Anyone out there use ground hawg tires? How are they for an offroad road tire. Some rocks but mostly mud, sand and snow. Do you prefer radials or bias? How do they compare to others in the mud, sand, snow? Anyone?
Chad

Had a set on my old CJ2A, with a 327 and 5.13 and in the mud they Rock but in the deep snow (over 2 feet) they suck, they dig way fast.

They are also loud as hell on the road.

What size were they and were they radil or bias?
Chad

Originally posted by clc900
What size were they and were they radil or bias?
Chad

Now mind you this was about 15 years ago and I was running a HUGE set of 35's. They were Bias

The Bogger is a better tire I think.

back in 1997 i saw some guy down south at tellico with
44" bias Ground Hawgs.. He had custom cut most of the lugs out to get his own pattern. He had 12" beadlocks and aird down to 1psi.. they still looked like they had 35psi in them.

Under a YJ too. they are just tooo stiff a tire. They dont flex at all.

VERY loud on road. They will cause stuff to vibrate loose if you drive on the road.. You will never ever get them even close to being ballanced no matter how good you are.

Back in the day When I worked for Goodyear. Some guy wanted me to balance his 38's .

The machine couldn't even read how far out of balance they were. Not enough digits in the display. They were like 2.5 pounds out on each side....

I got them within 1 lb. and he said it was way better. They bounced down the road. :eek:

Originally posted by BellyUp
back in 1997 i saw some guy down south at tellico with
44" bias Ground Hawgs.. He had custom cut most of the lugs out to get his own pattern. He had 12" beadlocks and aird down to 1psi.. they still looked like they had 35psi in them.

Under a YJ too. they are just tooo stiff a tire. They dont flex at all.

VERY loud on road. They will cause stuff to vibrate loose if you drive on the road.. You will never ever get them even close to being ballanced no matter how good you are.

Back in the day When I worked for Goodyear. Some guy wanted me to balance his 38's .

The machine couldn't even read how far out of balance they were. Not enough digits in the display. They were like 2.5 pounds out on each side....

I got them within 1 lb. and he said it was way better. They bounced down the road. :eek:

Yep I would agree with everything you said here. I used to run 5 psi on the trail and I never rolled a bead. I used to then drive it 25 miles on the highway to the gass station. Had to take corners slow but that is about all.

I had tons of trouble keeping them halfway balanced. They were terrible.

But hey for a dedicated mud runner they would work great.

Originally posted by BellyUp
The machine couldn't even read how far out of balance they were. Not enough digits in the display. They were like 2.5 pounds out on each side....


Good lord :eek::D::laughing:

Are you guys talking about the bias? I asume so. How about the radials? I would assume that the radials would flex very nicely????
Chad

Do Hawgs have some tread-blocks that are "scooped" on one side like Boggers?

I had 35' radials on my 95 Dodge 1500 for a while and couldn't stand them. Way too loud for my likings. Great in the mud, but I really didn't wheel them much. For the price, there are much better tires out there.

Decent in mud, but not as good as several other options. Think about it this way, when the Bogger was designed, they started with a GROOVED Ground Hawg & worked backwards from there. The Bogger being designed to work like one of the better grooved patterns on Hawgs. 'Course you still have to remove the little lugs from the Boggers (AND shave them). Still, you get the idea.

Anyhow, for MOST situations of mud, I would be recommending a bias-ply TSL or Buckshot first, followed by Boggers, with GUMBO Mudders & Hawgs coming in next. HTH.

TEX

I wheel 38" bias ply Hawgs and don't really like them. Even aired down to 6psi, they are too stiff. I havce literally driven with the rear tires at 0psi (valve cores removed) and you couldn't see the difference. Of course the really thick sidewalls do keep rocks from penetrating. The rubber compound is too hard, this lets them wear real nice, but they don't grip off road. If I hadn't got the smokin deal that I got, I'd have looked elsewhere. They are pretty decent in the mud. I don't race like Tex, but I haven't gotten stuck either.

My brother used to have a set for snow tires. They were 38x15.5r15 radials. Super soft sidewall, so no rocks, but on the snow, they were really nice.

we had a wore out set of 35s on the 79 chevy when we first lifted it and they gripped like mad in the mud. those damn hawgs would climb outta a rut as quick as a mad wolverine will naw your bloody hand off. the trick with hawgs is to set them under an old school full size that wieghs in at 6k.... i looked at some for the bronco but there just too damn expensive id rather have boggerz for that kinda cash.
peace
Jw