daydreamer84
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I've had good results with BFGoodrich Mud Terrains.
Don
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Not a true offroad tire but I am very pleased with Yokohoma Geolander GO15 AT tire. It has the snowflake/mountain symbol and is rated for severe snow service. I just bought these so my only experience is on streets but they ride great with no excessive noise. Cheaper than most too. Walmart $680 installed otd for a set of 235/60/18 for a Toyota Sienna AWD.
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=Geolandar+A/T+G015
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=Geolandar+A/T+G015
WardenRoss
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I have owned at least one 4x4everyday that I have owned a vehicle, I just won't discuss them all!
In 1974 I bought a brand new Chevy K-5 Blazer (back when they had no steel top and were built on a short full size frame. I read all the articles about Off Roading! But where I really learned how to go through large areas of deep mud and stay right side up on steep hillsides was from working as a skidder operator in our families short lived timbering business. The skidders were giant articulating (bend in the middle) 4x4 tractors with 40 to 60 ton winches. Ours were all diesel, so the listed horsepower usually had double the torque compared to gas! With all this formidable equipment you soon found out they could be buried with the bottom of your tires 7 feet below surface level!
The key to Off Roading is have reasonable tires for the type of terrain you'll be "enjoying" the most. Well drained forested hillsides require different tires than valley bottom swamps, let alone long wet grass on steep hillsides. I've never had the chance to do sand dunes, but they are different than anything else!!!
More important than the reasonable tires are the brain power and experience to keep from flooring the gas pedal like you were in The Baja 1000! Horsepower to weight ratio is good, but there is no such thing as too much torque!! Maintain traction and don't spin the tires is the ultimate objective! But wet grass is as bad as soupy mud! Sometimes you just have to burn down through it to something solid! That is where
"Tall and not wide" tires come in. The flotation mindset is very good for small light vehicles (Like CJ-2 thru 7 Jeeps, and the old FJ Toyotas)
Having listed some of my experience with off roading, I would like to recommend Michelin LTX L/T. This is an older design that has a newer version for less money. But why mess with success! My 2000 Silverado Z71 is half ton and a reasonable 305 without any modifications. The tire size for this size truck is LT 265/75 R16 yours will probably be a little different. I got about 165,000 on the first set and am over 100,000 on the second set.
2 winters ago, I was working at a former dump. I got off the access road while backing down and around a hillside. I stopped with the driver's side wheels in 16" of slime on a 65 or 70% downgrade. The only thing keeping me from breaking on over was the passenger side tires were still on the firm dirt road bed! I had to continue backing down and around the hill in the dark and try to get back to 4 wheels on the roadbed. It took about 75 yard of slow crawl, leaving ruts that looked like foundation footers, but I got to where I needed to be! I honestly believe these tires (and a lot of prayer) got me out! I've had some of the best "Popular" off road tires (Gumbo Monster Mudders, Mickey Thompson Baja Sportsmen, BF Goodrich XT Terrain to name about 1/3 of them) and nothing went the distance like these Michelins! It will run you over a grand for a set, but they outlast 3 to5 sets of Goodrich, and will save your beacon when you need it most!
Ivan
In 1974 I bought a brand new Chevy K-5 Blazer (back when they had no steel top and were built on a short full size frame. I read all the articles about Off Roading! But where I really learned how to go through large areas of deep mud and stay right side up on steep hillsides was from working as a skidder operator in our families short lived timbering business. The skidders were giant articulating (bend in the middle) 4x4 tractors with 40 to 60 ton winches. Ours were all diesel, so the listed horsepower usually had double the torque compared to gas! With all this formidable equipment you soon found out they could be buried with the bottom of your tires 7 feet below surface level!
The key to Off Roading is have reasonable tires for the type of terrain you'll be "enjoying" the most. Well drained forested hillsides require different tires than valley bottom swamps, let alone long wet grass on steep hillsides. I've never had the chance to do sand dunes, but they are different than anything else!!!
More important than the reasonable tires are the brain power and experience to keep from flooring the gas pedal like you were in The Baja 1000! Horsepower to weight ratio is good, but there is no such thing as too much torque!! Maintain traction and don't spin the tires is the ultimate objective! But wet grass is as bad as soupy mud! Sometimes you just have to burn down through it to something solid! That is where
"Tall and not wide" tires come in. The flotation mindset is very good for small light vehicles (Like CJ-2 thru 7 Jeeps, and the old FJ Toyotas)
Having listed some of my experience with off roading, I would like to recommend Michelin LTX L/T. This is an older design that has a newer version for less money. But why mess with success! My 2000 Silverado Z71 is half ton and a reasonable 305 without any modifications. The tire size for this size truck is LT 265/75 R16 yours will probably be a little different. I got about 165,000 on the first set and am over 100,000 on the second set.
2 winters ago, I was working at a former dump. I got off the access road while backing down and around a hillside. I stopped with the driver's side wheels in 16" of slime on a 65 or 70% downgrade. The only thing keeping me from breaking on over was the passenger side tires were still on the firm dirt road bed! I had to continue backing down and around the hill in the dark and try to get back to 4 wheels on the roadbed. It took about 75 yard of slow crawl, leaving ruts that looked like foundation footers, but I got to where I needed to be! I honestly believe these tires (and a lot of prayer) got me out! I've had some of the best "Popular" off road tires (Gumbo Monster Mudders, Mickey Thompson Baja Sportsmen, BF Goodrich XT Terrain to name about 1/3 of them) and nothing went the distance like these Michelins! It will run you over a grand for a set, but they outlast 3 to5 sets of Goodrich, and will save your beacon when you need it most!
Ivan
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