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Old 04-30-2009, 07:23 AM
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Quiet, grippy, and last longer than most A/T's

I'm running Yokohama Geolanders right now.
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theyve been good to me, actually handle the florida mud and sand better than i expected and are pretty quiet and smooth on the road.
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I have them on my DD and I love them. I have the 31x10.50r15's and I looked around and couldn't find a better tire for the price. I didn't want an MT and I like the aggressive look of these and I can still drive on the highway at 70 MPH without any overwhelming noise. I had Goodyear Wranglers on before and this was a huge upgrade
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Originally Posted by JeepCoMJ
decent.

I have a set that are almost bald. on tuesday I pulled out my friend in his cherokee with full exo and 33x13.50 swampers when he got stuck on his property in a mud pit with a clay bottom, shoveled clay with diffs.


would I buy another set? nope. I'd go with a more agressive tire.

the general grabbers are decent. I'd consider them same par with bfg at/ko. would I buy them? nope.

if you're looking for quiet and mildly capable, you will want a/t's. I'm not, so I wouldn't buy them again. I'm between the new goodyear mt/r's and the bfg mud terrains.
i would stay away from the BFG MT's... buddy had them on his f150...35's... they didnt make it to half tread before he traded them in on a new set of the AT's... they hopped every other tread and eventually got so bad his truck would do nothing but shake at any speed on the road... they sucked...
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Originally Posted by Firestorm500
Hankook makes better, more modern tires.
Had hankook dynapro MT's on my 03 cummins... 37's... they sucked... in between the treads on the sidewall they like to split... i had one do it and i replaced it with some other tire for the time being till the other wore... and then 2 weeks later the other one did it... will never buy again...
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Originally Posted by huntingman2706217
i would stay away from the BFG MT's... buddy had them on his f150...35's... they didnt make it to half tread before he traded them in on a new set of the AT's... they hopped every other tread and eventually got so bad his truck would do nothing but shake at any speed on the road... they sucked...

Sounds to me like your "buddy" need to learn how to rotate and balance tires.
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wow, lots of great feedback. It's nice to actually hear from people who've used these! Makes decision making a lot better, overall.

I'll check out the general grabber at2's too, I didn't know about those before.

But any other comments, I'd love to read 'em. This really helps make a good decision.

Thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by solderjunkie
I'm running Yokohama Geolanders right now.
X2, got a very good price on them, used
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I think BFG A/T's are a great tire. I have 30x9.5's on my dd and they are perfect. I've put 1000 miles or so on them and they rock. Great in rain, very good on dry pavement and I haven't really had snow since I got them. I love mine and plan to buy another set when these need replaced.

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Originally Posted by Aweber5
I think BFG A/T's are a great tire. I have 30x9.5's on my dd and they are perfect. I've put 1000 miles or so on them and they rock. Great in rain, very good on dry pavement and I haven't really had snow since I got them. I love mine and plan to buy another set when these need replaced.
Is your DD stock height? I was looking at the 30's for my newest Cherokee, which'll be a pavement princess until my old trail beater stops beating. Wasn't sure if the 30x9.5 would fit with stock height
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Originally Posted by huntingman2706217
i would stay away from the BFG MT's... buddy had them on his f150...35's... they didnt make it to half tread before he traded them in on a new set of the AT's... they hopped every other tread and eventually got so bad his truck would do nothing but shake at any speed on the road... they sucked...

he must not have known how to balance, rotate his tires and/or align his front end and/or have the proper track bar.


I've NEVER heard of a them doing that, unless someone was too cheap to do it right.


BTW my bfg a/t k/o's have around 75k on them now and still have (a little) tread.

buddy's MJ has had BFG's on it since I've known him...theyve been fine.
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Originally Posted by kidkodiak
Is your DD stock height? I was looking at the 30's for my newest Cherokee, which'll be a pavement princess until my old trail beater stops beating. Wasn't sure if the 30x9.5 would fit with stock height
i think 30x9.5 would fit perfect on a stock truck, i managed to fit 31x10.5 on my truck at stock height. they do rub a little if i start flexing too much, but its fine for the most part, i think the 30's would be perfect
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yeah i had 30" muds on my rig stock with no rear sway and they didnt rub at all.

huntingman2706217 - thats not the tires fault unless it had tread seperation and i doubt it would do that. he should have just had them re-balanced. mine shook after about 6,000 miles, i re-balanced them and each one was atleast an ounce off. ofcourse tires need to be re-balanced over time and i dont know how the truck was setup but my m/ts had no problem what so ever.
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Originally Posted by CrawlnCoupe
Sounds to me like your "buddy" need to learn how to rotate and balance tires.
actually with where we get our tires its free rotate and balance for the life of the tires... so they get rotated and balanced all the time... thanks for the "not so smart" comment though... does alot of people on here so much good
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Originally Posted by JeepCoMJ
he must not have known how to balance, rotate his tires and/or align his front end and/or have the proper track bar.


I've NEVER heard of a them doing that, unless someone was too cheap to do it right.


BTW my bfg a/t k/o's have around 75k on them now and still have (a little) tread.

buddy's MJ has had BFG's on it since I've known him...theyve been fine.
yep same thing goes to you too that i wrote above... Alignments also are kept up... he babies that 01... only offroad it goes is the gravel driveway...


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