Opinions and experiences with 4x4 tires
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ok poeple might not believe me but these maxxis bighorn MTs i have on my trucks, rides smoother and quieter than most ATs but the tread life sucks! but great traction offraod, i am thinkin my next tire will be the toyo open country MTs i heard those are pretty much a beefed up AT thats quiet and kicksass offroad,
But I know what you are saying about Maxxis wearing out quick, his were slicks at 24,000 miles! I finally talked him into Mickey Thompson MTZs about four years ago. About 33% more money than the Maxxis' tires but here they are with 54k miles on them:
And OP, you do not want these tires, wear like iron, handle great on and off-road, but they HOWL!!!
BTW, not to try to hijack the thread, but I made those grille guard uprights, used his rusted out ones and mine as a pattern and color match painted them, not bad, eh?
Last edited by HammerZ71; Jun 3, 2010 at 11:28 AM.
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Me and my buddies have had really good luck with the Cooper STT's. They balance out really nice, and seem to be wearing good. They're almost identical to the Toyo Open Country M/T's but cheaper. I think I remember hearing that the Toyo's are a harder compound though...
I got Bridgestone Duelers A/T Revo II on my dak now and they are awesome. I have no idea how they perform on mud (my truck has never seen mud) but on wet, snowy or icy pavement the are great. For the exhaust i went with a Borla si/so and sounds great. Not as loud as the flowmaster (that everybody has) but has a deep growl on low rpm and an agressive sound on the highway. Jmo....
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That's what I have now and am trying to get away from them. They make my truck ride like crap...And rated at 50000 miles...I have about 20000 miles and the rears are practically bald...and I never smoked them, not once...didn't even spin them much on ice and snow
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I'll slide in another vote for the terra's. I have 295/70/17's, which is a 33" tire. Looks great, rides smooth, does pretty well offroad so far (haven't REALLY tested them yet 
), and not too loud at all cruisin at 70ish mph. They can be had at that size for little over $700 on discount tire's ebay store, shipped!
), and not too loud at all cruisin at 70ish mph. They can be had at that size for little over $700 on discount tire's ebay store, shipped!
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Any off road+combo streat tire is a crap shoot, I like nitto tires, cooper tires can be a good buy for the money. Step up to a LT rated tire, I prefer E or 10 ply how ever c or 6 ply is fine for a 1500, Running any stock P rated oem tire ( good year H/P or wranglers ) is a joke thats not funny.
You have to know how much use is off road, how much is highway and than the tire that fits your Rim!!
You have to know how much use is off road, how much is highway and than the tire that fits your Rim!!
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Agreed. P rated tires are useless on pickup trucks to begin with unless you drive an older baby F150 or smaller truck or you only drive it pavement all the time. I run E's myself since I use my truck to pull a 39 foot 5th. I don't do much offroad driving except to the local dump.
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Agreed. P rated tires are useless on pickup trucks to begin with unless you drive an older baby F150 or smaller truck or you only drive it pavement all the time. I run E's myself since I use my truck to pull a 39 foot 5th. I don't do much offroad driving except to the local dump.
