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Maverick

Maverick

old-school
Location
Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
I almost went with with the Toyo MT's (per mbryson) but figured the AT/KO's did better on the wet roads, snow/slush that I see the most of. I hear about the MT's being crappy on wet or icy roads and that did it for me. It was a pretty close decision.

How worn were your AT's when you got stuck?

I *was* stuck with my AT's...in deep psuedo-packed snow....until I aired down to 30psi.:eek:

I'm sure the MT's would be better in the mud that I see...but the AT's are good enough. It's a tow rig, so I'll take the better grip on wet roads over mud superiority.

The MT's look a lot cooler though...but the AT's are cool enough ;)
 
Bodine

Bodine

One Call That's All
Location
WVC
This may or may not be the same reason but I noticed with my D rated tires they were good for 65 psi when i set my trailer down on the truck the sidewalls would buldge out and I would get considerably more sway. I also believe it greatly increased the chances of picking up debri and blowin a sidewall
 
DToy

DToy

Registered User
Location
Lehi
Maverick said:
How worn were your AT's when you got stuck?
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They were about 70% tread if I remember correctly. There are a few good ruts in the road to my property - the AT's were useless to keep me out of the ruts, and once I had slid in I was done. The AT's are probably slightly better on ice, but I still have no complaints about my MT's.
 
Maverick

Maverick

old-school
Location
Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
DToy said:
They were about 70% tread if I remember correctly. There are a few good ruts in the road to my property - the AT's were useless to keep me out of the ruts, and once I had slid in I was done. The AT's are probably slightly better on ice, but I still have no complaints about my MT's.
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I hear ya. I recall having to chain up my AT's every time for a particular spot many years ago, when the MT's would just get me through.

Are MT's better than AT's? Only if ya need 'em!

Bodine said:
This may or may not be the same reason but I noticed with my D rated tires they were good for 65 psi when i set my trailer down on the truck the sidewalls would buldge out and I would get considerably more sway. I also believe it greatly increased the chances of picking up debri and blowin a sidewall
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That makes sense. I guess my D's are already bulged under my 9000lb pig so another 1000 lbs on the back doesn't make a lot of difference.
 
chadr

chadr

Active Member
Location
Hurricane, Utah
The actual weight difference between a load rated D vs E is usually really close in comparison. The biggest difference is sidewall bulge at full load as was mentioned previously. The wander at full load comes from being a taller tire. If you check, there aren't many E rated tire sizes over about a 32". If you won't be maxing out the tire I would not worry about running D's.

I pull about 11k pounds on my trailer and don't have any problems with my D rated tires.
 
BCGPER

BCGPER

Starting Another Thread
Location
Sunny Arizona
Tried and true BFG AT's for me as well. Good all around tire, and not too terible in mud, but about all the mud they see is in my pasture.
 
M

Meat_

Banned
Location
Lehi
Bart said:
I can't think if a worse tire on a truck that tows.
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I didn't say you should use it, I said not only can you get good tires for towing in 10ply that big, you can even get Swampers ;)

Truth be told if you are serious about a good tire for a tow rig it is going to be an E and it isn't going to be any bigger than a 235 85R 16
 
Maverick

Maverick

old-school
Location
Anywhere, thanks to my geeky droid
Meat_ said:
I didn't say you should use it, I said not only can you get good tires for towing in 10ply that big, you can even get Swampers ;)

Truth be told if you are serious about a good tire for a tow rig it is going to be an E and it isn't going to be any bigger than a 235 85R 16
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Why?

235's are ok, but I think I'd rather have E rated 265 or 285's than 235/85's. btdt, on my old '73 3/4 chev, and they were great, especially in rain/slush/snow.

Speaking of smaller tires, I had 245/75r16's once too on my burb...and the 14bolt left a little groove on roads with a mild crown.

I did D rated 255/85r16's for a while. They were ok, but I liked the 285's better. The E rated 235's would have also been better in that case, but I was looking for a taller tire.

If you wanna stay the same size, I think you'd be really happy with this:
http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/bfg/vehicleInfoSubmit.do
Size:LT265/70R17/E 121R Sidewall:RWL MSPN:55086

Brett
 
Bodine

Bodine

One Call That's All
Location
WVC
According to these people http://www.tirerack.com/ some of the highest load rated tires come in a 37 inch. the 37 12.5 17 MTR has a load rating of 4080 lbs at 65 psi wich is just below the Toyo M/T IIRC that one is at 4300 lbs some of the smaller E rated tires such as the 285 70 17 MTR come in at 3305 at 65 psi and the 245 70 17 MTR came in at 3000 at 80 psi. All the tires I mentioned are E rated tires. I used the M/T tires just for examples :D
 
Bodine

Bodine

One Call That's All
Location
WVC
I agree ,they have been great tire for road/towing but from late Aug to Dec (hunting season)they get cussed quite frequently for not perfoming even slightly off road
 
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