Tire research

[Hunner]

My Bridgestones work great in the mountains on loose shale and rocks. Its muddin time here so Im looking at something more for that. I need an open tread that hopefully cleans out the buckshot mud we have in other areas. I have decided to stick with 35's because of all the rock crawling I do. Also the other issues that come with changing size that have been discussed to death. Just my opinion to simplfy things. I offroad hard and need all the clearance in the fender wells. Speedo change can be fixed but it also effects the PCM response and boat towing and shifting. Maybe some of that could be addressed in a reprogram. All that aside back to finding a mud and street combo better than AT's. I have a neighbor that has a mobile tire service so Im going with something he can get. The Mickey Thompson specs sound good and it looks rugged. Im sort of leaning towards that. I will post my results.
I looked at BFG MT. They seem overpriced to me. They are not siped at all. Slick on wet pavement like the old Mudders were. I see more of these on trailered rigs. They love them.
Here is a picture I put together of some possible choices. In my search locally I found Pep Boys carried a tire under the name Definity Dakota mt that is a Cooper tire but not quite a Discovery STT quality.
I also found a Mickey Thompson Baja MTX I really like and a Pro Comp. You can do your own research just thought I would pass this along.
First on left is Mickey, then Pep Boy and Pro Comp

[Sewie]

Might want to look at the Toyos also.

[K9sH3]

I have the MT's you mentioned and I like the way it looks and rides so far, have not been in serious mud YET. but will be soon.

[Hunner]

I looked at Toyo and it is also right in there on tread and design. I was going for an American product if I can. (I really did not want "Toyo" on my Hummer tires.) I also was hoping for somewhere around $700 for 4 and probably going to get 5. Just because I could spend a thousand I would rather look for quality at a little less money. I am after all going out to see how hard I can run them. I found I could buy a set for around $700+ and get black steel rims for a total of $1000. Im glad to have so many choices. I ran a Toyota LandCrusher Wagon FJ55 back in the seventies and Armstrong Tru Trac 11 x 15 was a high teck tire except maybe ordering from Cepek.

[Crash ?]

IMHO you should try out a set of Maxxis Buckhorns (not Buckshots) and tell me it they are any good..

They generally go on Ebay for about $625 a set delivered.. One of the places on Ebay that has them is a tire shop in Tuckerman, AR BTW.. I've heard they'll sell 'em for even less (including mount and balance) at the shop since they don't have to ship..

Rob

[raptorman53]

I've ran three sets of the Pro Comp's in the past and never had any problems. I ran the 305's and 315's. The 305 seemed to last longer because of a harder rubber compound. Hope this helps.

[Hunner]

Visitors got to see a new line of all-terrain radial light truck tires available from Mickey Thompson, a company owned by Cooper. The new Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ radial comes in sizes for most light truck/SUV applications, from the traditional 30x9.50R15LT size to the 40x13.50R20LT. This tire, says the company, features ?stone kickers? between each shoulder lug.

I found that on a SEMA report site. Another Cooper huh?
Im liking the reports and wrap around tread.


http://www.mickeythompsontires.com.a...%20Terrain.htm

[HUMMJAY]

35" procomp Xterrains

[Hunner]

Lots of choices. Im going with the 285 Mickey Thompson new tire Baja MTZ we will see what happens.

[HUMMJAY]

those look bada$$ are you putting them on stock tires?

[Urban Ops]

I have the Pro-Comp X-Terrains on my wifes Jeep (tar baby). We picked them purely for their looks. I'm really not impressed with them for a DD. Slippery when wet if you know what I mean. I won't even think about taking them up to go snowboarding.

[Urban Ops]

Originally Posted by Hunner

Lots of choices. Im going with the 285 Mickey Thompson new tire Baja MTZ we will see what happens.

Please keep us up on how they work for ya.......

[Hunner]

Originally Posted by HUMMJAY

those look bada$$ are you putting them on stock tires?

The stock Hummer satin aluminum 7.5 rims. They spec for 7 and up. I measured for 315's and that metal piece in the front of the rear fender well would be real close and not much room for mud to pile up. We got sticky stuff here in the Delta bottoms. I have seen tires load up and fill the wheel wells until you had to dig it out! My Bridgestones rub now on the sway bar offroad. I cranked my torsions up 2 more turns today for a total of 8 just to level it.

[Hunner]

Replace 33 Bridgestones A/T with 33 Mickey Thompson MTZ for all the reasons I already stated. I chose not to go 35 mostly for clearance, mud balling up and rock crawling over loose basketball size and implanted rock formations unlike large smooth boulders you can drive up on and over. Im going to get them muddy tomorrow if its not all frozen!! NARLEY!

[Hunner]

Broadside

[Hunner]

Front, duh

[Hunner]

Rear?

[Hunner]

Front tread

[Hunner]

profile

[Hunner]

Rear of Rear and yeah I had the heat on. Its 29 outside. My neighbor has a mobile tire service and we did it here this afternoon. We were a little slower than NASCAR because we could not feel our fingers. Awesome service! Im not sure a 35 would fit back here in this tire. +Maybe I could mount another one on the front and play bumber cars with the Heeps on the trail.
Anybody got a set of stock rims for sale?? Time for tire trials.