What tire is on your DNF list?

i have had good luck with many AT tires. if you stick to driving for transportation purposes, most AT tires do pretty well. if you drive to do rock crawling, well,... i suppose you will shred tire occasionally, what do you expect?

current tires are bridgestone dueler AT REVO "p" types. they do well in my limited offroading for transporation purposes and they run great on highway, nice and quiet and good handling (i don't tow or carry heavy loads, no lard *sses allowed in 4runner!!). of course, i don't rock crawl, i usually get out and hike or bike rather than tearing up vehicle

[Edited on 5-11-2010 by mtgoat666]

I've only blown 2 BFG ATs in my decade of Baja trips, but I've also witnessed blown BFG sidewalls and BFGs throwing hissing fits that I've shied away from the brand.

I do like their new KM2 tire, and I'm considering it if I don't continue running the Interco TrXus MT tire. My complaint with the TrXus MT is that it does not balance well, leading to expensive steering componentry problems.

Blown BFG being replaced with a TrXus MT spare:


5 TrXus MTs & 1 smiling driver!

When you're on the Pole Line Road - 2 days from any main hwy, tire durability is paramount

Yep, it's that "old personal experience" that counts. My X-terra came with BFG Rugged Trails (load range C), and I had destroyed three witnin 2 months-----two pierced by sharp rocks on the tread face, and a third sidewall-failure a little later (pierced by a staub)------ I scrapped all 4, and replaced them with BFG TA's (load range E) and have had no problems for the last year and a half, over many of the same trails where the Rugged Trails failed me. One thing about the load range E's (10-ply rating) that surprised me, they are very flexible and will take lower air pressures without overheading, it appears-------I had expected them to be stiff and heat up badly at low air pressure (like 25 lbs.), but they didn't, at least in the dirt. I run them at 45 lbs + on the highway, depending on the load carried----they are rated up to 85 lbs. One tough tire!!!

So "brand" is not necessarily what you should go by. But, I agree with David and Doug, etc. --------there are some good alternatives, and they named some of them.

Some times it is just the luck of the draw, and you takes your chances, like life in general.

Barry

As an over two decade member of the DesertExplorers.org one hundred plus vehicle group, I see that 80 - 90% use BFG T/A KO tires as do I.

When I had brown hair and an FJ-40 Land Cruiser, I drove, uh, rather spiritedly aka like a bat out of hell, and had a fair amount of blowouts due to rock cuts. Now, with 80 years on this earth and a Pop-Top camper on my Tacoma, my BFG's and others in the Desert Explorers (on the same roads) seem to last forever.
YMMV

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Originally posted by Neal Johns As an over two decade member of the DesertExplorers.org one hundred plus vehicle group, I see that 80 - 90% use BFG T/A KO tires as do I. When I had brown hair and an FJ-40 Land Cruiser, I drove, uh, rather spiritedly aka like a bat out of hell, and had a fair amount of blowouts due to rock cuts. Now, with 80 years on this earth and a Pop-Top camper on my Tacoma, my BFG's and others in the Desert Explorers (on the same roads) seem to last forever. YMMV

Well, I don't know, Neal. When I saw you driving down Vallecitos Wash in March I swear you were going like the perverbial "bat out of hell"--------I gave up trying to catch you, and your even faster friends, before I even started.

Vision and wiseness (is that a word?) comes with age, and you obviously prove that with your choice of tires.

Viva Neal Johns!!!

Barry

Tru-Tracks were OK off road but on wet pavement, Oh, Boy, can you spell hydroplane?


Tru-Tracks....,Barry, you must be old!
Remember when BFG's first came out as bias plys?

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Originally posted by Neal Johns Tru-Tracs were OK off road but on wet pavement, Oh, Boy, can you spell hydroplane? Tru-Tracs....,Barry, you must be old! Remember when BFG's first came out as bias plys?

My Jeep was pretty heavy, so no hydroplaning for me... It was an aggressive tread that worked good in sand and was not loud on the highway... of course back then I had Led Zepplin cranked up pretty loud on my 8 track!

Yep, CAT-------you must have seen that review in PETERSON'S 4-WHEEL AND OFF ROAD magazine, July 2010 issue, pg 84----looks like a winner to me, too.

(I can't begin to explain why the "July 2010" issue is on sale already, tho)

Barry

I think they will look awesome on your red Dodge!

They look cool... but I am concerned about the noise level with their tread. I wish tires were cheaper and didn't last as long, so I could try them all!