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Quote: Originally posted by Hook  | They make a load range E BFG TA KO2?
I have the new KO2s on my Jeep. Load range C, I believe. They seem like good tires, but I dont test them much except sand on a beach and they are fine
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lots....depends on size.
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Thank you, Don Jorge for the review on the LTX. I once considered them to get a high mileage truck tire, but the lack of any off road tread and high
price kept me away. I imagine the load range E is why you would need to let more air out for floatation in sand? Otherwise, a less aggressive thread
should be great in sand. Of all the tires I have had on my three Tacomas, I like the Hankook Dynapro ATM the most, but nearly as good would be the
Toyo Open Country AT and Cooper Discoverer ATR. The slightly bigger than stock size, 265/75-16 (32") is what I run.
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i once pulled an F350 out of the sand that was stuck to the frame with my little ol Tundra. so there's that!
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| Quote: Originally posted by Don Jorge |
We have Michelin LTX AT2 load range E on our 2012 F350 which often has a full size Lance camper on it towing a 16ft tandem axle trailer. They are
very good tires for what we do which is lots of highway, quite a bit of gravel and enough snow to chase us south.
They are great highway tires. They are good gravel tires but tend, as many tires do, to hold gravel in the tread for later dispersal. Mud flaps for
the protection of yours and others vehicles is a good idea.
In the snow they work on highways and in towns but for winter driving in winter places they suck. They really load the treads up quickly with ice and
snow making even 4 wheel drive, controlled traction driving a pain.
In the sand they plain suck. Even dropping the air pressure is not much help.
We run BFG TA tires on our desert and mountain trucks. They are much better for sand, snow and mud.
Please let us know how the new TA KOs work for you. Safe travels.
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Thanks for this report. One of the reasons the LTX was first on our list, besides the reports of the high mileage is that our Tundra came with LTX
tires ---- not the the really good ones, but like all new vehicles, they are not as good as the others --- weaker sidewalls and a 30,000 mile
warranty.
Our truck is only a year old, but we have over 29,000 miles on it and the tires have performed quite well for us on the local dirt roads, lots of
gravel roads and did very well on the very slipperly wet gumbo mud on the Dempster Highway, even in some deep mud where there was construction and it
was pouring rain. Fortunately, it was a short distance or we might have had a real problem. :-)
While we have been on some snowy and icy roads locally and on our trips, we have not been in that situation that much and performance under those
conditions is VERY important to us. With our tiny snow storm the other day, John said he did notice that the tread seemed to fill with the ice.
But the tread is good in one way, for sure. The warranty is almost up and there is still a lot of tread. Our mechanic said she would not change them
out, except for where we want to travel and we always change out tires before absolutely necessary.
So, while we don't expect the the BFGs to last as long as the LTX, we will let you know how we like the new ones after we have them. Considering how
much we are traveling right now, it shouldn't take long to find out the life of the tires. They seem to be the best choice right now for us. Maybe
karma made the LXTs backordered.
Just as a side note, I smiled when you mentioned mudflaps. Our exhaust kept burning a large hole in the one mudflap. The dealer kept replacing it.
We finally had to have a slight dispute with Toyota. Somehow in shipping, the exhaust pipe had been bent so while driving the mudflap hit the exhaust
pipe. Nothing like the smell of burning rubber while driving especially when one is in the boondocks. They fixed it, finally.
Again, thanks for that report.
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Diana, How does climate change, and what the government does, or fails to do about it affect your choice?
There, that should bump this thread three or four more pages!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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| Quote: Originally posted by Don Jorge |
In the sand they plain suck. Even dropping the air pressure is not much help.
We run BFG TA tires on our desert and mountain trucks. They are much better for sand, snow and mud.
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How low did you go?
I can drive on my fairly narrow 265 75R 16s on soft beach sand, when I drop down to 12 psi. That could be dangerously low on a LRE tire, but I havent
lost the bead yet.
