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Another Tire story

bajatrailrider - 6-12-2019 at 01:37 PM

having 4 off road trucks needing tires costly. So even that Im a china parts hater. I got 4 mud tires 35/12.50/15 about 185.00 and 5 bucks to mount and bal. This pre runner only sees few miles pavement a week . 90% off road tested work great on road loud like a fire truck. Will try to post picture and name of brand. When I got my pre runner 12 years ago it had new mud tires china man tires. Sure did not last long as I may only have 5,000 miles on them. Surly less then 10,000 miles. Of course truck is spinning and power sliding whole time. I got them in Ensenada.

TMW - 6-12-2019 at 01:57 PM

China stuff isn't too bad I buy stuff from Harbor Freight all the time. However it will be interesting to see how well the tires hold up.

Larry's Photos

David K - 6-12-2019 at 06:18 PM




John Harper - 6-12-2019 at 06:32 PM

Antares? Antara? I can read the "Deep Digger" model name, not the brand.

What brand tire?

Aggressive looking tires for sure. Thanks for the review! Hope you continue to see good service from these tires.

John



[Edited on 6-13-2019 by John Harper]

advrider - 6-12-2019 at 06:42 PM

That's a good looking tire and for that price you don't need many miles to get your money back! Hope to catch up for a ride with you next year!

bajatrailrider - 6-12-2019 at 06:47 PM

HAAA John Ok Antares Mud tire Max Load 2535 at 36psi . Ensenada Store Econollantas tel 646 172 4075. Again tire size 35/12.50/15. Will get some action shots of dust maker pre runner. As a side note on my other truck the new bfgs mud tires very short life. The old bfgs Alt lasted 50000 miles still good . So far at 20 psi today good run I will lower to 18 psi maybe try 15. On this pre runner they used the 4x4 frame and front hubs. Sad to say they remove the 4x4 for long travel. This ride not rock crawler . Any deep sand or hill climb speed is your friend. It does have a Locking diff 80% dirt with 5.40 diff gears manual 5 sp.

David K - 6-13-2019 at 06:28 AM

http://www.antarestirescanada.com/mud-tires.html

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Antares-Deep-Digger-Mud-Terrain-T...

https://simpletire.com/catalog?select=1&brand=209&li...





[Edited on 6-13-2019 by David K]

AKgringo - 6-13-2019 at 07:12 AM

DK, thanks for the link for tires. The Anteres mud terrain that B.T.R. bought was offered for $160 or so in my size. The also have an Achilles mud terrain for a heck of a lot less.

Anybody know anything about these? https://simpletire.com/achilles-30-9.50r15lt-mao309515-tires

bajatrailrider - 6-13-2019 at 07:48 AM

That Achilles tire looks good but lot smaller then mine so yes cheaper. David the link you posted I can't find the ,,35/15 mud tire my tire price was with tax inc.

bajatrailrider - 6-13-2019 at 07:55 AM

My price of ,185.oo inc tax mount bal
Another 5 bucks per tire. Was at 19.37 ex rate to dollar

bajatrailrider - 7-15-2019 at 08:01 AM

These tires only on pavement started making steering wheel shake. Real bad at only 40 miles per hour . A check of front heim joints was problem. 4 where shot after my 12 years abuse. I so far run 20psi front/ 18 rear the hook up is great . As I'm driving new deep sand canyons . That I would have not tried before as this truck needs speed. To go in deep sand 2wd only but locker and 5.20 gear. I would not recommend these for street trucks . Driven mostly pavement tires roar on payment and ride like a mofo with dirt bike tires. They are perfect for me as truck is off-road 80/20 street.

bajatrailrider - 8-14-2019 at 09:10 AM

New report to my shock death shake on truck came back. Upon inspection (Dummy me) The tire shop put weights . Only on inside rim pound on type. That is problem on most 12in rims as this only will balance tire static not normal out of round tire. So I removed all four wheels returned them to tire shop . Told them now re balance with stick on weights placed in center of rim. Witch they did free of charge test run on pavement at 70 fixed.

David K - 8-14-2019 at 10:33 AM

Great news, Larry!

del mar - 8-14-2019 at 11:18 AM

just saw on another site Tersa is running a sale on cooper AT3's if anyones looking.....also Tersa is no longer offering their own brand BFG knockoffs:(

AKgringo - 8-14-2019 at 11:28 AM

MY first set of Super Swamper TSL tires came from J.C. Whitney, and they were pre balanced from the factory. They had weights that were bonded to the inside of the tire, just like a patch would be.

Additional weights on the aluminum rim were not needed. The second set I bought years later at 4x4 Supply, and they were not pre balanced!

Does any one know of a place that can balance tires off the rim with that kind of internal weights?

bajatrailrider - 8-14-2019 at 12:37 PM

That is a great question I have never heard of that type balance. Learn something every day