I live in Southern California and have never rock crawled, expeditioned, gone in sand.
I know this 4x4 stuff starts getting expensive real quickly (kind of like a boat does) and I really don't have lot of bananas on hand. So I guess I'm going to take a two pronged approach. The first is to keep Mods to the minimum. The second is not to do the heavy stuff where I am more likely to break my stuff.
I need a tire that can do the Pizmo beach for November's Turf-N-Surf.
I plan on driving up the California coast, into Oregon, through Washington, and into Canada and coming back down through the High Deserts of Eastern Oregon.
I plan on going to the Grand Canyon/Flagstaff, Sedona (nothing too crazy).
I will also be doing New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Not all in the same year....
I figure the tires I am interested in are the Toyo M55, Toyo Open County MT, Yokahama Geolander MT,
Cooper Discoverer ST or SST, BFG MT K or K2, Bridgestone REVO and possibly the Hankook .
I prefer a thinner tire no more than a 265 (for reasons of economy), no taller than 33+" (so that I don't have to regear and not put too much stress on my drivetrain). I don't want a tire shorter than 32".
I prefer a tough tire that is less likely to let me down, but don't wan't to hear the loud humming that comes with some of these MTs.
Am I asking for too much? I don't know, but mainly because I have never 4x4'd. The M55 seem like it could handle all this or can I go with a cheaper easier riding tire that will handle what I want to do?
