I finally got a set of off-road rims off of ebay so my truck will have the wheels it was supposed to have on it in the first place. Now I have to get some tires for those puppies. I wanted some Yokohama Geolander M/T+ but they only come in the 265 size. I want something in the 33" to 34" range though since I have a lift on my truck and anything smaller would just look dumb. Anyhow my friend said that mud terrain tires get poor traction on snow and the area which I live in (South Dakota) it can snow any day of the year. Is there any truth to this? I don't really do any 4x4ing but like the look of the M/T tires. Also HOLY CRAP are tires expensive, I found a few on eBay for around $700 shipped but locally I am looking at $800+ for a set of tires. I did find a set of Super Swampers 34x10.5/17 here.... http://www.tirepackage.com/detail.as...mber=SSTLTB-09 for $530 shipped and that seems to be the best deal I can find. Would this be a tire I can use for daily driving and not have to worry about poor traction? I am also pretty lazy and would like to be able to take my truck to the automatic wash, I also have a set of 35x12.5-15 tires but it won't go through the car wash which is why I kind of like the 10.5" wide ones. I think 11.5" width would be the widest I could go and still get through the car wash, my 285's fit fine through there and I think 285mm is equal to 11.4".

 

Most mud terrains, like the BFG Mud Terrain, do exceptionaly well in snow! That would be my first choice for a MT tire. They do seem to be a bit more prone to hyrdoplane (compared to an AT). As for the Super Swampers - they get awesome traction in mud and snow, and they make any truck look mean. But make horrible daily driver tire. They're loud, they won't handle as well as a MT, you have to religiously check air pressure, and keep them rotated. And even then you'll still get get terrible milage out of them. If you drive on tar roads daily, you'd be very lucky to get 18,000 out of a set! I have a buddy that only got 7,000 miles out of his SS Thornbirds. I've also seen a few instances where the SS SSRs have severe sidewall blowout and highway speeds. I would love to run swampers on my Ram, but can't afford to buy a set every 12,000 miles.

 

I heard somewhere that snow times are bad on snow, but I highly doubt it. Maybe like Boggers, but regular mud tires like BFg should be great!

And yes they are pricy In the spring I'm gonna shell out probably just under 700, and thats cheap!

 

Check into swamper trxus mt's, I dunno if they have them in the size you need or not but they look like a great tire...they are also siped for better snow/ice/water traction

 

who told you Geolander's only come in 265's they come in 285's (31's) and i belive they come in 305's (33's) too however i dont like Geolanders they ware realy quick, quicker than most soft rubber m/t's i had them once (in 285's) they were almost new wen i bought the truck and dident like them. im with jdcovert i really like the BFG M/T's too and they come in many sizes

 

265's = 31ish

285's = 33ish

305's = 35ish

 

are you shure i always thought it was 285=31 305=33 315=35 ive been knowen to be wrong thow lol

i suspose it would kinda depend a bit if they were 75 or 85 as well

 

Socha is rite

 

Yup, the 75 or 85 will make a huge diffrence.


These are some pretty common sizes;
285/75R16 - 32.8" x 11.2"
295/75R16 - 33.4" x 11.6"
305/70R16 - 32.8" x 12.0"
315/75R16 - 34.6" x 12.4"

 

Aspect Ratio, minor details!!!