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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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I was walking threw walmart today happen to look over and see them priced for 133 or 143(cant remember which) but that was for a 31x10.50x15. Anyone have any reviews on them? I've never saw them until today and they look pretty aggressive and for the price you cant beat it. I decided that before winter I have to get new tires which my front 2 have half tread while my rears look like racing slicks so its either save money and just get 2 new bfg's or spend a bit more and get these and have a good looking tire all the way around. I just need some reviews on them before I make a decision.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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They are awesome tires for off roading and they arnt too noisy on the road. But my friend only got 15-20k miles out of them before they were completely bald!

Thats the only bad! haha

on a side note, their mud tire is freaking sweet looking!
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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thats what i got for a spare. never used it but it works for a spare lol. i think some dakotas came stock with them in that size. and nice price id pick up 4.

side note but i got the same problem with wearing my back tires faster. do you even bother to rotate them, sense your suppose to have the better ones up front? i was thinking if i rotate them every 10k miles or something so it might last longer.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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They are awesome tires for off roading and they arnt too noisy on the road. But my friend only got 15-20k miles out of them before they were completely bald!

Thats the only bad! haha

on a side note, their mud tire is freaking sweet looking!
Wow 20k that sucks My cousin has the wrangler mt/r's on his sierra and they are a good looking tire looks even better cause his truck is a 2500 and they are 32's so it looks a little lifted but im sorry im not paying 190.00 for my truck.

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thats what i got for a spare. never used it but it works for a spare lol. i think some dakotas came stock with them in that size. and nice price id pick up 4.

side note but i got the same problem with wearing my back tires faster. do you even bother to rotate them, sense your suppose to have the better ones up front? i was thinking if i rotate them every 10k miles or something so it might last longer.



Yeah there were 3 tire options for the dak at least there was for 97-99 and mine did come with 31's from the factory. My problem was my truck needed aligned cause the inside edge was wore to almost bald and I figured no sense in rotating tires cause the ones I put up front will just wear the same so I have never rotated them since I bought the truck 3 years ago and after a lot of burn outs and what not its finally time to get new ones but before I get them changed im filling up my tank and its going to be a burn rubber where ever I want to day lol
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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http://i41.tinypic.com/2e1g6y1.jpg

Are those the ones you are talking about? If so, a mud terrian won't last very long if you're worried about that. I've never heard great things about GY's but they look good and I bet they are good offroad, but 20-30k is probably all you will get out of them if you really take care of them.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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http://i41.tinypic.com/2e1g6y1.jpg

Are those the ones you are talking about? If so, a mud terrian won't last very long if you're worried about that. I've never heard great things about GY's but they look good and I bet they are good offroad, but 20-30k is probably all you will get out of them if you really take care of them.
Yeah those are them.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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A personal review on the goodyear's. They are great offroad, with one exception. They are a very soft tread compound and as soon as you get into the slightest bit of rock they will start to chunk out. On road I got maybe 15k out of them, and that was to the point that I blew 2 of them out. So, for the price you pay for them, they are not worth it IMHO.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Ok so by the looks of this thread I guess ill just stick with getting 2 new bfg's
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 10:28 PM
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Goodyear sucks
 
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Old Sep 14, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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I have Firestone Destination AT's. Well worth it. Tire Rack's reviews said they last up to 85K miles. I think they have a 50K waranty at their cost. I paid something like $135 each at the local FS store.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....tination+A%2FT
 
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