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Needing new tires for the burb, trying to decide between the bfg commercial traction and the bfg all terrain.

anybody have much experience with either of them?

Highway towing, lots of gravel roads, and snow is what it gets used for.
235/85-16
 
I have had a couple sets of the BFG AT. Really, really like that tire.

Does good in snow, good on gravel roads, good on road. Completely worthless in mud though. Even more worthless than some other all terrain tires I have used
 
blazinzuk said:
I have had a couple sets of the BFG AT. Really, really like that tire.

Does good in snow, good on gravel roads, good on road. Completely worthless in mud though. Even more worthless than some other all terrain tires I have used
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Agreed best tire I have used in snow (plowing).


Rebil
 
had 2 sets of BFG AT's myself. Great tire, loved both sets
 
I loved the BFG AT's I had. Looking to get another set for the new rig very soon.
 
Another vote for the BFG ATs.

IMHO, one of the better ATs out there. As already pointed out, it has good road manners and is great in snow. Handles well on wet roads. Not so wonderful in mud, but it's not a mud tire. I've been up and down plenty of sloppy Forest Service two-track and they work OK if not pushed hard.

Just thought - a buddy of mine swears by the General Grabber AT2s on his rig. Very similar looking to the BFGs. I had them on my old Nissan pickup, years ago. I think they're pretty comparable to the BFG ATs, and they cost less.
 
I've heard the gravel rds chew up bfgs but their good for highway and sand. I looked at the all terrains but live on gravel and was advised to get the mt if I wanted bfgs
 
Ive had a few sets of the BFG AT's and always loved them, until.........I tried them on a heavier rig. I had a set of 285/75's E range on my old Cummins and they were one of the worst wearing and riding sets I ran over the 300+ thousand miles I had that truck. Two of my buddies with Cummins trucks also tried them, one with D range 315's and the other with stock sized E ranges and both had fast wear and so so ride quality with them. Maybe it's just the heavy engine, I don't know, on my old K5 they were great and a K10 I had they were great.

IMHO the best tire I have run for all terrains on a DD, tow rig, work truck (plowed snow also) are the Bridgestone Revo 2's. They generally are a few dollars cheaper then the BFG's and I can't say enough good about them. Just my .02$. :D
 
Have you checked out the GoodYear DuraTrac? I run this on my 2011 dually and it rocks on mucky gravel roads and snow/ice hauling really heavy and towing. My tire guy steered me to them as the BFG All Terrains get used up fast on heavier diesel trucks.
 
Had BFG AT's on a '76 K5 for long time. These were great tires with excellent wear. The only issue I ever had was they gummed up in light mud and turned into slicks w/ no traction. Otherwise, on the highway and road they were excellent.

Now I am running KM2's on my K5 and love the offroad manners, but not nearly as smooth as the AT's on the highway. I guess you can't have everything. :)
 
I've never run the commercial traction's, but the BFG AT's rock. Great all-around truck tire.

And you can get them in Load range E.

Go AT. Depending on the size, i got a good deal on mine through ebay. I paid $800 shipped for 33x12.50x16.5's. Local dealers couldn't touch that price.
 
I'm running BFG AT's on the Burb, they are nice tires, decently quiet on the road, good manners off road, not wearing weird or anything. Also ran a set of BFG mud terrains, those were some awesome tires off road, around here was mainly dirt and rocks, those things grabbed a ton better than the all terrains did, but were quite a bit more noisy and vibrations were a lot more as well.

The all terrains are, at the moment, my first choice for replacements.

I haven't tried the new mud terrain kevlars, or whatever they are now, new design mold, supposed to be a quieter running on road tire though, would love to try a set and see how they perform.
 
Another vote for BFG AT's. I've had two different sets of 35's on my k10 and now I have a set of 295/75-16 BFG AT's on my Dodge diesel with a heavy service bed.
I don't drive as much as a lot of guys but I've had them on there for a year now and they still look great.

That being said they are an expensive tire and if I lived somewhere that I knew my tires were going to get chewed up off-road or on gravel roads often I'd probably find something cheaper as they're really soft. For my pavement/sand/snow use though they're great.
 
