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Title: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: sidekick101 on July 22, 2006, 08:58:02 PM

i need a tire that will do good with all 3 according to the rents (but i'll take last two as prefference :P) just wondering what people have and they like for goin through good mud but still good on road and good in ice if possoble, but nothing over 235's (yet). thanx again

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: kirknd4spd on July 22, 2006, 10:02:24 PM

BFGoodrich Mud Terrains are good radial tires, that are quiet on the road, yet still aggressive in mud, sand, snow, etc.

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: nils on July 23, 2006, 02:06:40 AM

i got geolander MT's, excelent on snow, mud, sand but tends to melt away on the road

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: AJMBLAZER on July 23, 2006, 05:39:04 AM

Get a good mud tire of your choice and have them siped.  I've done this and the difference is night and day.  I had some 31" Mud Kings on my Ranger with the centers siped:
(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/364000-364999/364830_102_full.jpg)
They were the best winter tires I've ever had aside from my TrXus MT's that come with sipes.  They were hands down better than the AS and AT tires I had used the previous two winters.  I won't run anything but siped MT's on my trucks now.  You can chew through the drifts with the lugs and tread voids and the sipes will grab onto the road surface and keep you stuck there.

That said if you drive like an idiot nothing will keep you from sliding around and loosing control.

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: cablesmurf on July 23, 2006, 07:34:05 AM

I currently have the Micky Thompson MTZ's on my grand Cherokee...I will be running them on my Tracker.

BTW..I'm new here and yes, Im a Jeep convert. ;D

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: ddevil on July 23, 2006, 09:43:24 AM

ok so where'd you get your tires sipped at? 

mike

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: AJMBLAZER on July 23, 2006, 09:56:33 AM

I got those done by Discount Tire.  In the snowbelt just about every Discount has a siper and most good tire places do as well.

Now I have a hand siper and do it myself.

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: sidekick101 on July 23, 2006, 10:01:32 AM

sounds like a good idea to sip them. sound very confident in them. but not being samrt and all lol, what does taht mean? and how much would it cost ontop of the 400+ i'm gonna hafta spend alreday? thanx

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: Drone637 on July 23, 2006, 10:47:10 AM

Siping a tire means you cut small slits across the center treat patern.  You can see in his example pic that the center treads are all sliced up.

This allows your tire to flex in the center more then usuall and give you better traction all around.  Especially in lighter vehicles that don't have the weight to make a tire naturally bulge.  My F-350 has more bulge in it's 33" tires at 30+ PSI then my Zuki does at 8.  Without siping, I couldn't get my tires to wrap around rocks at all.  ;D

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: AJMBLAZER on July 23, 2006, 11:05:42 AM

Last I knew it was around $25-40 to sipe a set of "normal" sized tires.

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: cablesmurf on July 23, 2006, 04:17:28 PM

Or you could buy an MT that is already siped, like the Mickey T. MTZ's, Cooper STT's or the new toyo's. ;D

(http://www.ntwonline.com/natltire/images/xxBaja_MTZ.jpg)

(http://www.4wdworld.com.au/products/cooper/images/COOPERSTT060405.JPG)

(http://www.trucktrend.com/features/gear/163_0404_toyotire02_l.jpg)

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: AJMBLAZER on July 23, 2006, 04:44:22 PM

Make sure they make them in your size.  I love my Interco TrXus MT's but alas, nothing smaller than 31's... :(
(http://www.intercotire.com/piclib/579.jpg)
They're great on my Ranger but they don't make them small enough for the GV.  If they did it'd be running a set already. :P

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: sidekick101 on July 27, 2006, 01:41:01 PM

those look nice. gonna hafta def see if they carry em in 235's thanx cablesmurf

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: fullsink18 on July 27, 2006, 02:06:00 PM

I just ordered a set of General Grabbers AT2.  I will be using them for driving to class in PA winters.  I got 31's but they make all sizes including 235s.  They are already siped and have 60,000 mile guarentee.  Lots of people say they go good in a bit of everything. 

Title: Re: snow, mud, road tire?
Post by: AJMBLAZER on July 27, 2006, 02:43:50 PM

Quote from: sidekick101 on July 27, 2006, 01:41:01 PM

those look nice. gonna hafta def see if they carry em in 235's thanx cablesmurf

They don't.  As I mentioned they don't make them smaller than 31x10.5R15's or 235/85R16's. :(

Too bad, I think they're missing out on the smaller market.