Nate C said:
Why? I've had BFGs, currently have 34x9.50x15 TSLS, and am considering 35x12.50x15 MTRs or BFGs next....the swampers are great in mud, too skinny in the rocks and like to fall of the 6" wide rims even at 17psi or a little more! Also the outer lugs are about half gone after only a couple years. I know the BFG sidewalls aren't great...I've wasted al couple and seen many others cut wide open on rocks and tree rooots at the con.
BTW, wheel mostly at Rubicon with sometimes DD backup, no trailer, and no $$$ for beadlocks. Actual mounted height of 36" maximum due to yota axles, 4banger, and side-hill wheeling.
Input please.
First off, Clicking the QUOTE button under somebody's post is a lot faster than cut/pasting ""But I don't ever want to run an MT/R again, anyway."""
The 34x9.50 TSL is a completely different animal than the other swampers. The sidewalls are like iron, and the tread is nothing like any other TSL. When I'm talking about "TSL" I'm referring to the "stadnard" sizes 90% of the people run: It applies to 33x12.50, 36x12.50, 38x12.50... the Q78, the 34s and the fattes (35x15, etc) are different animals from the rest of the pack, as DRM mentioned.
The reason I will never run an MT/R again is because the work well... as long as the trail is dry. Toss in a little mud (or in my case, a metric ton of it) and they suck nuts. Given what you stated as your off-road use and how much you expect out of a tire, I wouldn't recommend an interco tire to you. Anyone that even MENTIONS tread noise AT ALL is not someone I leap to recommend a set of tires with INTERCO written on the sidewall.
The TSL is the best all around tire for my area, consisting of a lot of mud, and some rocks whenever I can leave town to find them. For muddy terrain, the Bogger is the best tire hands down. Especially if cut. But they take HP to make work - you GOTTA spin em, and spin em fast. TSLs clean out much better at slower speeds Toy 4-bangers are able to generate. TSLs have bigger gaps between the lugs, but Boggers are shaped better to dig and bite once they're spun up. I'm talking about 2nd, Low, Redline from the Toyota as "low speed"... in comparison to 2nd, hi, 3500RPM when pushed by an american 8-cylinder mill.
That one kinda rambled, but I had a lot of not-so-related stuff I wanted to say.
