What tire brand.....?

Let's see some pics of the new rubber Kent!

 

Will do tomorrow when it is light out..... Well it might rain and I am planning on meeting a few guys from work out near Seligman. They are going to ride thier quads and of course I in the CJ. I'll get some pics out there, it sure does look and feel better than the old set of 31's. It rides half way smooth now.....

Kent

 

OK, here are a couple of pics! I took it for a quick drive on my property in a couple of "flexy" areas where I would rub the 31's on the inside of the Drivers side rear panel. Of course I still get some rubbing, not as bad as I thought it would be.

 

Thanks!! I will tell you it sure does ride better with all that tire to take up the small bumps!!

Kent

 

You betcha!

Looks good too.

 

Lookin' pretty sharp!

 

BFG M/Ts are great. Discount Tire usually has the best price on anything and they ship for free if you aren't near a store.

 

Thanks!! I ended up going up to the Mark Twain NF near cassville. I did over 20 miles of trail..... Them tires work great. I did get a little rain on the way home, but it was fun!

Kent

 

Hopefully not sidetracking here, but these tires really suck in the mountains. The solid center ribs give no traction on rocks. I've seen so many people with these and some of the Mickey Thompson Baja tires break axles from tire spin because the tires wouldn't grab. For mountain trails, you want something like a Swamper TSL that has a discontinuous center rib.

No one who understands rocks run fat tires on the rocks. 35 to 37 inch tires 10.5 to 12.5 inches wide are about ideal for the 25 years worth of Colorado wheeling I've been doing.

Take a look at the Interco LTB's at 34 X 10.50 for some decent skinny tires.

 

Oh my, that's not what I wanted to hear! Are you talking about the hardcore trails, or just the mild scenic trails that can be driven in most 4x4's? What I'm after are the scenic trails, I have no desire to test the limits of man and machine trying to climb boulders and ledges, I don't want to break things or get hurt. I just want to take photos, go fishin', and find nice places to relax and have a cigar. You know, "geezer wheeling".

 

Even the easier trails if they have a lot of loose rock on them. The places I typically see problems with those tires is a long climb with loose rock or slabs of rock. The solid center ribs almost act like drag slicks in that situation. That's why Gumbo Mudders and other tires with that type tread pattern are almost non existent here. Luckily, there are plenty of good alternatives at reasonable prices. Even the Big O mud tires seem to do pretty well here, especially on easier trails where you don't need to worry as much about cutting a sidewall.

 

As another side note, the Toyo Open Country MT's are fantastic in mud, loose rock/shale, wrap around larger rocks well and are 10 ply (I use them on my F-350 in the mountains around here, and tow my 5th-wheel)... but they performed surprisingly poor in the snow! Glad I live in the banana belt here and we don't get a ton of snow (my apologies to you who got hammered w/snow this past winter/spring! R) )

 

That's interesting....do you think siping them would help?

 

It does help a lot, but can introduce other issues. If the rubber compound is relatively hard, the tread blocks will chunk off due to the siping. I have seen tires with 20 to 30% of the tread missing after a single trail ride after siping. Soft compound tires like Interco bias tires seem to fare better.

 

Thats good to know about the siping.

Every time the tire guys offer siping my tires (and I say no thanks) I think, if it was so great, wouldn't the tire companies do that?

 

Now I'm all corn-fused...what to do, what to do.:? :? :? Good thing I have plenty of time to think it over.

 

IMHO, You can't beat Interco and National Tire and Wheel. Both companies are tough to beat. I got the 32 x 9.5 TSL Bias on their black steel wheels for about 800 shipped to my door.

 

Super swamper TSLs are poor road tires and wear very quickly when exposed to pavement. I know they are more expensive but a set of BFG MTs are the best for all round performance. My 33s lasted years through rockcrawling and daily driving. Never let me down and still had most of its tread when I sold them to upgrade. Discount Tire has 33s for $184 with free shipping.