I ran BFG AT's on a 2003 tahoe and HATED them. One of the worst snow/ice tires ive ran. Ran BFG commercials on my 94 rclb 2500 cummins and they were my favorite do it all tire. They have so many sipes and little traction aids for snow/rain. They wear decent, arent noisy.

meanboyjr said:
Just thought - a buddy of mine swears by the General Grabber AT2s on his rig. Very similar looking to the BFGs. I had them on my old Nissan pickup, years ago. I think they're pretty comparable to the BFG ATs, and they cost less.
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Have a set of these on a 2006 f-250 with a 6.0 at work. CCSB and IMO they absolutely murder the BFG AT in comparison. I regularly drive these trucks through snow filled passes from Anchorage to Kenai (I dunno, 200 miles maybe?) I commute almost every week and i have nothing bad to say about these tires.

jt512 said:
IMHO the best tire I have run for all terrains on a DD, tow rig, work truck (plowed snow also) are the Bridgestone Revo 2's. They generally are a few dollars cheaper then the BFG's and I can't say enough good about them. Just my .02$. :D
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I just had a set of these installed on a different work truck. A 2008 f-250 CCSB with a 6.4. I also can say nothing bad about these. I probably have 3000 miles on them and they are very quiet and smooth.

2BLAZERS said:
Have you checked out the GoodYear DuraTrac? I run this on my 2011 dually and it rocks on mucky gravel roads and snow/ice hauling really heavy and towing. My tire guy steered me to them as the BFG All Terrains get used up fast on heavier diesel trucks.
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They use those on a lot of trucks up here on the North Slope. They grip well on ice and snow, are very aggressive for what they are, but are still up to the task of a DD. I cant contest to road manners because we run these on ice roads and the speed limit is usually 35.

4xcrazy said:
I haven't tried the new mud terrain kevlars, or whatever they are now, new design mold, supposed to be a quieter running on road tire though, would love to try a set and see how they perform.
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The Goodyear MTR's? Theres a few guys here running larger ones if i remember right. I just am not fan of the HUGE directional difference.

My vote for the PO's two choices, BFG commercial 100%.

For what its worth, it sounds like im the only guy that has ran them both.
 
Thanks for the replies guys.

I have been leaning toward the commercial traction.
Both of these tires are cheaper (almost 300/set) than what I have been running (toyo m55), and that worries me a little, but I havent heard anything bad about the bfg commercial traction.

the toyo m55 is a super bad ass tire, but they are almost 1100/set now (235/85-16), and they are actually quite a bit more tire than I need for this suburban.
 
Just an addition, I've been running the BFG AT's for ~10 years. I haven't seen problems with gravel tearing them up, then again I probably only got 30,000 miles (mostly pavement) on my last set. Wear was pretty much non-existent at that point, they were simply starting to dry rot at that age. There were some cuts in them from large rocks, but no major missing tread, etc.

One thing I noticed when comparing my load range C BFG's with my Dad's store branded load range E, were that the BFG's had FAR more sidewall plys. I think it was 8 for the BFG, 3 for the store brands?

In any case, airing my BFG's down makes for a HUGE difference in ride quality. If airing up/down for you is no big deal, probably not a factor. I run them at 40 on the street, 20 off pavement, and it literally is night and day. If not willing to air down, I would probably heed the comments from those who said theirs rode rough comparatively, and consider something else. At 40PSI, I literally can't stand the feel/sound of the truck slamming into potholes.
 
Toyo M55 are great tires, BUT it is a Les Schwab tire only thing around here so you pay for that. I cross shopped the M55 and went with the Goodyear for the 500 in savings (6 tires).
 
I have over 60k on the 285/75r16 BFG AT's on my 2500HD and just picked up another set tonight to replace them. Absolutely no complaints and by far the best daily driver tire I have used. Have tried 3 other types on this same truck and several others on other trucks I have owned.
 
Love love LOVE my BFG ATs. Love them. Agreed, no good in mud unless it's that weird Texas 2 inches of mud that skates like ice anyway, but they have been a very rugged tire for me- I had an incident where an air pump wasn't working correctly and let most of the air out of one- drove it home in the pouring rain about 3 miles basically flat- I'm still in total disbelief that I made it. Just aired back up and still driving on them.

I have MT on the K5 now in back only- I like the look better, but there is no doubt the AT is a nicer feeling tire on the road.
 
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I got the BFG rugged terrain. So far I like them. They have a nice thick sidewall and still a street friendly tread.
 
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