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.