I currently have 2 decent Wild Country 285/75/16 tires with around 40% tread and even wear (on the front)

and 2 mismatched 285/75/16 tires with uneven wear and 15% tread (on the rear)

I am running Soft 8s 16x8

so should I just get 2 tires? or 4?

I am considering getting treadwright Backbone 285/75/16 tires (just a basic mud tire) for $113 a piece

of the treadwright Guard Dog which is just like the Wrangler MTR again only $113 per tire

also looking at New maxis buckshot mudders for only $169 per tire locally

or should I look for something used?

 

i think you should sell me those rimes and buy some 15" rims and tires for cheaper than the 16" tires will cost you

 

nah I am planning to go bigger brakes soon enough so 15" will not work, plus the price is maybe $5-$10 more per tire...

 

ya i was just kidding. but a really good tire in that size is the wrangler duratrac. good on the road, a little noisy but really not bad for how aggresive a tire it is. i have a set sitting in my shop right now..

 

the duratracs seem like an aggressive all terrain in the pics online...

 

they are but i would put them at the same level as the bfg km1 or just a step or two below the km2's but wear alot better

 

YIKES they are costly... I can buy 2 retreads for that price... $220+ on tirerack

 

Guard dogs.

 

they look like they would clean out better than the MTR knock offs

 

x2 on dura trac!!! i have the 235/75r15 variety and i gotta say, for not being a true mud tire they kick ***. amazing in snow, good in mud, relativley quite on road. plus they are a 10 ply tire as opposed to the standard 3 or 4 ply so they are pretty rugged. going back to the mud thing, in the really deep stuff you can tell they arent a mud tire, but unless your planning on really heavy mudding, they work great.

 

They are the MTR knock-offs. I have them and they do very well.

 

treadwrights then...

Backbones (similar to the older BFG M/T)? or Gaurd dogs (a clone of the Wrangler MTR)

I spend a lot of time on the road and highway, and here pretty soon I will be spending more and more time on the trail and rocks

another option is to go to a 305/70/16 Back Bone 2 it would be wider and the same height

 

a good thing to consider is what type of off roading will you be doing? trying to match the tire to your style is important. i fatter mud tire, a taller rock tire... there are a million and one options, so make sure it matched what your gonna do!

 

well not as much mud as rocks and trails

 

check out this site they usually have better prices than tirerack by the time they charge you for shipping


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