315/85/r
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alright if the rims check out it'll be a done deal. I'm gonna run those in the spring/ summer/ early fall. and my Cooper Discovery ATR 235/85/16R pizza cutters in the late fall/ winter. Up here in CT those narrow tires sure help in the snow.
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what gears do you have?
4.10's i would run the 315's year round, better gas mileage and if you stick to one size you can reprogram your speedo to be proper.
going from the 235 85's to the 315 75's you will be at a 6-7 mph difference
4.10's i would run the 315's year round, better gas mileage and if you stick to one size you can reprogram your speedo to be proper.
going from the 235 85's to the 315 75's you will be at a 6-7 mph difference
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if they are on 3/4 of the time then just let them go year round? i had mine in a 5 foot mud pit at the offroad park and had no problems..... with traction, got a little mud in the intake of the old 460, she took it like a man though, coughed it out after a littel work and kept on goin
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CT, snow is much different than mud. for example: mud terrains are great in mud but horrible in snow. The idea with snow is that you want the tires to cut through and grip the pavement under the snow. Wide tires are notorius for floating on top of the snow and getting terrible traction. go to tirerack.com and look at the snow ratings for the tires. even though on the site the BF all-terrains are equal to the discovery atrs that is assuming that the tire width is the same. for the most part skinnier tires= better snow tires.
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i had the stock size on my old truck in the bfg at's and when i went to the 315's on it there was a huge difference in both mud and snow performance, i was plowing through the snow we had here a about 4 years ago? the big blizzard we had midday on a weekend i beleive. i was out on the interstate ahead of the plow trucks doing 45-50 mph. there was a good foot of packed snow on the ground. the tires ate through it with no problems.
i went field hoppng as well in the snow, we went looking for drifts in the field roads, got stuck real bad with the skinny tires, had no problems in the same drift with the 35's.
i think the skinnier tire may work for smaller vehicles like jeeps and blazers but when you get something like our trucks with that much area displacement and weight you need a bigger footprint. by far i am no expert but from all of my experiences the bigger tires have proven better for me
i went field hoppng as well in the snow, we went looking for drifts in the field roads, got stuck real bad with the skinny tires, had no problems in the same drift with the 35's.
i think the skinnier tire may work for smaller vehicles like jeeps and blazers but when you get something like our trucks with that much area displacement and weight you need a bigger footprint. by far i am no expert but from all of my experiences the bigger tires have proven better for me
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well we dont want to get into the skinny vrs wide debate that has been gone over 1000's of times in offroad fourms and theres never a conclusion made. but in my experiance wider is better and mudterians do better in soft loose snow but suck on ice, a/t's do better in hard packed ice. alot of mt's come with prvisions for tire studs and would make an awsome winter tire but come spring you would eather have to remove the studs to go to a diffent set of tires
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well turns out they arent exactly brand new. probably have 15,000 miles left on them. so regardless i'm going to cycle them so that I can get the most miles out of both sets. as soon as i can get my hands on a camera i'll have pics and this spring I'll have pics of it with the leveling kit and new wheels/ tires.
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