cannoncrawler
TWERNT THE MORMONS!!!!!!
- Location
- Idaho
vote for your favorite rockcrawling tire....
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Elkhunter96
Registered User
- Location
- Hooper
nothing wrong with a set of MTR's, ran them for years and I have yet seen a reason to stop running them. I also like the bf MT's
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
MT/R's and BFG MT's. Both are great for what I do. I think the MT's wear a little better though.
BlackDog
one small mod at a time
- Location
- Proudly Deported to ID
Picked Pit Bull, have yet to run them, but they will be next new tire purchase, based on everything I have read or seen.
Drew_XJ
Jeep is a 4 letter word
- Location
- Next door to Kiel
i love my tsl's they do awesome... as long as there is no ice involved.
One of the best off-road tires I've had - Better then my swampers by far is the kelly msr, Great traction Mostly tread design, good compound , clean really well. Problem is they only go to a 35". http://www.kellytires.com/kellytires/display_tire.jsp?prodline=Safari+MSR&mrktarea=Light+Truck
chadr
Active Member
- Location
- Hurricane, Utah
BFG MT's.
Been around for a long time and has been tried and tested. I have never been unhappy with them.
Been around for a long time and has been tried and tested. I have never been unhappy with them.
This is very relative, but I'll throw it in. To date Maxxis has the"stickiest" comp compound tire available. Krawlers are a close second, with MTRs (again Comp compounds) right behind. I've run all 3 with comp compounds. The Claw is right up there also.
There isn't a Super Swamper that comes close! If there was you'd see them in comps, even if you had to buy them.
If you're talking about a compound that you can readily buy at a store, then again I'd put Maxxis, followed again by the BFG (Krawler) at the top. I've seen them hook up when IROKs were spinning. Again, I'd go with the MTR over the IROKs. TSLs are fine, but old school technology.
JMHO, except for the comp compounds, and those I've tested and seen tested side by side.
There isn't a Super Swamper that comes close! If there was you'd see them in comps, even if you had to buy them.
If you're talking about a compound that you can readily buy at a store, then again I'd put Maxxis, followed again by the BFG (Krawler) at the top. I've seen them hook up when IROKs were spinning. Again, I'd go with the MTR over the IROKs. TSLs are fine, but old school technology.
JMHO, except for the comp compounds, and those I've tested and seen tested side by side.
Low Range
Off-Road Parts
- Location
- Orem, Utah
I will stick with my MTR's, there may be better out there but the MTR's have taken me everywhere I have wanted to go.
Putting my .02 in for Kumho, they make an MTR that is similar is design to the bfg. However, its right around $100 per tire. (tirerack.com) been running these on the truck for about 2 years. No problems of any sort, they are a little scarred on the side and bear some good gashes in the tread from ripping apart my fenders, about 40,000 miles on them now and Im starting to think of replacing them.. thats pretty good mileage for an MTR. As to use, I use them about 30% highway, 40% dirt roads and such, and 30% nasty, nasty stuff that I probably shouldnt be on anyway. 
Medsker
2024 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392
- Location
- Herriman, UT
I want to know why no one makes a tall skinny tire anymore. I want a nice 35x10.50R15 (I know super swamper makes one) or even a 37x10.50R15. The skinnier they are the more pounds per square inch they have on the ground which equals traction. It seems like all the tires I want to get in a 35 inch are all 13-15 inches wide now.
Medsker
Medsker
PREMIER.MOTORS
Member
Have problems blowing sidewalls on mtrs. Love my bfg mudterrains (no sidewall issues to date-2yrs now). new tires on the rig-bfg krawlers 1 trip on them EXCELLENT! couldn't ask for a better tire that maintains traction no matter if its warm or cold. nothing beats it at all out rock crawling. downside-spendy, 400 and up per tire depending where you get them from.
Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
Corey:
I wanted to love Kumhos... but I had a set of those mud treads, and they were goofed up but good. I am willing to say that I may have had early, cruddy tires, as this was a few years ago... but they wore all wacky, front and rear, and fairly quickly too. Like aroudn 20k to bald.
With the price of BFG's, maybe I'll give them another shot, on the work truck or something, if you're reporting good results.
I wanted to love Kumhos... but I had a set of those mud treads, and they were goofed up but good. I am willing to say that I may have had early, cruddy tires, as this was a few years ago... but they wore all wacky, front and rear, and fairly quickly too. Like aroudn 20k to bald.
With the price of BFG's, maybe I'll give them another shot, on the work truck or something, if you're reporting good results.
They have a problem holding a bead. We were on Die Trying back when it first opened (1999) and was at its ugliest. Most of us didn't have beadlocks at the time. One guy had the 10.5" wide BFG. Even on 8" wheels, he lost a bead 3 times. It was a pain. For serious offroading, they just don't work.
cannoncrawler
TWERNT THE MORMONS!!!!!!
- Location
- Idaho
he is right.
A couple weeks ago, we were on manera and a guy had some pizza cutter swampers on his toyota. I thing they were the 34x10.50 or something. But he could keep the bead no matter what pressure we ran. we ended up parking the rig.
A couple weeks ago, we were on manera and a guy had some pizza cutter swampers on his toyota. I thing they were the 34x10.50 or something. But he could keep the bead no matter what pressure we ran. we ended up parking the rig.
Medsker
2024 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 392
- Location
- Herriman, UT
I'm trying to picture in my mind what the difference would be...obviously we have emperical evidence now that says skinny tires come off. If you have a 10.50 wide tire on a 8" rim vs a 12.50 wide tire on a 10" tire why would the skinny one come off the bead easier? The psi holding the tires on would be the same so I would think it would take the same amount force to break the bead. I'm not being argumentitive just curious. I run 33x10.50R15 on my Jeep but I don't air down that much when I wheel.
Medsker
Sorry for the thread jacking
Medsker
Sorry for the thread jacking
Verceingetorix
Active Member
tire choice
I have run these tires here is my input:
The old style 31x11.5x15 Goodyear MT (not a fan) weak side wall, lost two sidewalls on two tires on a zuk of all rigs
37x13.5x17 Toyo MT- The radial tire that I think is the best in my experiance. Performs well in all catagories.
36x12.5x15 Super swamper SX- Great tire, set was missing like three complete outer lugs that where ripped off by rocks, two complaints stiff sidewall and not made in bigger sizes.
36x15.5x15 Dick Cepek Fun Country Kevlar- Good overall experiance decent wear excellent in the rocks for an AT. Crappy on icy roads
Going to run 49x21x17 Irocks next thought about the LTB but was not offered in 47" with a 17" rim at the time of purchase but will be soon.
I have run these tires here is my input:
The old style 31x11.5x15 Goodyear MT (not a fan) weak side wall, lost two sidewalls on two tires on a zuk of all rigs
37x13.5x17 Toyo MT- The radial tire that I think is the best in my experiance. Performs well in all catagories.
36x12.5x15 Super swamper SX- Great tire, set was missing like three complete outer lugs that where ripped off by rocks, two complaints stiff sidewall and not made in bigger sizes.
36x15.5x15 Dick Cepek Fun Country Kevlar- Good overall experiance decent wear excellent in the rocks for an AT. Crappy on icy roads
Going to run 49x21x17 Irocks next thought about the LTB but was not offered in 47" with a 17" rim at the time of purchase but will be soon.