Tires...the final opinion overall

[Shran]

Procomp sucks.
BFG are decent, but thin sidewalls.
Most Interco offroad tires are awesome, and have really thick sidewalls
Goodyear tires are all around horrible, in my experience.

I have Wildcat EXTs on one truck and Cavalier AT's on the other...never heard of Cavalier before, but they have lasted 10+ years and a lot of miles so far. They have the same tread pattern as Terra Trac AT's. The Wildcat EXTs have been doing really well so far.

 

[lil red]

i like the m/t KM1s, theve pulled me out of a snow filled ditch, and the a/t ko's kick ass in the snow

 

[Bryan22]

i have a set of firestone destination a/t on my truck now, i'm really happy with them so far.

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

BFG A/T's!

They suck on a heavier vehicle, but on a ranger or a jeep or a samurai holy cow!

I got 60 k outta my last set of 32's and thats trashing on em every weekend..

 

[GreatWhite]

Procomp sucks.
BFG are decent, but thin sidewalls.
Most Interco offroad tires are awesome, and have really thick sidewalls
Goodyear tires are all around horrible, in my experience.

I have Wildcat EXTs on one truck and Cavalier AT's on the other...never heard of Cavalier before, but they have lasted 10+ years and a lot of miles so far. They have the same tread pattern as Terra Trac AT's. The Wildcat EXTs have been doing really well so far.

Its funny you say the sidewalls are thin on the BFG's, because my buddy(keep in mind he hears everything from his dad who is corporate at 4wheelparts) and he said the terra-grapplers are really flimsy tires. He recommended I got pro comps or bfgs.

 

[Tony Raine]

cheap ones. they all have to meet DOT specs. i've never had an abnormal problem with any "cheap brands". i've used douglas, general, liberator, buckshot, mud star, mud dawg, etc...

pick your tread style (m/t, a/t, or street), and price shop.

if you are a serious mudder/rockcrawler, invest in some super swampers. if you are racing down a 1/4 mile track, get some name brand performance tires. For the rest of us, cheap works 95% of the time.


my personal favorite is general tires. good compromise of price/quality. i ran a set of 33x12.5 general grabber m/ts on 2 different vehicles over the course of 7 years. got the set for $400. just sold them for $200, and they are still being used.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

I really like the 80,000 mile Uniroyal minivan tires I have on my ranger. On dry pavement, they'll hold 16 psi worth of acceleration without losing traction. It's really quite impressive for a 60 dollar 80,000 mile tire. That and burning them doesn't really seem to wear them down since the tread is so hard (because they're 80,000 mile tires)

The 31" BFG's on my exploder - Meh, they're OK. I don't like how they like to follow their own path in snow. I've never had tires that suck you into whatever snow they hit like these things do. That's really my only complaint though.

 

[GreatWhite]

cheap ones. they all have to meet DOT specs. i've never had an abnormal problem with any "cheap brands". i've used douglas, general, liberator, buckshot, mud star, mud dawg, etc...

pick your tread style (m/t, a/t, or street), and price shop.

if you are a serious mudder/rockcrawler, invest in some super swampers. if you are racing down a 1/4 mile track, get some name brand performance tires. For the rest of us, cheap works 95% of the time.


my personal favorite is general tires. good compromise of price/quality. i ran a set of 33x12.5 general grabber m/ts on 2 different vehicles over the course of 7 years. got the set for $400. just sold them for $200, and they are still being used.

CHEAP should probably be the ones used considering there going to get thrashed anyways. Saving money on tires can also let you have a full sized spare.

 

[Ric]

For AT, I always buy or recommend the BFG AT-ko. They do most things well, arent too noisey and wear like iron. They are a bit spendy though... 640 shipped for my last set of 31x10.5's.
For my street driven trucks, I usually stick with Kumho. Always was impressed with them. Look for my pics of me autocrossing the Rangers.
For Mudders, I buy just the cheapest at the time with big cleats and big seperation.

 

[MikeInIdaho]

i have a set of firestone destination a/t on my truck now, i'm really happy with them so far.

I used Destination AT's through this last winter and was really impressed by the snow/ice traction they deliver. They are nearly impossible to break loose on wet pavement and wear great, too. I also just ordered some 29x8.5 Interco TSL radials for my summer shoes, cant wait for them to get here! Now I have a set of winter/summer tires to switch between.

 

[Shran]

Its funny you say the sidewalls are thin on the BFG's, because my buddy(keep in mind he hears everything from his dad who is corporate at 4wheelparts) and he said the terra-grapplers are really flimsy tires. He recommended I got pro comps or bfgs.

Don't get me wrong, BFGs are great tires. Mud Terrains wear fairly fast, but...meh...it's a mud tire. What do you expect.

I was just speaking from experience, I have seen BFG MT's, AT's and Swamper SX's cut through the sidewall...swampers are just thicker.

 

[Mechanickid]

Ive had my set of 31 10.50 BFG Long Trail Radials for about 2 years and I have to say I'm impressed although not really an offroad tire they are tough. Never had any trouble out of sidewall thickness. I had a 1/4" bolt get stuck in one and it just had a slow leak for about 2 months until I patched it. They ride reallllly good,even at 40 PSI,better than my stock 215's.

 

[rangerbum]

I said other. I've got my experiences with a few brands, not a ton, but enough to help me make up my mind.

Street= Nitto, Hankook, Cooper are all great.
Mud= Thornbirds, TSL's, Cooper STT's, BFG.
AT= General(only the AT2's), BFG, Cooper Discoverer Cepek's

Cooper's have been impressing me lately. I've got a set of Cobra Radial's on right now( in a mid-Montana-winter) and I figured driving would be hell with these things on snow and ice, but it's not as bad as I expected. The STT's have always been solid; but loud and rough.