You know, I thought this until I got them. All the reviews I read were positive so I took the bait. I think the sidewalls look super mean and really compliment the tread, I've really gotten used to how they look. I guess it helps that I get tons of compliments on them when people see my rig.

Oh and it's not thread-jacking, the OP didn't search and hasn't responded to his own thread, so we're just having a random discussion about tires. Jack away!

I guess for a road warrior this makes sense, you can get by running them down to nothing. I generally sell my tires once they get down to about 50% tread, I can't stand bald tires off-road or in the winter for that matter. Usually can pay for half my new set of tires by selling the old ones, so I actually come out ahead.

Yeah high school must be rough, having your room and board paid for by your parents. Believe me nothing gets cheaper after high school. Hey at least you have a job!

 

It is hard to find an MT with a bad review really. Even the Kumho MT get's good reviews...and it is made by Kumho (my daily driver is Korean, so I guess I shouldn't talk too much crap).

Honestly I have spent the last week trying to be talked out of TrXus MT's. I had them for 1 year with my Xterra (before I sold it) and liked them, they are inexpensive (for an MT), and the few reviews you can find seem to be good...but they are sold by a small company (InterCo Tire) who has them manufactured in China, and they are very, very hard to keep balanced which makes me nervous.

TrXus MT, BFG MT, Firestone MT and Wrangler MTR's are all on my short list (probably in that order). Really it sounds like you can't go wrong with any of them...so it will probably come down to who can cut me the best deal on 5. "List" prices vary from $190 to $230 each in a 235/85.

 

I was trying to say I need more hours! I can't wait for college, and you're right it's cheap I'm not complaining :P and I have school paid off for so I'm good there (thank you scholarships) so I guess I'll be getting tires and stuff after I come back from Boot Camp :P don't worry I'll be doing so much at once it's going to be a drastic change. Baby projects right now

 

Yeah pretty much any M/T will be fun off-road, hence the good reviews. I recommend looking at tirerack.com for user surveys of different tires. They rate all sorts of categories such as treadwear, noise, wet braking, ice traction, snow traction, etc. etc.

My criteria came down to a tire that would have excellent snow and ice traction despite being a mud tire (I spend half my year in winter) and preferably not make too much noise. Reading on tirerack and around the internet, I narrowed it down to the two I mentioned. Seems like I paid a grand for my 5 BFGs, a bit spendy but I'm happy with them.

 

What about the Treadwright Wardens? Those are basically BFGs right? And online even on the jeep forums I hear nothing but good about them and the mud dogs which are also Treadwright.

 

Treadwright Wardens:



Those were pretty much unstoppable. Put 5000 off-road and winter miles on them and they still looked new. Sometimes had to use the momentum of the truck to get through really sticky spots. But yeah, they are basically BFGs, especially if you have them put on BFG carcasses like I did.

The Guard Dogs are also crazy cool tires, amazing in deep snow. My friend had them on his Wagoneer and it would go through snow at least as deep as the frame.

If you go 235/85-R16s your Treadwright selection is a bit more limited, but you still have a choice of crawler or generic all-terrain. Saw some crawlers that someone on the forum installed, they looked good.

Yeah I'd run Treadwrights again in a heartbeat, I was just being a bit compulsive this last time and not wanting to gamble on how their crawler would do on ice. But their Wardens were fine for winter so I can't remember why I hesitated. Probably just being vain...

 

I have 265/75r16 Wardens on BFG carcasses. They look identical to BFG ATs. Great tires and my second set of Treadwrights.

 

Pics?

 

I hate flipping through threads so I'll just ask. How does the 265/75/16 fit and affect drivability? I really want the wardens so I might just get the 245s.

 

Now I am seriously considering Treadwright Crawlers (looks pretty similar to a KM1, or Firestone MT). My only concern would be sidewalls (we have a lot of rocks in CO). Do you guys happen to know what carcasses they use for their MT's? I sent them an email to ask, but was curious if you might be familiar off the top of your head.