I got no responses in the W&T section, so I'm going to post here.

Two tires I'm looking at:
Procomp Xtreme Muds vs. BFG Muds

They will be 35 x 12.5 R 15 on my 98 Ram 1500 4X4. Which would you choose? Anyone know the weights of each one? Rolling resistance?



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no personal experience here, but
the bfg's appear to have a little bigger side lugs
both look like good mud tires
both will probably roar like a bitch.
being mud tires they are probably a little soft, so they won't be long lasting 80,000 mile tires, maybe not even 40.
and then my favorite rule of thumb.. which are cheaper ?

 

Price is only $3 difference per tire. Both are 3-ply sidewall. I'm mostly looking for a good looking mud-tire that doesn't do too bad on the road either and doesn't weigh 80# a tire like the 8-10 ply massive M/T do.

Oh, and do you guys think a 35x12.5 will work on a 15x8 rim, or should I go up to the 15x10?

 

it prob bulg a lil bit. my old co-worker has 36s on his 97 F250 and hes at 30K and they still got 1/3 life left but he takes them off in the winter and throws some studded snows on. i havent heard anything really bad about both the pro comp might be a lil quiter cuz of the smaller side lugs but either way its suppose to sling mud

 

ive got a set of the procomp Xtreme A/T's 35x12.5x16 i like them, i dident go with M/T cuz i drive on the pavement way too much but they are the same tred but a harder rubber anyways some pepole here say the procomps suck however i like them

 

Are you sure you can fit a 15" rim on a 98 Ram 1500?

I had the regular 315/75R16 ProComp M/T's on my Ram, and I liked them alot. They are cheaper than the BFG M/T's. I paid about $310 (cdn) per tire. In the States (compared to Canada) they are much cheaper for some reason....

 

I can say the Procomp Xtreme MT's are a very nice tire. I am running them on my truck in a 37/12.50/17 size and they run great on road and off. On the streets they are surprisingly quiet and seem to be wearing very well. They balanced great (which can be a tricky thing with large tires) and offer a smooth ride. Off road they do very good in everything I have thrown at them. They perform especially well in rocks and loose dirt trails and while I only got to run them on the street once in snow/ice, they seem to do very good for a MT.

I have had BFG MT's before too, and I really like the Pro Comp Extreme MT's over any BFG MT I have ever had, but the BFG's are not a bad tire.

I will also say that while the Procomp Xtreme MT's are great and I prefer them over the BFG's, the standard Procomp Mud Terrains suck *****, so it's nice that they made a huge improvement in their MT offering.

 

Procomps are good, I know a few people who ran them on their wheeling rigs. They do seem to wear kinda quick though, they're really soft imo.

 

pro comp mud terrains 50k miles on set drive great wont put anything else on my truck now. on second set

 

youll half to grind down the drums in the back a little bit to get 15 in rims on