i was wondering if any other poeple have had any problems with bfg all terrian being way out of balance when they are new i bought a set today and one of the tires was 7 ounces out and another was 9.25 ounces out i thought it ws the wheel so i took the tire off the wheel and just spun the wheel the wheel showed that it was 0 ounces out so now i have to fill out a bunch of paper work again so they will swap the tires if it was on a trail rig i would not care but this is the 2nd set of tires that i have had problems with post up if any of you have any problems BFGs and the tires are only 31s post up

I call them bull shit tires, They gum up in the mud I got stuck in 1" of mud on flat ground in two wheel drive, they maybe good on dryer ground.

On a scale of one to ten I give them a one with mud I had to put on chains just to get out.

For a DD they may do fine, But I will never own a set of them again!!!:barf:

some times tires just come bad but you could try the trick of putting bb's in the tire this is a trick that my local tire shop dose on bigger tires the bb's will help with the balancing and then you dont have to have all those tire weights on the rim .BFG all terrain are junk tires as soon as you hit mud they become slicks hope your not planing on doing any wheeling, i think they might be just good enough if wife or girlfriend backsup over the landskaping!

You guys are hilarious. Serves you right to get stuck. Everybody knows the BFG A/T sucks in the mud. Why the hell would you even take them in the mud? If you want a mud tire, buy some Swampers or Boggers. If you want a great tire that has excellent road manners, excellent life, and does as well or better than any other A/T tire on the market in any offroad situation except mud, then buy the BFG A/T.

You guys are hilarious. Serves you right for getting stuck. Everybody knows the BFG A/T sucks in the mud. Why the hell would you even take them in the mud? If you want a mud tire, buy some Swampers or Boggers. If you want a great tire that has excellent road manners, excellent life, and does as well or better than any other A/T tire on the market in any offroad situation except mud, then buy the BFG A/T.

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These tires are great everywhere except the mud.
I own a set and knew damn well before I even had them see mud that they'd suck in it. Sure as shit, when the main trail turned to clay, I was crabwalking all over the place trying to keep myself from falling off the mountain, but I knew that would happen anyway.
Obviously with half an inch of tread and a not-so-aggresive tread pattern, they're not gonna do well in mud. But for your standard all-terrain, these tires are exceptional.
I wonder why BFG makes the MT? :rolleyes:

BACK ON TOPIC...

Yep, I went through 2 sets of KO's, 295/75x16 for my F-250, before I got tires that were even close to being able to take a balance.

First set were from a local tire retailer, fought with him for months and ended up having the tires shaved true, they rode like a fuggin' dream after that.

I figured it was just bad luck with the 1st set and bought the 2nd set from Sam's Club with the same results, the fuckers were out of round. Rode on them for a week, had a different shop balance them and they still shook. I took them to Sam's and got my money back.

Now I'm riding on a set of Hercules Terra-Tracs and they're smooth as glass.

That pretty much left a bad taste in my mouth with BFG's.

I ran some 35X12.50 R15 BFG AT's on my first YJ.

My main complaint was that they hydroplaned like a son-of-a-bitch on my Jeep which sucked being as it was my DD at the time.

Can't remember how much weight they needed for balancing but I think it was about 2 - 6 Oz. per tire...



Try using airsoft pellets. I installed some in my tires a few months ago and it smoothed out my chunked, out of round SX's quite a bit.

BFG make their sidwalls outa Saran wrap. IMO junk, good for DD only.....

out of 7 replies, only 2 on topic. wow.

I've went through 2 sets of the A/Ts before the K/O labeling on 2 different vehicles. Both sets were of the 31" variety. Wished I hadn't bought both sets at the same time. Never could get either set balanced. I was at the tire shop every 3000 miles getting them rebalanced.

A few of my buddies have had to get the tires shaved to true them up.

I won't own another set of them.

Sorry, back to topic. I've owned 6 sets of them and never once had a balancing problem. They were all 31x10.50x15.

Did you ever drive the truck with the 7-10oz of weight? Or are you just pissed because you spent $500 and have more wheel weights than when you went in? On a 41lb tire thats not that bad, especially if it was balanced dynamically, where you have 4oz at 12 o clock and 5 oz at 6 o clock, try it static, and you'll probably come in under 4oz total. If you are running an AT tire, you probably wont notice the difference unless you are the "princess and the pea". I installed more tires than I would like to remember (for far too little), never saw any pattern on the bfg's. Every once in a while one came up heavy, but probably less often than other truck tires. My guess is you scored a rare blem, or have a miscalibrated machine, or the guy balancing isn't coning your wheels right. If all else fails, have them "road forced" the machine measures the actual hard and soft, high and low points of the tire/wheel combo and then tells you how many degrees to rotate the tire on the wheel for optimum ride. I love the BFG ATs. I have used the hell out of them, and love them. Thousands of miles, everything from crawling with my willy's to 100mph to the lake on my tacoma. I give them ten votes.

That's not an excessive amount of weight for a tire of that size and weight, and actually it's to be expected for a tire made with a cheaper clamshell mold instead of a segmented mold. If you want a similar tire that'll tend to be rounder and better balanced, the ProComp AT is worth considering. It's made by Cooper from a segmented mold. Our store has a lot fewer problems balancing them than the BFG's.

Having said that, I have the 30x10.5 BFG AT's on my daily driver, and I do like them. However, they are not very round so I do get a little vibration at freeway speed.

i work at sears, you know the biggest seller of bfg's all i know is i see alot of them come back with side wall rips. and they do suck in mud i run mud 't and i like them. well untill i get stuck then they suck,

wow 12 post and four of the are helpful i did not say i had a problem with the tires i just ask a simple question i dont know who said that 9.25 ounces is not bad for that size tire but i think your standards are a little low for a new tire i have had 38 inch swampers balance out better than that. there are on my wifes jeep that is a DD as the amount of mud it will see is about my dirt driveway i like the BFG At was just asking a simple question. junkie thanks for the lesson on balancing i will have to try that my shop tomorrow J/K and if i pissed anybody off go cry about it