I'm plannin on runnin a pair of rims/tires for on road (probably All terrains) and a set for off road once I get more lift on my truck when college lets out for the summer.

My question is, how do thornbirds work offroad? They are only 6 ply, which is kind of a deterrent, but thought that maybe some of you have had good/bad experiences with them that might help. If I am going to use them only in the woods, I might as well get the tires with the nastiest tread pattern I can find (:D ) like Boggers, but cost is a problem (:mad: ) so thats why I was thinkin about the Thornbird. Any info will be useful, thanks! :flipoff2: :flipoff2:

Jason :beer:

oops, some of them are 8 ply....:rolleyes:

super swamper LTB in 34x10.50. cheap, and way better than a thornbird :D

Thornturds??? :D

I wouldn't give them to my worst enemy. Besides the fact that they are even too ugly for a Scout :flipoff2: I have seen a guy with a set sit on flat ground with wet rocks and spin like he was on ice.

Junk tires if you ask me. Maybe after they faught with a grooving iron they may work but why?

make a good swing for the kiddies

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you've got to be kidding , Interco couldn't pay me to run thornbirds!

Buy one set of mud terrains...a lot cheaper than a set of all terrains and swampers combined...wont be much worse than all terrains on the road and if you are actually thinking about thornbirds they will be fine for you off-road.

My experience has been that they are less than steller offroad. In otherwords, they suck.

I know of only one person who likes them, but the only wheeling he does is on his keyboard.

Money would be much better spend getting some MT/R's or Swampers, or even SSR's for that matter.

TSL's are cheaper and better offroad, also 6 plies is ALOT for sidewalls. Get some bias TSL's and be happy

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they look kind of cool but they truly suck off road. hell you can get stuck on a pile of cow shit

I just picked up a set of "street tires" this weekend

35/15/15 TSl's:flipoff2:

They are a lot more tame on road than my 38.5/15/15 gumbos:flipoff2:

Really, well at least they might be

screw it, get the TSL's twice the tire of the thornbird and better than the bogger in many aspects, not in the pure slop, but about anywhere else

I have had 31" thornbirds, 31" Bfg AT's, 32" bfg AT's, 33" Goodyear AT's, 31" Goodyear ATS's, 33" Boggers, 2 sets of 35" boggers, 35" SSR's, 38" TSL's, 44" TSL's, 44" Terra's, 31" Terra's, and several others, and all on the same truck. I can gaurantee that the thornbirds are not a good on/offroad tire. They suck in the mud, on dry trails, in the snow, on the ice, and on wet and dry pavement. I have never had them in the rocks but they probably suck there as well. On the road they ride really harsh and do not have good wear characteristics. The next set of tires I buy will be the new goodyear MTR. An club member had them on his F word last summer. I liked they way they rode and worked in the mud and on wet pavement. :smokin:

here is a pic of the my 76, stuck with the Thornbirds. http://www.alaskaoffroad.com/images/Caribouhills/chburied.jpg

hmmm....sounds like they do suck. :flipoff2:

I suspected that because of the way the tread is, but havent had any 1st hand experience or known anyone with 1st hand experience. Thanks for the info guys!

Jason:beer:

thornbirds are worse than IFS

Actually they are not that bad, you just have to take a tire groover and make them look like TSL's or Boggers.

They are a strange tyre. they actually seem to get worse the more you air them down. The lugs close in on themselves becoming almost a slick. I would steer clear of them and go a MTR or a Swamper

hey robert stone,how do i make my writing yellow? thats cooler than shit! :smokin:

Just say no........ to Thornbirds. I have never run them, but a friend tried them out on his K5. Worst tire i have ever seen off-road short of just leaving the stock street tires on. And on-road they wore very quickly. Just all-around a suck-ass design. JMHO:flipoff2:
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thornbirds are for pickin up middle school women who are only 1 ice cream season away from being old enough to drive a car with a 18 yr old riding shotgun.


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best advice would be to buy
one set of the 37 mud terains should be
good for on and off road.

just me talkin here...

but isn't the # of plies the ply rating?? i.e., how much load the tire can carry?

seems to me that all bias ply tires have 4 plies in the sidewall and tread, and that radials have 2 ply sidewalls and tread, with an extra two steel plies in the tread. i will try and find pics...

For wheeling in Maine and a mostly off-road tire, pick up the Bias Ply TSL (or even the LTB). Cheap and work.

I know a guy who has 33" Thornbirds on his XJ and he said they suck even in Maine winters :rolleyes: :D

Originally posted by WOLF359
I know of only one person who likes them, but the only wheeling he does is on his keyboard.

Yeah Tim you are right. I never go off road. I guess when you wheel from May until September you are the king of 4x4's eh? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: