Need tires - want input
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I have had several sets of the BFG At's, yes they are pricey. But they are worth it! The person who had the un-even wear, this was probably due to not roatating and ballancing every 5k miles. I have also run Kelly Safari AWR's, Firestone Radial ATX's, BFG MT's, Wide Climber (a BFG MT copy). One of the advantages of the BFG is it is a 6 ply bottom and a 3 ply sidewall. You will find most of the others are at best a 5 ply bottom and 2 ply sidewall. On my trucks I noticed (I was running 31x10.50x15's) that the BFG's had much better traction on wet pavement than any of the others. Just my 2 cents worth on the subject - spend the money, get the BFG's
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thanks, waves...
do you (or anyone) know how you decide between BFG A/T's and Long Trails? I know the A/T is a more aggressive tread, so it's just a matter of how much snow you get? My driving is all road/highway, with some fairly bad New Jersey winters. Any help is appreciated.
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I would guess if you don't go on any trails or off road the Long Trails would be ok. The posatives on the road for the AT's would be the thicker plys, I don't think the Long Trails are a 6 bottom plys and 3 sidewall plys like the AT's are. The thicker plys help to reduce tire punctures. It also will reduce the body roll your truck has while cornering. If you have ever read any of my posts in the past I have harped on this, but I am a pretty firm beleiver in this: If you reduce body roll, it makes your truck handle a little better while cornering, might also be reducing your risk of roll-over if you have to make a sudden move at higher speeds. Just my opinion on the roll-over risk, but I've owned a few rangers now, and have been in many difrent situations on and off with them on difrent tire/wheel & shock combos. Anyway sorry if I rambled on but that would be my thinking on it -
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I would think it would, but not as much of a difrence because the F-150 is heavier than a ranger, but I would imagine to some degree it would make a noticable difrence, just not as much as you would notice on a ranger -
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I'm pretty happy with my Goodyear Rangler RT/S 265 75's on my B4000 4x4. They replaced the recalled Firestones a couple/few years back. I think I put about 30k miles on these and there is plenty of rubber left.
Of course BFG's would be my 1st choice!
ERIC
Of course BFG's would be my 1st choice!
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The BFG A/Ts are the most over-rated tire on the market. Those things are decent in snow, but that's it. Go off-road and you can forget it. They'll fill up with mud in 10 seconds flat and you'll find yourself spinning like a hamster in a wheel. For a true truck tire you want tread that's more open like on the Goodyear Wrangler A/T or on any M/T tire. Mastercraft's Courser A/T is a good tread pattern also, and Big O has an A/T with a decent tread. After owning the BFGs though I don't think I'll ever have another set.
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Wxboy - must disagree. They are a very good tire for sand, for mud the BFG Mt is ok. But both BFG's have a serious advantage over the goodyears. While your Goodyears are a 5 bottom ply 2 sidewall, the BFG's are a 6 bottom ply 3 sidewall ply - making it a more durrable tire, more resistant to puncture. Depending on what type of off roading you do would epend on what pattern you would want AT's or MT's, just like in the goodyears you would not want to try and do serious mudding with their AT pattern, they would ball up just like any AT pattern tire would. You may think they are over rated, but check out one of the off road mags when they do a tire comparison and test(petersons did one a year or so ago). The BFG MT's and AT's normally rate pretty high in these tests and comparisons (last one I saw they rated higher than the goodyears), and I would think they know more on this subject than you or me.
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