how bad would a 37x13 bogger be on a daily driver that wont see much above 60mph... ever? I drive about 15 miles each way to school on 55mph highway and two lane roads, plus im in the heavy snow belt, so how are they on ice? im guessing pretty shiatty but i thought id ask.

oh, and how many miles could i expect to get out of them?

I had them on my toy for one day, traded them for some tsl radials. Great daily driver if you trailer the rig to where you drive them. :)

I drove min 40 miles each way to college each day for 2 semesters... 35x16's under a Toyota.

IMHO - they are not *that* bad, keep em balanced and you should be ok.

thanks David... how many miles did you get out of them?

Bogger burn would eat them up in a couple of months (at best)...
I cry whenever my boggers touch blacktop and it hurts until I get back on the dirt.

You either want a great off road tire, or you want a great street tire, or you are willing to compromise one or the other...
boggers are the great off road tire...

I bought 'em used already, put about 15k on them myself -and they are still not worn down halfway yet...

Keep 'em balanced, and rotated (and I mean OFTEN) and they will last a lot longer than yu think possible.

My experience-they suck on ice.
They rule- on trail

Daily driver- you will wear out those meats real fast

hmmmmm ok heres the problem. i am a HS student. i can only afford one set of tires. i wheel a lot (every weekend most cases). lots of mud and loose dirt, and rock around here. i also cant afford to have to replace a tire cause of a blown out sidewall every two months. whaddya suggest?

Get something that will hold-up on the road...and use more throttle when off road : ) You will break less stuff and have more money for road service insurance.
Don't buy boggers until you have some money to burn... literally

hey dirtrod. problem is that i dont have much throttle to use :D

at least until i get the 350 in eventually. until then im stuck with about 65hp and 75lb ft of 139ci inline four power baby!

:flipoff2:

Rofl...
65 hp is fine as long as your pos weighs less than than a golf cart...

Just go have fun, you won't be breaking much with that motor...buy a winch

target weight is under 3500 lbs... :D

and im going to go 5.38s with the 37s in f/r 44s, so i hope not to be breaking too much with only 65 hp :flipoff2:

damn british engines :D

Get a set of radial Swampers. 36X12.5R15 or 38X15.5R15s, actually 36.2" and 37.1" tall. They are decent offroad, without super low pressures, decent on ice and good for a daily driver.
Charlie

MTR's:D

There is no way, use another tires for daily driving or look at the mirror how you leave the dollars on the pavement.

i was told that boggers on road/hwy will last 1 year, were as a bf goodrich at will last 3 years. myself i would never drive a bogger on the street unless ya gotta.

I've been running boggers on my rig for a long time - they are awesome offroad. One day I switched trucks with a friend to drive back from the trail. He was all over the road when I was looking through the mirror. They will take out a Honda in the next lane. I've been running trails in the NE for fifteen plus years. For a daily, a wheeling buddy has done well BFG or Yokahama Geolander MT if you are doing mostly street. He's been running those without a flat in many years - probably due to great driving on a very heavy FJ40, 35s, ARBs, etc. - that includes NE wheeling -- Beacon, Florida Road Paragon, and multiple trips down south in Tellico. If it was my rig and my style of driving for a combo rig, I'd go with TSL or SX and put up with two miles of flat spots when running in the morning. The SX will last longer than the TSLs when used on the street - thats my 2¢ worth.

I watched a guy at work run through 2 sets - 1bogger/1swamper in a year, I think now he's been running a set of coopers maybe 3 years, not nearly agressive but if your running alot of road miles they will last a lot longer...

Like even one else said balance and rotate alot.

Get a set of SX's (38 12.50) and be done with it. I have owned all tread patters of the Swamper except the :rainbow: thornbird and the SX is a better all-around tire than the Bogger.

Originally posted by chwkblazer
i was told that boggers on road/hwy will last 1 year, were as a bf goodrich at will last 3 years. myself i would never drive a bogger on the street unless ya gotta.

Funny, my BFG's have lasted about 7 months, and I MIGHT get them to last a year if Im lucky. Of course I drive my yj about 100-125 miles a day...
Scott

I just love some of these comments :laughing:

FYI - I ran some 33x12.50 TSL radials on my Toy for a few years back in the late 90's... Got 45,000 miles out of them, and they were not even worn to the wear bars yet (only retired them due to a gashed sidewall in one). Buddy took them, bought a new one, and drove them another 5k miles or so....

Like I said - keep them balanced, rotate OFTEN, and make sure air pressure is always giving you a good wear pattern - and tires will last a LONG, LONG TIME :cool2:

lighter the rig, the longer any tire will last. my 33 bfg muds on a stripped down yj have been there for about 50 k miles in colorado, and have hardly any wear at all on them. i am about to toss them anyways and get a set of swampers.

SXs for me, I need more lateral traction then boggers provide anyway and TSL radials really haven't overly impressed me with thier wear and performance but I don't have much room to complain either :D .

I've had nothing but good experience with BFG mud terrains though thinking of trying the TSL radials nexttime. The BFG has a firmer rubber so doesn't wear as fast as the swampers but is still great on the trail. Also the new mud terrain looks like an improvement. I'd vote BFG