Anybody ever looked into those pitbulls?
My cousin bought a set for his 76 bronco for when he drives it around but he has crawlers for running around the mountains.

 

I had thought about the Pitbulls (growler), but, decided to go with the tried and true SSRs until I see people post if they rock or stink since I only buy new tires every 2-3 years since I do not drive my 4x4 much.

 

well man, i cant say you will love'em or hate them and i dont want to be the reason you buy tires and then find out you cant stand them. its too expensive of a purchase, i am merely stating my experience with them. if they dont appeal to you or you just dont like them, dont get'em! if you like the thornbirds b/c of the looks go for it, no one is going ot make fun of you for it! your truck, your money, your time! however, there are a lot of ppl here that have run a variety of tires in all kinds of sizes so dont limit yourself to just one kind of tire. go look at some of denmans stuff or as was stated some of those pitbulls. mickey t's krawlers have a lot of sidewall bite and supposedly do well on the street, thats an option. also the ssr has a lot of sidewall bite. you might be better off going to a 4x4 shop or even a tire shop and loko at them in person, pics just dont do justice most of the time!

reason i loved the bickshots first off is a got a great deal on them, secondly i thought they held up very well considering they supported about 7500lbs constantly under my psd and that was unloaded! i hardly ever had to kick it in 4x4 and when i did it was mostly so i didnt tear up the yard. on that note, my next set will be those wrangler rt II's found under military hummers. they supposedly wear like iron but also have an agressive tread and high load range!

here is the best pic i have, sorry its such a crappy pic (thats why i am not a photographer, lol)



-cutts-

 

Why do you want a full-on mud tire (bogger, TSL, LTB) when you only go offroad once or twice a month? Seems like a waste of money to me...or mabey you just want to look like your a true off-roader.

IMO, Stick with A/T's if you are not going off-road every weekend. You will save money in the long run (tires and gas).

 

Cutts, do not waste you time with the RT-II's(the 35's, the 37" versions are the better tire) They do not stay one the bead worth a crap and they have lousy traction. These were the first tires i ran on my mudder and after the second race with them we got rid of them (we still have them as backups cause we got em' for 40 bucks a tire) and switched to boggers, the buckshots will be a better tire than the rt II's.

 

really, well thanx for the heads up. do you think i would have the same problem on my psd? all i do with it is street driving and hauling. they will prolly stay within 10-15 psi of their max pressure!

what was it about their traction you didnt like? they just gum up and stay gummed?

-cutts-

 

As far as their traction, well simply they just didn't have any really. As the only traction you get is from the side lugs, as the middle doesn't really do anything unless you groove them following the outside lugs partern. And yeah they gummed up once the mud got any bit of stickyness to it.

Due to the 16.5 rim and its pos bead shape and the weight of your psd for daily driving you'll be fine as far as the bead coming off goes, but if you get bouncing offroad and are around the 30-35psi range you will more than likly experience a bead coming off (i've poped a bogger of a 30psi due to bouncing back and forth in a to narrow rut). I dunno if you can find a set of good used tires for 40bucks at a military auction givem a go and see how you like them, but personally i wouldn't spend money on a new set.

 

cool man, thanx for the experienced opinion!

sorry for the thread hijack by the way! lol

-cutts-

 

I had a set of the Humvee tires on my 91 F250 and ran them 'til they were shot and never had a problem with them. I didn't take it offroad and didn't tow anything, so thats why I bought a set for my current F250. I don't plan to go offroad but will plow with them if it ever snows. I won't be using this truck much as I have a company truck- '03 F250 SC 4x4, so I like the Humvee tires for the price and what I'll be using them for.

 

who's this targeted at?

 

I think atc's comment was directed at me kjg26.

If so, yea atc i don't go off-road much just looking for a nice looking tire that does decent in the mud when i do go off-road. Mainly want mudders for the looks becuase i'm not to fond of a/ts looks to m/ts so i will stick with mud terrains, just was wondering what one would ride decent on the road and look good. Think i'm gonna go with the buckshot or either bfg mts again.

Thanks everyone

 

the rt II's are a very hard tire, you will probably need studs or chains with them to make them work for plowing snow.

 

Whoever made the comment about the firestone destination m/ts, you were right. I went mudding with my buddy today and he just got new firestone destination m/ts....they are definetly pretty solid off-road they have the bfgs beat slightly in my opinion, he is running at 305 compared to my 285 tho but his truck is pretty much same setup except for reg cab and ext cab. However i did not ride in his truck on the road so idk how they do on the highway.

Hope i'm not bringing back a dead thread.

 

i got my buckshots and new wheels mounted last night and went for a test drive. I had some old michelins AT on the truck that were hard as a rock. the truck rides so much smoother now. hitting a pot hole it drives smoothly thru it as opposed to rocking the entire truck.

 

sweet man! i hope you enjoy them as much as i did! get'em dirty and then come back and let us know how they did. got any pics?

-cutts-