By jim on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 10:42 am: Edit

Okay I know the tire issue has been an on going item. But I am just asking for some ideas and input. I just got OME HD springs put all the way around. I need new tires and looking for information for TIRES and SIZE to look at. I am looking for all terrain type of tire that is good in snow and ice.

Thanks

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 10:47 am: Edit

You will find basically three choices recommed by this group:

BFG AT K/O's
Dunlop Radial Rover RT's
BFG Trac-Edges

If you are not going off road at all, I would recommend Michelin LTX M/S. Just put them on my Tahoe which will never venture off-road. Great long lasting tires with a good street ride.

For reviews of tires, hit http://tirerack.com, http://carreview.com, and http://epinions.com.

Tire Rack has a great site to search by tire size and type and then there are a lot of customer reviews and survey data for each tire. I always look there when shopping tires.

Tom

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:00 am: Edit

Here is my 0.02. I like my TruXus muds a great deal. There rated as a 10 ply and hook up great off road. There not noisy like some MT's

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:06 am: Edit

Robert -

Seeing your name (oldscout) I keep thinking that means International Harvester Scout. Am I right?

Tom

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:15 am: Edit

Yea I have three IH Scouts. one Disco ,one Ford P/U and three boats. I get a christmas card from the DMV for all the fees I pay.

By RVR OVR (Tom) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:17 am: Edit

Sweet. I'll take your word on the tires, then. Have a lot of experience with TSL's? How do the TrXus hookup by comparison?

Tom

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:18 am: Edit

I've never run a TSL pizza cutter.

By jmon on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 11:38 am: Edit

hey i heard a lot of bad reviews on the trxus..(rob where you the one who was supposed to call for the cutting? thanks bud) anyway i heard that the sidewalls have tendency to get easily slashed...I heard this not just from one or two but several people..i was initially very impressed by the tire, but the more research i did the farther away I went from the swamper trxus..rob have used those tires in moab, or really rocky (sharp rocks) aired down?

By jim on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 05:18 pm: Edit

I think I will get the Dunlop Radial Rover R/T

By Diesel on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 05:32 pm: Edit

I just bought a set of 265/75r16 Dunlop Rover RTs. I think they are an awesome all around tire. They had the bite I needed to get through a deeply rutted mud puddle this weekend. I look forward to the first (and all subsequent) snow fall this winter.

Diesel

By Steve (Steve2) on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 05:35 pm: Edit

jim

can't say enough nice things about my bridgestone
mt's. they are also the highest rated mt on the tire rack feed back survey - the dunlops are #2

best of luck either way
steve

By Kameron on Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 06:00 pm: Edit

I run the bridgestone MT's as well (245/75/16) and I think there a great 10 ply tire. They're quiet on-road and grip great off-road. Blow my old BFG MT's away.

By Steve (Steve2) on Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 12:00 pm: Edit

thank you kameron

i'm glad someone else has seen the light - and know that bfg's are not the holy grail that all portend it to be.

steve

By RonLF on Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 01:23 pm: Edit

I am running goodyear MT/R. They are great in the Mud. I would requiment them to anyone. I get a good deal from the Tirerack.

By Steve on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 08:32 am: Edit

I just put Pirelli Scorpion S/T's on my 97 disco about 3 months ago. It really depends on your preference and what you're looking for. I like the tires because they kickass in the mud, but at the same time they're A LOT quieter when on the highway than the stock Michelins.

They seem to be a lot better in the rain too which is nice because my wife drives the Disco during the week - I get it on the weekends. These tires are a really good balancee between street and mud.

I got them at Sears for $88 ea but I think that was only a sale and I think they are a lot more expensive now, unfortunately.

I have them on my Jeep too. They are just about the best tires in my opinion if you have to drive every day on the street as well get offroad too.

By Jason Johnson (Discomojo) on Saturday, December 15, 2001 - 07:54 pm: Edit

From what I've been told, Futura M/T's are designed with the BFG design. They have been favorably rated by people I have spoken with and I've seen them in action. They are only $94 at Pep Boys. Team Rovertym also uses them on their Disco as I saw it prepared at the 2001 MAR.