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Ken Cooke
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New shoes for David K
Here are some recommendations for David K...I have been investigating and doing my research for you brother. 
For the kind of travel you do, and the mix of light off-roading and high-speed Baja driving, I'm thinking a high-quality All-Terrain tire is what you
should look into.
Here is my first pick for David...
Part Number: PCT560265
LT265/75R16, Pro Comp Xtreme All Terrain Radial
Load Range E
Max Load 3415
Tread Depth 18/32
Overall Diameter 31.6 Inches
Black SideWall
Sidewall Construction= Tri-Ply
40,000 Mile Tread Wear Warranty
Goodyear Duratrac
Bridgestone Revo
Dick Cepek Fun Country II
Those are my top 4 for David K. There are lots others, but just wondering what David K was thinking before he gets stuck halfway between "That Road"
and Shell Beach.
[Edited on 8-12-2010 by Ken Cooke]
[Edited on 8-12-2010 by Ken Cooke]
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Ken Cooke
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The Xtreme AT by ProComp is proven - my buddy Mike ran it in Johnson Valley before the Loan Co. came and took his Rubicon away. 
Here's another picture.
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TMW
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With a Tacoma bald works great. They don't need no stinking tread in Baja.
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Udo
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David buys whatever is available at COSTCO. (As do I)
Udo
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David K
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Actually,I am thinking about these...
Developed from off road racing... NEW!
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bajabass
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I put 55k miles on a set of the Dueller Revos on a 2005 Tundra TRD 4x4. La Mision every weekend, all over Baja from Mulege to Cabo. On the beach at
the East Cape, nasty roads, the beach dirt road from the East Cape to Cabo, 110 mph Vegas runs, they were great tires and still had good tread when I
got the 09 Tundra!  The BFG Rugged Trails that came stock on the new truck are
crap! A few more months and a new set of P275/65/18 Revos go on! Before the move to La Paz!
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bajabass
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I'll let you know when I get there. Hope so, but I won't need tires for quite a while. Put 4 new ones on the wife's car before she left. $ new on mine
before I leave.
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boe4fun
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I went to South Gate Highschool with Dick Cepek's son. He opened his first shop on the corner of California and Southern.
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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David K
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In a box somewhere, I may still have a Dick Cepek catalog from the early 1970's... They were great, full of 'Baja Proven' equipment, camping gear and
tires... Armstrong Tires mostly... In 1976 a bought a set of Armstrong TRU TRACs for my Jeep from the Dick Cepek store in El Cajon. My dad had
previously shopped at their main Souh Gate store.
Dave Deal did the art work for the catalog cover (was Cepek's logo)... It was a self image of Dave driving his Blazer. Deal was the creator of so many
cartoon images used in automotive stuff... The Pixar film Cars featured many of Dave's creations. Jimmy Smith's book, as well.
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bajabass
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The trick set-up was a set of the Jackman white 5 spoke steel wheels, with a set of the Armstrong tires! You were stylin'. 
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Actually,I am thinking about these...
Developed from off road racing... NEW! |
I'm curious to see how these work out for you. I don't want a new set of tires that whine at hwy speeds, nor provide a rough ride. My TrXus MTs are
great, but they are tough to balance and become loud as they wear thin.
I will run these TrXus MTs another 12 months, and then I'll make my next purchase. Not sure exactly what they will be, yet.
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bajabass
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Those look like noisey tires brand new, let alone with some wear going on.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabass
The trick set-up was a set of the Jackman white 5 spoke steel wheels, with a set of the Armstrong tires! You were stylin'. |
Personally, I used TACOMA white spoke wheels with my Tru-tracs.
Barry
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David K
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Yah I remember Tacoma brand wheels!
Ken, highway noise is an issue and one of the reasons I won't buy the Cooper STT tires again... and I read reports on hwy. noise closely.
The new Generals look like the off road racing tire they make, but these are DOT modified for better wear and quiet highway sound.
They are just now being made available to tire dealers... until this month 4 Wheel Parts stores had an exclussive and did tons of magazine
advertising.
My fall back 'perfect tire' will be either a TOYO Open Country AT or a COOPER Discoverer ATR... I have had both, both are quiet, work well in sand,
had no flats, inexpensive, and got 35-40 K on them.
They just don't have that 'off road look and sizzle'...
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comitan
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fishabductor I'm with you on BFG I'm now having to replace the set I have on my Astro AWD after 50,000 miles The treads are chewed up but some left,
I'm having to replace them because of tread separation when they start you can feel a little bounce. I now have all new, hope the Astro lasts as long
as the tires.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabass
Those look like noisey tires brand new, let alone with some wear going on. |
Here is what General says:
Born from competition, this tire has been developed by the most skilled engineers and tested by the best off-road racers including Carl Renezeder and
BJ Baldwin.
Features:
3-Ply Construction
Reactive Contour Technology
Race inspired sidewall design
Acoustic Modulation Sound Technology (AMST)
Patented Strake & Chamfer tread Pattern
Benefits:
Race proven 3-Ply construction provides driving confidence under the world's most extreme conditions
Even tread wear throughout the life of the tire
Multi-angled sidewall protectors help prevent punctures
Competition inspired red letters
Sound wave suppression that works to reduce road noise
Delivers deceptively high levels of traction in both mud and silt
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comitan
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DK Can I sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, it cheap and an antique.
Ok now serious they do not look lioke they would have as good a traction as the BFG's.
[Edited on 8-13-2010 by comitan]
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Yah I remember Tacoma brand wheels!
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I bought my TACOMA wheels in 1976 for my 2x4 1969 Ford "Baja" Truck, down in El Centro--------that truck I still own, still has those wheels on it
going strong, but now with Michilin tires, and is used off road in Owens Valley and kept at my son's place there in Independence where it is his
utility vehicle. Those TACOMA wheels are indestructable!
Barry
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Features:
"3-Ply Construction"
BFG TA KOs have 6 ply tread and 3 ply sidewalls.
"Reactive Contour Technology"
Jibber jabish to make it sound good.
"Race inspired sidewall design"
That is probably true, just more rubber on the outside.
"Acoustic Modulation Sound Technology (AMST)"
They used a mic setup to listen to road noise and adjusted the trend cut to reduce the sound below the compitition.
"Patented Strake & Chamfer tread Pattern"
I think all the manufatures probably patent their tread to keep the compitition from stealing it.
"Even tread wear throughout the life of the tire"
That depends on wheel alignment not the tire brand.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
DK Can I sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, it cheap and an antique.
Ok now serious they do not look lioke they would have as good a traction as the BFG's.
[Edited on 8-13-2010 by comitan] |
The only way I think I would get new BFGs, after the Rugged Trails wear out, is to win them... Sorry, I have seen far too many sidewall and other
failures with BFGs and Michelins in Baja to bow into the fact that they are the most POPULAR tire in Baja. I personally have seen failures on brand
new All Terrain TAs (just installed before our trip at ORW and no air dropped before the failure, and agian on CGs Dakota with new Michelin LTX, just
a couple miles from Rancho Santa Ynez)...
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