ericfx1984

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?

krawlthis

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

ericfx1984

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...

krawlthis

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..

ericfx1984

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

krawlthis

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

ericfx1984

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

jcwclm

Guard dogs.

ericfx1984

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

VTJeep

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.

jcwclm

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

ericfx1984

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

VTJeep

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!

ericfx1984

well not as much mud as rocks and trails

dogger15

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


http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/home.do