar at 60mph but its not intrusive and doesnt get worse the faster I go.
Ive found the finer tread on the AT works well in sand which is about all I get to play in.

I think the 33x10.5 will be best for fuel cons,but it will be miniscule
 
Are you keeping the same rims? What width are they?

gb
 
It's a 61 right??

The only option is a set of 325/85R16 XMLs. Quietest tire I have had on my HJ61. That's compared to a BFG AT, MT, Truxus MT, and Michelin XL.

of course that would mean a SOA, body lift and re-gearing....but you do want what's best for your land cruiser don't you. ;)


oh, and your milage might take a "slight" hit. ;p


(my truck came with 31x10.5R15s and they worked great)
 
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Ummm... good question Greg. Have not measured them yet, but would like to keep them. I suppose that would be a limiting factor, as I suspect they are fairly wide. I want to keep the factory gearing, and have a 21/2 inch lift.
 
BFG still offers the AT KO's in a 33x9.5x15 size. The tall skinny look is great for a cruiser, IMHO. The narrower tire is also more friendly to your power steering pump. And better mileage is assured with the skinnier tire.
 
dieseldog said:
BFG still offers the AT KO's in a 33x9.5x15 size. The tall skinny look is great for a cruiser, IMHO. The narrower tire is also more friendly to your power steering pump. And better mileage is assured with the skinnier tire.
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Sheldon's dad is running those in his HJ61...they look great on the truck.
 
Yes... they do look cool, but i was wondering how the tall skinnies handle the corners. Not like Im drifting the cruiser through the onramps.... but is sidewall curl under an issue?
 
i take the curves under throttle and no problems yet...
mind you if i drop off the board for a while that could be the reason...
 
Red Herring said:
Yes... they do look cool, but i was wondering how the tall skinnies handle the corners. Not like Im drifting the cruiser through the onramps.... but is sidewall curl under an issue?
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Some people will tell you no. Personally, I hate them, and wouldn't touch them and their tall sissy load range C sidewalls with a ten foot pole. A friend ran them on his 40, and on sidewalls at full pressure the tire would still buckle. (Mind you, this is tall skinny on a 15, not a 16.)
 
Personally I think the 9.5 is a tad skinny on a 60 and the bfg is not exactly a stiff tire either. When I had an fj60 I ran 33x10.5 radial swampers. I liked them for a mix of road and offroad. Offroad I swore that would be the skinniest i go... couldn't imagine a 9.5.

MT's are loud if you want a quieter tire go to a AT

my.02
 
crushers said:
i take the curves under throttle and no problems yet...
mind you if i drop off the board for a while that could be the reason...
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Is that on a 40, 60 or 70 wayne?

I agree with ridgerunner. a c to a d makes a difference on a 60. IMHO
 
Stone said:
Sheldon's dad is running those in his HJ61...they look great on the truck.
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Sheldons Dad has 16" stock steel wheels. The 16" size creates less sidewall, and typically is load rated higer. They can not be comapred to 33x15.

I forget the exact size they are...imperial is 32x9.5 or something like that: http://www.gscruiserparts.com/hj61_2f.html

He is also running bolt on spacers to give width. I figure a 16x7 with 2"-2.5BS and 255/85R16 looks bout right for a 50mm lifted HJ61.

sidewall is one reason 255/85R16 is such a nice tire.

If you want 31.5" I would be tempted to look at:

http://cc.oulu.fi/~thu/LC/Tyres/CommTraction/

To bad they don't come in 255/85R16...

gb
 
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A picture is worth a thousand words!

Measured the OD on my rims...16'' (from rim lip to rim lip right?) and I think they are 10 wide.

The slimmer tires do look nice IMHO, and I like the idea of better milage. (9.5 would be too skinny I think, and would not fit my rim).

We'll see what the local Fountain Tire will give me for my mudders, and I might go for that Pro-Comp special, and compromise with the 32X11.5, as they dont have 33's in less than 12.5
 
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