Best tires?

[Rred]

What's up? I'm a nube to the forum. So intro, I'm in the Army and stationed in Iraq right now. When I get back I'm gonna buy an H3. So right now I'm doing my research to find and buy exactly what I want. I'm deployed out of Texas but grew up in Indiana. I love wheelin, I'm not one of those schmucks who get s atruck lifts it and the damn thing never gets dirty. I love taking my truck out and putting it through the paces, finding out what it won't defeat and then building it till it will. I lost my last truck last may to a flash flood in Texas, RIP. I was out wheelin to a new fishing hole when I when through something a little deeper then I should have. Well, it water logged the engine, my buddy couldn't pull me out, and then came the terrential down pour. Need less to say I was in a low on the back side of a damned up lake, and with in the hour my truck was completly submerged. Insurance took care of everything and I deplayed a month later. So now I'm chillen in Iraq, no car note and no insureance payment. Just raking in the cash and dreaming about this H3 I'm gonna build when I get back. Also, when I get back I'm moving to Anchorage, Alaska. Can't wait. So much exploring and wheelin!



I just thought I'd ask everyone their opinions of what is the best offroad tire. My last truck, may she rest in piece, had BFG M/Ts in a 33x11r16. I never had a problem with those tires. Very rarely had to put my truck into 4x4. But for my next truck I've been looking at getting either the Toyo Open Country M/Ts or the new BFG M/T-KM2's. So what do you all think? I've never had and all-terrains.

[Texas Red]

It kinda depends on what you want to do. I am not really into rock crawling. And after a couple of mud trips and the required clean up, I try to stay relatively dry. Heh!

I had a great all around tire on my H2. They were BFG All Terrain T/A KO. Fairly quiet on the pavement, great mileage, and plenty good for my off-road needs. I am thinking of getting the same for my H3 when it needs new shoes.

[Mr_Pat]

Look up www.arcticoffroad.com they are a good off roading group to get hooked up with up there in AK I was stationed up by Fairbanks form 03-06 (Air Force)

As for mime I have the 33 ATs on there for driving around town and whatever and I have a set for 35? BFGs for off raoding.


Stay safe bro

[rck0025]

I have the toyo open country m/t's. I only went with a 33 inch tire - but if you lift it - you are likely going to want 35's. Many on this forum run 35's with no lift, but that doesn't suit my tastes for a daily driver.

The toyo's aren't that loud compared to swampers or mud-grapplers. I'm unsure how they compare to the km2's. The toyo's are, in my opinion, an all-round m/t tire: it will get you through mud, rain, snow, all the while delivering very nice street manners, some longevity and an aggressive look. But as you probably know, as with the km2's - verrrry pricey. For strictly off-road, I still like iroks.

[Rred]

Has anyone seen the Interco SS M16 tires. They look bad as he!!

[timgco]

Originally Posted by Texas Red

It kinda depends on what you want to do. I am not really into rock crawling. And after a couple of mud trips and the required clean up, I try to stay relatively dry. Heh!

I had a great all around tire on my H2. They were BFG All Terrain T/A KO. Fairly quiet on the pavement, great mileage, and plenty good for my off-road needs. I am thinking of getting the same for my H3 when it needs new shoes.

I have the AT's on my truck. Love em, but would like a more aggressive tire for some of the trails. I haven;t aired them down low enough yet though. I had my tire delfators set to high for the H3. They hold up well on my other trucks I had them on though.

[Rred]

What size are thoughs ATs?

[HummerJim]

I had Goodyear AT/S tires on my H3 with the stock rims and loved them. They are good in snow and mud and quiet on the highway. I would say the only negative was they wore down after 30,000 miles and had to be replaced, but the earlier AT/S tires (2005 and 2006) had a softer rubber compound according to Goodyear and the new ones wear better.

[timgco]

Originally Posted by Rred

What size are thoughs ATs?

315 75 16

[HummerJim]

No, I had the 285/75-16 Goodyear Wrangler ATS tires and in 2005 they were a custom Goodyear order, but they were available. If you want them, you might have to find a dealer with NOS ones.

[Raptor371]

Last week I put on Coopers STT's, I like them, the road noise in not as bad as I thought they would be.