Ok I've narrowed down my tire choices to either SSR radials or swamper boggers. I've had SSR tires on my 86 f150 and they are a great tire but I want a more aggressive look. This won't be a daily driver, mostly hunting and 4x4ing. But my question is will these tires hold up for a little highway driving? We go on a hunting trip every year (about 180 miles each way) will that be to much for these tires? How about gravel back roads? If anybody has a set of these tires any feed back would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

The only problem I'd see is the loss of tread quickly. If you can find a set, look for ground hawgs/ gumbo mudders, etc. The hawgs tend to last a while for a mud tire.

 

Great OFF ROAD tire eats mud for breakfast, and aired down rock crawls for lunch.

Awful tire for DD, wet pavement manners are lacking (FYI), but for the occasional road trip you should be ok, and as long as your front end is tight and you run proper tire pressure.

Too much will wear the inner tire bar edges right off of them as you roll down the highway.....will you be towing a trailer or camper?

Alot of people run higher pressure in the rear tires to avoid the loose back end feeling when towing. They do have a soft sidewall, like I said great low pressure crawler tire.

Oh they will be aggressive looking alright, better tire traction leads to other broken things......

 

^...seriously now I want some.

 

The truck is used for 90 percent off roading and will pull a small 16' car hauler with a couple of quads once a year. And as far as breaking things go, I'm sticking with 35-10.50s and a open diff in the front. Maybe a locker in the rear some day. I'll just have to be careful.lol

 

BTW sweet bronco

 

Boggers.....for any highway use.....bad idea.......Look at the IROK radials...agressive all around tread with much better street manners. Air them down a little and they work great off-road. Second choice would be TSL or TSL radial. Great off road tire and fair street manners. All are gonna wear out quick if it sees much pavement.

 

Thanks, it has never been on pavement as long as I have owned it.....

NW150 I run boggers on my trailer too, JK.

 

lol yea I'd think about buying a set for my f100 if they didn't cost $10k. But then again I've also heard that they need power (a lot) to be efficient in the mud.

 

Ya there not cheap. Thanks for all the input guys.

 

we run them on our mud bog trucks which are dedicated race trucks. Best tire ever for mudding. The are LOUD on the street and will wear quickly since they are a soft compound tire.
Also, they cannot be properly balanced with weights at the tire shop so you will get vibration at highway speed. Gravel backroads should be fine and 360 miles a year on the highway will be fine but you will have more fun with them in the mud!


Yes, I know it's a Chevy. Get over it.

 

I never thought about balancing them..... I wonder if patch balancing would work?

 

I've got them on my truck.. they arent bad on the road except they flat spot when the truck sits. I've had them going 80mph on the highway and they rode very smooth, but they hum right along.


A little better pic than my avatar.

 

WOW I like your truck. Those 39s ever rub? They look tight.

 

not really. i did adjust the bump stops though. without them i think they would rub... i like the tight look so it worked out well.