mud tire decision
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mud tire decision
i am going to get some new mud tires for my 79 f 150 4x4 because my old tires are old and worn. i was going to get some dunlop mud rover m/t's because i have heard many good things about these tires. i then looked through tirerack and found a few more tires to choose from. one i am completely unfamiliar with is the firestone destination m/t. by the comparison ratings and reviews it is supposed to be a great mud tire. another tire is the bridgestone dueler m/t. i dont know much about this tire either. i do do a lot of on road driving but i hunt and fish and live on a farm and like to play in the mud from time to time. i know these do not compare to swampers and i do not expect them to either. i do expect them to be much quieter even though a little tire noise is a good thing. just need a good exhaust and stereo.
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what size tire you looking for? I'm gonna go with the ground hawgs, they run on the bigger size but come in 35" and last a real long time from what I heard and perform decent in the mud. I haven't heard about the firestone, the bridgestone are good but expensive. you may check out the old stand by BFG mt's or the Yokahama mt's I heard are good as well.
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I'd say go with a set of Hawgs! they last forever on the road and pull pretty good in the mud. sounds perfect for your application! Warning though....if you can fit a set of 38's on your truck and that's what you want, order the 40's b/c they are smaller than they are advertised!
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I am going to buy the dunlops for my little truck when the factory tires go bad. The price is very appealing, and I had their rover RVs before, and they seem to be good. I have also had 2 sets of the BFG MTs and while they are great, they are hyped up and because of that, overpriced. I don't think you would go wrong with the dunlops. However, I do love my Swampers on my ford 
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my tires are just going to be 31/10.50 like i have on the truck now. i want a decent mud tire that wears decent and is not insanely loud. so has anyone ever heard about the firestone destination m/t? according to tire rack ratings comparison they are better in everything than the mud rover
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the tires i have currenty are the old firestone 23 degree atx tires. i cant say how great they were in the mud really to compare with any of the other tires i am thinking about because since i have gotten the truck they did not have much tread left. my dad put them on the truck back in the 80's i would imagine. he said they did good in the mud. so has anyone ever ran those firestone destination m/t's or know of anyone that has?
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> the tires i have currenty are the old firestone 23 degree atx tires
There should be a Federal recall on those dude! Any Firestone ATX and ATX II will be replaced for free at a Firestone dealer. Didn't anyone tell you this two years ago? You can even use the tires as a credit towards a bigger tire. I know someone that grabbed (4) ATXs from our junk pile, I mounted them, he drove to the Firestone dealer and traded them in on brand new (P235s to 31s) 31s for his Wrangler.
There should be a Federal recall on those dude! Any Firestone ATX and ATX II will be replaced for free at a Firestone dealer. Didn't anyone tell you this two years ago? You can even use the tires as a credit towards a bigger tire. I know someone that grabbed (4) ATXs from our junk pile, I mounted them, he drove to the Firestone dealer and traded them in on brand new (P235s to 31s) 31s for his Wrangler.
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no no one told me this but the pickup has been sitting up until about a year ago. so is it on all of the firestone atx tires no matter how old? and is the recall still good even though it was recalled years ago?
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the size of the tire is p235/75/r15 which is smaller than my 31/10.5 so it is not the same tire correct? i pry wouldnt be able to get new tires according to a site it says the expire date for the replacement was august 29, 2001. but it also says if it is after this date that i should still call them so i may just do that and hope for the best.
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I have bought a set of 31x10.5x15 super sport m/t's from wally world for my 77 4x4. They handle decent onroad w/o much noise-even in wet conditions. I live on a farm and we got some pretty good gumbo here.They do pretty good. JM2C