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Old 06-03-2012, 10:06 PM   #1
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Anyone with experience with these? Tread pattern looks sharp and functional, plus they seem reasonably priced.

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Old 06-07-2012, 01:37 PM   #2
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I have them in 235/85/16 on my 2006. I'm very happy with the tread pattern, they clean out really well and have great grip on slippery grass hills and mud. The plus/minus of kumho is that they have a really soft/sticky rubber, I love mine for rocks in that they don't slip anywhere, but they cut very easily and wear fast (I did 8/32" of wear in 20,000KM on my ATs). They're cheap enough for that to not deter me, though, as most of the trails here are rocky and rooted muddy messes and I need something that can tackle all of that.
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that was pretty solid feedback I'd say. Yea my rig won't see the trails but maybe twice a year, so maybe this tire is for me. Plus it will be retired to the third vehicle in a household of 2 drivers, and be the back up vehicle whenever we get our new one hopefully by the first of the year. Point is, wearing well won't have to be a huge issue for me.
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i bought a set from my buddy.. i was kinda ass backwards.. my 95 is my trail rig and my 99 is my dd pavement pounder i have 35s on the trail truck bfg a/ts.. i bought these kumhos in a 32 for the pavement pounder.. got a awesome deal.. they are LOUD shook... sounded like wheel bearings were falling out... but they looked cool.. i got rid of them in a week and got another set of a/ts my buddies bfg m/ts had better characteristics than these did.
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They do have quite a WHOOM at low speeds, coming up to stoplights. My buddy swore the car next to us had a 15" sub from the last bit of shake, but they're MTs, you expect that. They're as quiet on the freeway as my 265 ATs were, just louder in school zones and slower than that.
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I've had these on my B2 for 10 years at least. I've had to replace 2 for rock damage, out of 5, but 3 of the originals are still there. The truck is in pieces now and ready for its next assimilation, but I daily drove, wheeled, towed, plowed snow and fetched firewood from the hills of Brown County with those tires and when my truck comes back to life, those same tires will be churning again. They are good offroad tires, good road tires and they age very well. After all these years mine show no signs of rot or tread separation.
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