| Pages:
1
2 |
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9994
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Online
|
|
Best combo on road / off road tire is?
Just picked up a new Chevy 2500HD. Waited a year and a half for this bad boy to come out.
I'm going to put 20 inch rims on it. What's the best tire?
[Edited on 3-11-2014 by BajaNomad]
|
|
|
MMc
Super Nomad
Posts: 1679
Registered: 6-29-2011
Member Is Offline
Mood: Current
|
|
The one's that get you home.
There are lots of good tires. A lot of opinions here involve, how much are you willing to spend? I don't want spend $225.00 or more per tire so I got
this and it works fine. Others buy off-road tires and are upset they put rock through the sidewall. All of my tire issues are because of me, driving
to fast, not airing down, not airing up, ect. If you buy a good ($225.00 plus) tier they all will serve you well. General, Goodyear, Michelin, BF
Goodrich, Pick one you like.
BTW I am running BFG K/O, now I have run General Grabbers too, I liked them both.
[Edited on 3-11-2014 by MMc]
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
|
|
|
freediverbrian
Senior Nomad
Posts: 619
Registered: 2-24-2007
Location: Papas Gonzaga Bay
Member Is Offline
|
|
Make sure to carry your spare tire or two with you in Baja. 20 in tires are rare in baja
|
|
|
Bob53
Senior Nomad
Posts: 661
Registered: 2-24-2014
Location: Fallbrook, CA & Bahia de los Angeles
Member Is Offline
|
|
I've always used BFGs on my truck and on my buggy. Great tires and have never had a defect or failure that wasn't caused by me.
|
|
|
55steve
Senior Nomad
Posts: 857
Registered: 4-24-2006
Location: Warner Springs, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
My neighbor works for a large grading contractor and their fleet of pickups runs Generals - I asked about this since I'm a BFG fan and he told me they
have tried every top brand and the Generals were tougher. They are also quite a bit more $$ though.
[Edited on 3-11-2014 by 55steve]
|
|
|
Whale-ista
Super Nomad
Posts: 2009
Registered: 2-18-2013
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sunny with chance of whales
|
|
BFG ATs work well for me
I've been happy with my BFG ATs. I have a relatively small half ton pickup. Mazda B 4000. They are not the stock tires. I think They are 31x10.5 on
15" rims if I read them correctly.
I carry a new spare, locked. Need a better jack tho...
They are relatively quiet and have handled well on the highway, including when the shoulder suddenly drops off just as a large truck is crowding the
center line. Nice to have that extra width on the MX hwy 1 for a small sense of added security...
Also have been good on the dirt roads I've been on. I try to avoid mud and sand. They have handled well on washboard, rocks and graded dirt.
So far this year I've put 2200 Baja miles on them with more to come.
Information at http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/tire-selector/category/off-ro...
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
|
|
|
dirtbikr
Junior Nomad
Posts: 72
Registered: 11-1-2011
Location: sacramento
Member Is Offline
Mood: start slow....then taper off!
|
|
Heard from a tire guy, all tires except cooper tires are made in china, is that true?
If you\'re not living on the EDGE... You\'re taking up too much room! Its never too late for a darkside.
|
|
|
Ateo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5896
Registered: 7-18-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Congrats. Nice truck. BFG Baja Champions will look nice on that.
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
i got 23k on my toyo open country at's. total garbage.
i finally went with a good tire that i love. after almost 2 years and 12k they look brand new. rated for 60,000:
http://www.michelinman.com/tire-selector/name/ltx-a-t2-tires
|
|
|
Whale-ista
Super Nomad
Posts: 2009
Registered: 2-18-2013
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sunny with chance of whales
|
|
Wow. Just checked cost of 20" BFG AT tires. Big chunk o change...
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
|
|
|
BOLARNR
Newbie
Posts: 20
Registered: 2-24-2010
Location: Aptos, CA.
Member Is Offline
Mood: Pasatiempo @ Rincon, BOLA
|
|
Nitto Terra Grapplers, 268 E rated 18's - $268 ....add a set ultra bead-lock rims $150. $1,900 down the Camino you go. Don't waste your money on
20's you'll need the cushion when your a pushin.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64721
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Hankook DynaPro ATm has excellent mud sand snow action and is quiet on the highway. I also had good experience with Toyo Open Country AT and Cooper
Discoverer ATR.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64721
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by dirtbikr
Heard from a tire guy, all tires except cooper tires are made in china, is that true? |
Country of origin is on the tire. My Toyos were made in Japan and my Hankooks were made in South Korea. All tires I have bought were purchased in
America and installed by Americans.
|
|
|
gnukid
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4411
Registered: 7-2-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
20 inch is a bit extreme, why not go more mainstream like 17" or whatever is normal and most affordable. you'll go through some tires and need some
new ones on occasion in baja.
|
|
|
Justbozo
Nomad
Posts: 139
Registered: 11-20-2012
Location: Lake Michigan/Bahia Concepcion
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got my little stone hut on the bay
|
|
Don't waste your money on 20" off road tires, or any size off road tires for that truck. If you go off roading you have to come back sometime and with
that wheelbase there isn't room enough in Baja!
You will be challenged to get out of downtown Mulege, not to mention high centered at the crest of the trail!
Pretty Truck
|
|
|
Justbozo
Nomad
Posts: 139
Registered: 11-20-2012
Location: Lake Michigan/Bahia Concepcion
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got my little stone hut on the bay
|
|
By the way, bring your own wiper blades because they don't sell your style down here.
|
|
|
baconjr
Nomad
Posts: 128
Registered: 7-14-2012
Member Is Offline
Mood: Es la vida de perro!
|
|
I've been running Goodyear Wranglers'. We have gotten good mileage and they offer a Kevlar side wall. http://www.goodyear.com/en-US/tires/wrangler-mtr-kevlar
|
|
|
redhilltown
Super Nomad
Posts: 1130
Registered: 1-24-2009
Location: Long Beach, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
i think part of the answer will be what you mean by "off road"? Dirt roads, beach roads, and some washboard or crawling up a wash on some serious
rocks?
Through the years I've had great luck with BF Goodrich T/A KO ALL Terrain tires and I do a little bit of all of the above.
|
|
|
Hook
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9009
Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
Member Is Offline
Mood: Inquisitive
|
|
Is it 4WD?
|
|
|
Ateo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5896
Registered: 7-18-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
I see you got the "kid hanging from driver side" package. They're good for depositing a few pesos into the Red Cross buckets in Colonet. 
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
