low tread mud tires

[youngstroker]

right now i'm wheeling on 31/10.5r15 bfg a/t's and it not easy when most of where i off road is mud, i've seen some tires for sale such as baja claws or super swampers that are worn would it be better to wheel with worn out mud tires or stick with the at's? the at's plug real easy and don't do much anyway.
i'm also looking to step up to 33's.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

An AT will beat the tar out of an MT in snow, keep that in mind over there in Illionois.

 

[bilzy7]

Ya I run my BFGoodrich AT's in the winter. I love them. 60 less miles per tank though since they are 265/75/16 and not the stock 235/75/15 my 98 explorer came with. It needs to f'in snow in MA already. It snowed for 5 minutes this morning extremely lightly and stopped. Didn't even appear to hit the ground. I want my frigging snow!!!! Someone told me were in for a late start and a late end, but a very bad winter. Ohh god I hope so. I don't live in MA for the hot temps.

 

[youngstroker]

o this is not a dd, i have an f250 for that, this is a trail only truck. i run dunlop rover m/t awesome all around tire by the way. we do some winter wheeling but it is mostly mud. i have found some worn out baja claws, he is asking $120, i think i can get them cheaper than that.

 

[Sunk]

Depends how worn we're talking. Tread is tread though, so I'd probably take the ATs.

 

[--weezl--]

An AT will beat the tar out of an MT in snow, keep that in mind over there in Illionois.

disagree! depends on the type of snow... hard pack or white ice, yes, absolutely the at's are better (black ice also, though you said snow) however in any deep snow or powder, i would MUCH rather the mt's

and i'm basing this off of brand new(ish) BFG ko's that were on my truck when i bought it, and my brand new BFG km2's that are now quite worn, and living in a city that gets several overnight snowfalls of over 1 foot, per year

the snow in your area may have different effects on your tires, i know the snow back home is COMPLETELY different!

 

[Original_Ranger84]

I think he is talking about off road only in which case I would imagine the MT's could be better if they had enough tread on them but otherwise they would more then likely not have a good edge to grip and would probably act more like slicks. (I'm basing this off of what I concider bad tread cause when most people post on craigslist has 30% tread and you can't see the outline its a lie.)

But if they have more then a 1/4" left then I would say they are better.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

disagree! depends on the type of snow... hard pack or white ice, yes, absolutely the at's are better (black ice also, though you said snow) however in any deep snow or powder, i would MUCH rather the mt's

and i'm basing this off of brand new(ish) BFG ko's that were on my truck when i bought it, and my brand new BFG km2's that are now quite worn, and living in a city that gets several overnight snowfalls of over 1 foot, per year

the snow in your area may have different effects on your tires, i know the snow back home is COMPLETELY different!

I fully agree.

But packed snow is much more commonly encountered for a dd than fresh snow... and wrecking is much less fun than getting stuck. It is all a moot point for a wheeler although I would still rather have good AT's than bald MT's.

All my vehicles have MT's... my DD gets around about as good on packed snow with new BFT MT's as it did on bald Widtrack Baja AT's

 

[youngstroker]

this truck will never see the street, it dosn't even have plates, i have three other cars for that, i asked him for a tread depth and some more photos, we will see how they are. i'm hopeing for some good side lugs to help pull threw the mud b/c if u have ever tried to go mudding with bfg a/ts u know how easy they plug and stay pluged, it don't help my 2.9l is a gutless wonder.

 

[--weezl--]

I fully agree.

But packed snow is much more commonly encountered for a dd than fresh snow... and wrecking is much less fun than getting stuck. It is all a moot point for a wheeler although I would still rather have good AT's than bald MT's.

All my vehicles have MT's... my DD gets around about as good on packed snow with new BFT MT's as it did on bald Widtrack Baja AT's

yes, but that's why i said it depends on where you live... there's very little hard pack snow where i live, just because of a combination of the cold weather and dry air, the snow that falls doesn't pack really, it's virtually impossible to make a snowman or throw a snowball about 80% of the winter... though there are a few snowfalls with the normal packable snow...

this truck will never see the street, it dosn't even have plates, i have three other cars for that, i asked him for a tread depth and some more photos, we will see how they are. i'm hopeing for some good side lugs to help pull threw the mud b/c if u have ever tried to go mudding with bfg a/ts u know how easy they plug and stay pluged, it don't help my 2.9l is a gutless wonder.

side lugs typically don't help much for traction in 90% of situations, what they DO help with is pulling you out of deep ruts

 

[youngstroker]

found these 33/12.50R15 the guy has 3 two look like the top pic. and 1 of the bottom pic. he wants $120 i told him $50 i wont go more than $60, most people say don't go cheap on tires but this is a real budget build.

 

[--weezl--]

half decent A/T's are going to be better than those, unless it's a significant size upgrade, but even then...

 

[youngstroker]

i would be going froma 31-10.5 to a 33-12.5 i realy need the ground clearance the ttb hangs so low, i catch on everything. i found a guy selling thornbirds with decent tread has anyone ran them in the mud, how are they.

 

[gribly]

Thornbirds are tires you buy when you want something that looks good but still drives on the street. The center section of the treads is like a racing slick. In some cases they work fine in the mud, some people like them, but generally they have less traction.

 

[mattc113]

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