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Old 10-01-2012, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dhoge88
get the bfg's. i have 30x9.5x15 bfg a/t's on my xj and they are awesome in snow and rain and have never let me down in mud. get them and be done
x2. I have them on both of my XJ's. They're great in all terrain, quiet on the highway, have a LONG lifespan, and just look good overall. I love 'em!
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Originally Posted by Erik Hoeffner
Going back to tires, I have come up with a top 3 thus far; if anyone would like to sway my thoughts at all feel free, got some good posts going here...

1. General Grabber AT2: these to me are quite close in appearance and performance to the BFG AT's and cost approx. $140 which is my main reason for putting them as #1 and they look fairly aggressive. Good value tires.

2. BFG AT's: The tire and brand is well proven, they look good and seem to put out a "50/50" approach when it comes to off road and on pavement, and this is good. An all around tire that will go plenty of miles.

3. Hankook Dynapro MT's: look pretty good, have a really good looking tread pattern, priced in between the GG's and BFG's, and of course that rare time I end up in mud, I am a tad more prepared with these over the other two tires.

Thats my brief from what I have gathered in comparing them so far I suppose...
I'm running the AT2s as well. Got about 15k on them and still look new. Easy to balance, look good, and only hum on the pavement. Great wet weather driving, no snow in the south. They have pulled me through many times. They don't clean mud well at all but some throttle helps. I dont do mud much as I hate cleaning it anyways, but they did make it. I DO NOT like the BFG ATs. Had them on a Z71 Tahoe and Ranger and both sets were hard to balance and cupped horribly. Both 32s. Bleh! Grabbers look better anyways.
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I ran 33x12.50 Grabber AT2s on my old Dakota for 45K mi and they were on it when I bought the truck, have no clue how many miles the previous owner put on them before he traded the truck in. I put them through sand, mud, and snow, pretty much everything the east coast has to offer except for rocks and they did very well at everything. They were outstanding in the snow and on the beach probably thanks most of all to the siping they have, and in the mud imho they are darn good for an AT tire.

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Old 10-01-2012, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by KotaKid287
I ran 33x12.50 Grabber AT2s on my old Dakota for 45K mi and they were on it when I bought the truck, have no clue how many miles the previous owner put on them before he traded the truck in. I put them through sand, mud, and snow, pretty much everything the east coast has to offer except for rocks and they did very well at everything. They were outstanding in the snow and on the beach probably thanks most of all to the siping they have, and in the mud imho they are darn good for an AT tire.
Ok cool, thank A lot for that info. In your opinion, how well are they specifically in: snow/ice, rain and mud. Any hydroplaning, getting stuck etc?
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Originally Posted by Erik Hoeffner
Ok cool, thank A lot for that info. In your opinion, how well are they specifically in: snow/ice, rain and mud. Any hydroplaning, getting stuck etc?
Very good in the frozen stuff, no complaints in the rain either. As long as you remember they are an AT tire and not a MT you'll be extremely happy with how they do in the mud.
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Alright, thanks for all your help and input everyone. My conclusion so far is to go for the General Grabber at2, and if not those the BFG at's, then the Hankooks last. I'm gonna use my eyes, look at these tires more in person and see what some of the "tire people" have to say as well.
Thanks again for all the input on this post, I'll update (if I can remember) On what tires I get and how they perform to me.

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Originally Posted by Boost Happy
They are good in the rain, I did alot of driving in rain with them. they also did wonderful in the snow. I did hit I big patch of ice before the sent me into a skid, But that would of happened no matter what tire I was running, it was solid black ice. The are great for street driving also. One issue I ALWAYS have with every BFG AT I install on someone truck never balance well. End up loading up with weight to 0 out.

Ive ran BFG AT's in 30's



I've ran BFG AT's in 31's



And Dynapro's in 30's





Dynapro is the way to go
How much lift were you running with the hankook 30s?
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Dude that was 4 years ago. If you want a question answered about an old thread, it's best to PM the individual member instead of hoping they happen to see this.
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Nitto

Everything else is just ****.
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I have a set of non agressive hercules A/T tires. They've been really good both on and off road. I don't do crazy rock crawling. They were very very inexpensive. but I would buy them again.
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Wow, old thread, arise!
I remember another post and he said that was 3.5“.

And after 4 years ago sure the OP has decided on tires...
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