Nor Cal chat thread

[legoms013]

Has anyone here ever run Bfgoodrich M/T KM2's?

6 of them. 33x10.5's.

 

[ben10]

i run the 33x12.5 km2. its a good tire. the only thing i have to say I dont like about them is side hilling on loose terrain. its a lil unnerving... oh and ice or water they get loose. but thats a given with a mud terrain. they wear well and hook up amazing tho. I have a lot of hard highway miles and a lot of spinning on sharp rocks as well as drifting when it rains and doing burn outs. I have about 23k on them and about 60-70% tread.

 

[dhkonrad]

What don't you like about them when side hilling? does it not grab evenly? 60-70% tread left, or already gone? given the opportunity would you buy them again?

 

[dhkonrad]

6 of them. 33x10.5's.

How do you like them?

 

[ben10]

wes side hilling they seem to get a lil loose. I heard someone else say the same thing too. kinda like the boggers weakness. good thing I hate sidehilling anyways

I would buy them again fo sho. although I dont think I will need to. the next vehicle I build ill be doing swampers cause it wont be a DD. and they have about 60-70% left.

 

[dhkonrad]

thank you much for the info. I am trying to dredge my way through figuring out what I want in the way of tires.....

 

[legoms013]

How do you like them?

Love em.

18100 miles and at least 70% tread left

Work absolutely amazing on rocks and mud at 12-14psi

Never noticed any ill effects on side hills Seem fine to me

I commute 200-300 miles a week on them, they are loud yes but the look killer, work great offroad, and with the 10.5 wide tread I don't lose to much mileage and they are fairly light.

Never had them in the snow, ice or sand so I can't comment there.

I WILL buy them again, but in 35 or 37 x 12.5 flavor.

 

[ben10]

sand they do really good. the treads dont interlock as much as some other mt tires. what are you looking to do with your truck is the biggest question. I love my tires to death and would gladly suggest the to a friend. but if you are in a ranger in the mud there are better tires, and if you want a tire with a little better road manners there are better tires. just depends what you are looking for.

 

[dhkonrad]

I am not strictly mud, but I do tend to go to mud a bit, but I do almost equally as much wheeling, in just dirt and minor rocks, nothing major. I do commute about 250 miles a week, but hopefully that should change soon, but as far as road manners, I don't care a whole lot, as made obvious by my definite lack of shocks , I care more about longevity and performance. I have been very satisfied with the BFG All-terrains, and there are 4 sets in my family at the moment, and have been running them for a while, so that is saying something, so I was just starting with BFGs. A couple friends have also suggested the Goodyear M/T kevlars, so I have been looking at those a bit too, and I have a friend who has the duratracs who has been very satisfied, so idk, I am still looking.

 

[2004xlmiller]

ive heard the duratracs suck.. their sidewalls are too soft and they wear too quick.

 

[2004xlmiller]

wes i might have found a guy who wants your axle if its ready to go into a ranger.

 

[ben10]

morg seeing as it is off a ranger i would say its ready to go back in.

I think 90% of the time a/t tires are fine for what we do, its just that little 10% at most where we want them. If you are still commuting a lot why not stick with at tires? duratracs wear like poop. the kelvars are a legit tire but more pricey. hanooks dynapro2 or whatever their triangle lookin tire is really good too, supposed to be better in the mud for small trucks. the bfg will last a long time too tho. I think if i was gonna get another set of tires for mild wheeling I would go with the general grabber at. its a good tirees and wears well.

 

[RangerBoy94]

I'll be running wrangler mtr with kevlars. Offroad adventures had a really good article on them in last months issue.

 

[2004xlmiller]

morg seeing as it is off a ranger i would say its ready to go back in.

just had to ask, i dont wanna give my friend bad info. ill let him know today, i think hes a member here so ill ask him to check out the thread.

 

[ben10]

yeah I hear nothing but good things about the kevlars. the only thing I really dont like about them is the look hahaha. but they are supposed to be top notch. but I think they are quite a bit more expensive than the bfg.