I really cant go any wider on these stock rims. F350 4x4 SRW. No front or rear locking of any type.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hook |
I really cant go any wider on these stock rims. F350 4x4 SRW. No front or rear locking of any type. |
how wide are your stock rims?
Harald Pietschmann
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I have had 305/70 on my stock F350 wheels, not recommended. The 285/75 I have on now are fine but wider than recommended.
I think they are 7" wide.
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They are only 16x7. I think I have read that I might be able to go with a 285 70R, but that's just from memory. I dont think I gained much in width,
with that size.
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Jorge, do you read my weather column?
Yeah, it looks like a fairly wet week for CA from the northern Pacific. The jet stream is predicted to come in across Central CA and storms will dip
farther south. There has been some snow in Nogales and Cananea. This should bring more.
We continue to get warm rains from the SW that are drawn to us by the positioning of the lows passing by up north OR the high pressure building behind
it up north or just a crazy U-turn in the jet stream that goes N-S-N about as far south as San Quintin or Kino. But most of it is from the southern
jet stream.
Not that we have gotten that much this fall/winter. But none of it has been a cold front from the Pac NW. We usually get one or two of those each year
but they are usually 1/4" or less. Still early, though.
All of ours has been stuff drifting ENE from the ITCZ. Still lots of warm water down there. Most of this stuff has been passing over us, hammering the
Sierra Madres and REALLY hammering Texas and the Deep South. When a winter cold front from the north finally met some of this ITCZ stuff over
Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi before Christmas, it spawned a lot of those tornadoes (rather unusual for December in those parts). It was NOT really Gulf
of Mexico warm air, also rather unusual. It was warm air from south of the Mexican Riveria that traveled a long ways to get to Texas. Go figure. The
northern third of Texas, I swear, has the most Gawd-awful weather of any state. Dudn't matter what season it is; it's always horrid, it seems.
Here is a jet stream map that shows the southern jet stream is still raging across us and the Deep South.
We are supposed to be threatened by rain over the first four days of the coming week. More of this same stuff. Rainy days with highs in the 70s.
Then Friday, one of the colder fronts from NOB might make it here.
[Edited on 1-3-2016 by Hook]
[Edited on 1-3-2016 by Hook]
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I have had Hankooks on my Dodge diesel 3500 for 65000kms and there is still plenty of tread left. I'm very impressed considering I was always a BFG
guy.
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Keith
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| Quote: Originally posted by Hook |
They are only 16x7. I think I have read that I might be able to go with a 285 70R, but that's just from memory. I dont think I gained much in width,
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Hook,
you can use 285/75 or 295/75 without any problems (wouldn't use the 70 profile)
I run 295/75 on 7" wide wheels
7" is less than what the tire manufacturers recommend - but Baja racers have used more narrow wheels for some time to protect the wheels from rocks.
Harald Pietschmann
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| Quote: Originally posted by DianaT |
We have eliminated the BF Goodrich All Terrains --- they are off the list.
Thanks and Happy New Year
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DianaT,
Happy New Year to you to!!
Why were the BFG's eliminated in the beginning??
And what led you back to them in the end??
Just curious...
This should add pages to this thread as well lol
TT
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| Quote: Originally posted by Tomas Tierra | | Quote: Originally posted by DianaT |
We have eliminated the BF Goodrich All Terrains --- they are off the list.
Thanks and Happy New Year
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DianaT,
Happy New Year to you to!!
Why were the BFG's eliminated in the beginning??
And what led you back to them in the end??
Just curious...
This should add pages to this thread as well lol
TT |
Ah gees, these threads so often take on a life of their own.
Now, why we changed our minds, that is complicated. :-) I guess we read and investivated more as to what would be right for us.
I think we were looking for the perfect tire that does not exist.
Tires are installed tomorrow----
The only more complicated decision we have made this month is the decision as to which new mattress we want.. That is delivered on Monday, so we
hope we have batted a double!. Living in the boondocks is great, but not without some downsides.
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New mattress???
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And you didn't ask us????
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If it had been for the camper, I probably would have asked.  
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