Can someone tell me the difference in these tires?

[Explosive]

I'm looking at these two tsl's but what is the real difference other than the $10 ? I see ones the radial, which would be better for off-road use only ?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ICT-SAM-79R/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ICT-SAM-13/

 

[97fordrunner]

Yeah one is the Radial version and the other is Bias Ply, if your gonna use it off-road only the Bias work just fine, even for some light street use they are ok they just don't balance as nice and might wear uneven or chop if used on road. I'd check some other online shops though you might find a better price than that.

 

[Explosive]

Any recommendations on places to buy cheaper ? I would get the TSL thats a bit meatier but the only 33 they make is 15.50wide and I don't know it that will fit on a B2

If anyone has any recommendations on a good off road only tire, let me know, I'm new to off road tires and I'm just going by what I see/hear a lot and it seems a lot of people run TSL's.

Thanks.

 

[Chance]

Oh yay... radial vs bias time.

If you rarely drive it on the street, get the bias (just cuz they're cheaper)

Bias tires tend to wear more on the street and develop bigger flatspots after sitting.

Wheither radial or bias performs better off-road... well... Ford or Chevy?

 

[Explosive]

So if the vehicle is ever going to sit I'd be wise to have a set of roller tires and to store the others inside ? If I went with bias. (might be going into the military soon-ish and if so it'd be sitting for a while.) Or should I just spend the extra $10 a tire and get the radial and not worry about it ?

 

[TheOne]

well if u might be going into military and it might sit id just pony up $10 (its only $10) and get radials...never had a problem with any radials iv run (bf muds, DC crushers, MT claws)

 

[Explosive]

I guess I'll go with the radials. Good tire right ?

 

[Chance]

I loved my tsl sx radials... So yeah great tire. Next set of big tires should be another set of tsl's. I love em.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Bias tires also have tougher sidewalls so keep that in mind.. Any time bias tires for a few hours they get flat spots, they go away after a few minutes of driving..

 

[97fordrunner]

I've heard that Swamper LTB's are pretty good off road to and they are pretty cheap for the most part.

 

[Scotty J.]

Wheither radial or bias performs better off-road... well... Ford or Chevy?

That's easy! Ford of course... Pshaw...

 

[Chance]

That is a bad analogy on a ford forum isn't it?

 

[bmonee5]

Its kind of strange that the tires that where 10 bucks cheaper had 2 more ply's of tread and 2 more ply's of sidewall AND a higher max load by 600 pounds....doesn't make sense?

 

[Explosive]

Ugh, the sidewall thing gets me. Starting to think about bias and then just putting on a set of rollers if I leave and keep the bias ones inside.

 

[bonedoc]

Just get the radials, if you are looking at TSL's they are going to be built strong and you have the radial benefits. I would imagine that if you store the vehicle for any long length of time you would put it up on blocks anyway so the springs aren't affected either. Good luck in the military, you deserve all of our respect!!