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tires?
After I get my clutch problems fixed I need to save up and get some new tires for the 94 real soon. They are on borrowed time. It will be the first time in my life I changed tires before they were worn out.
I have 265/75 firestone AT's on it right now and want to go to BFG AT or MT. I can't decide on the size though. They were all I ever ran on my F150 4x4 and I usually got 80-100,000 out of them. Problem is I keep hearing other people only going 30,000 miles before they are worn out.
Is this a testament to my alignment skills or have they gotten crappy over the years?
Also I am considering going up to the 315 size. For the BFG AT it has the highest load rating of any they offer in 16 inch. I have a very heavy slide in camper and pull my 3 horse trailer at the same time and would like a little added safety margin. Is going taller really safer though with a slide in? I think the 315's were rated at 3800 pounds each where now I am rated at 3400 pounds.
Opinions? I am off road and on the beach a lot.
I have 265/75 firestone AT's on it right now and want to go to BFG AT or MT. I can't decide on the size though. They were all I ever ran on my F150 4x4 and I usually got 80-100,000 out of them. Problem is I keep hearing other people only going 30,000 miles before they are worn out.
Is this a testament to my alignment skills or have they gotten crappy over the years?
Also I am considering going up to the 315 size. For the BFG AT it has the highest load rating of any they offer in 16 inch. I have a very heavy slide in camper and pull my 3 horse trailer at the same time and would like a little added safety margin. Is going taller really safer though with a slide in? I think the 315's were rated at 3800 pounds each where now I am rated at 3400 pounds.
Opinions? I am off road and on the beach a lot.
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Personally, I have ran bfg MT's and now I run Hankook dynapro MTrt03's, and I like the hankooks better for offroad for sure. Both are about the same highway driving. The bfg's get a few thousand more miles, but for the price difference, the hankook is a much better bang for the buck. I run a 315/75R16 and it is an e rated 10 ply tire. Important to me because I always have 10,000 pounds+ strapped to my ****. I pay 190 per tire mounted and balanced for the hankooks. Check em out I think you'd be very pleased!. Good luck
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my brothers BFG a/t's tore apart when hauling trailers. he pulls fairly heavy every now and then and went through a set of BFG a/t's pretty dang fast. there were literally little chunks getting taken out of them when he towed and they were load range D or E. don't remember which, but they were at least D's. i don't like them for hauling, but thats me from my brothers experience. i will be using the BFG M/T's on my F150, but it will not be towing anything at all.
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From: Thomasville, GA
In my opinion Toyo's are the best for heavy hauling. With my dad's slide in camper and boat we've blown out sidewalls on pretty much everything else except his Toyo's and he's getting over 75k out of them.
They cost more but are worth the money.
They cost more but are worth the money.
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From: Ashland City, TN
BFG's are just junk now, Not the same quality they used to be.
There are much better lug patterns out there than those now.
Was the Baja awesomeness at one time, but there are better out there now.
They are overpriced for what you get.
There are much better lug patterns out there than those now.
Was the Baja awesomeness at one time, but there are better out there now.
They are overpriced for what you get.
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