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Looking at:


Geolander M/T ~$230
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/yokohama/yo_geolan_mtplus_ci2_l.jpg
DynaPro MT RT03 ~$260
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/product/tires/hanvm1.ang.jpg

The size I'm looking for (until I find more money for 17's) is 315.75.16. They will fit my 16s well and work with my new lift. I don't have the coin for anything more expensive. I've been searching C-list for used tires, but boy they seem to be all over priced and under treaded. :doah:

I like the Hankook design better, but could easily save the 30 bucks per tire for something else. The rig is for trails, no mud, and some day Moab/Rubicon.
 
K85 Octane said:
Looking at:


Geolander M/T ~$230
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/yokohama/yo_geolan_mtplus_ci2_l.jpg
DynaPro MT RT03 ~$260
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/product/tires/hanvm1.ang.jpg

The size I'm looking for (until I find more money for 17's) is 315.75.16. They will fit my 16s well and work with my new lift. I don't have the coin for anything more expensive. I've been searching C-list for used tires, but boy they seem to be all over priced and under treaded. :doah:

I like the Hankook design better, but could easily save the 30 bucks per tire for something else. The rig is for trails, no mud, and some day Moab/Rubicon.
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What size does that come out to?

I like the geolander, always have, and i almost bought some but couldnt pass up the deal i got on the buckshots.
 
Check Out www.treadwright.com. I have no experience personally but I've read up on them quite a bit. Google them and read through some of the J**p forum discussions. Just a thought...

I think I'm gonna give them a try on my K5

Also I've heard great things about their customer service. I "liked"'their Facebook page and see a lot Of positive feedback there
 
CAVANALK5 said:
Check Out www.treadwright.com. I have no experience personally but I've read up on them quite a bit. Google them and read through some of the J**p forum discussions. Just a thought...

I think I'm gonna give them a try on my K5

Also I've heard great things about their customer service. I "liked"'their Facebook page and see a lot Of positive feedback there
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i like treadwright tires, a friend of mine runs 33" guard dogs on his daily driver and he's happy with them.
 
treadwright is all re-treads right?

how do those do when towing? It's not a lot of weight, maybe only 3-4k lbs with ~700+ tongue weight. I like the cheaper idea, since the blazer isn't my DD, so it's a good option.
 
I am looking to put 33's on my stock wheels, and treadwright prices fit my budget perfectly... only issue is they have discontinued 33's according to their site. Currently running 31/10.5/15

Since I am completely ignorant when it comes to wheel/tire info can someone tell me which tire they have on their site that would fit my stock wheels that are about 33 inch size???
 
Never been a fan of directional tread on a 4x4. Simply because if you get in a bind and have to swap tires around or install a spare, you can end up with one backwards. That drives me nuts.

I found discount tire direct to have some of the best prices on tires plus they include the shipping. You may have better prices at tire rack but then you have to add the shipping to get the final price.
 
The size you have listed is about a 35" tire. Fortunately, treadwright does list them, but I know that some of the larger sizes are harder to come by. https://www.treadwright.com/p-77-315-75r16-guard-dog-m-t-d.aspxYou many have to wait a while for them to get the required casings and build them for you. If you care about it, you can ask for a set of matching casing. This could take longer, but many times that's all they make anyway. Since they are totally remolded the sizes of the tires will still match even if one was a GoodYear and another a BFG. I ran through a couple sets of those tires and they seemed to wear longer than some of the name brands.

You may want to look at the "Kedge Grip". It is cheap and gives great winter traction. This was the only way I found to run MTs all year long without serious peril on ice.
 
I've looked into TreadWrights, and before when they were HighTec Retreading, and only bought one set of tires from them. Usually it just never works out price wise for me to buy them. This year I was looking at 285's and 305's and ended up by the time I had them shipped here and mounted locally it'd have been the same as the local shops for generic muds.

yak, you want a 305/70R16 if you want a 16" rim. Same as a 33x12.5R16. 285/75R16 is a 33x11.25R16. 255/85R16 is a taller 33x10ishR16.
 
Welcome. You can look up the conversions. LT-metric or LT-Radial to flotation calculators and explanations are out there. Seems confusing at first but it makes sense after you do it a while.
 
CAVANALK5 said:
Check Out www.treadwright.com. I have no experience personally but I've read up on them quite a bit. Google them and read through some of the J**p forum discussions. Just a thought...

I think I'm gonna give them a try on my K5

Also I've heard great things about their customer service. I "liked"'their Facebook page and see a lot Of positive feedback there
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I was also goin to say that. Planning on using them for my next set of rubbers.
Blue85 said:
The size you have listed is about a 35" tire. Fortunately, treadwright does list them, but I know that some of the larger sizes are harder to come by. https://www.treadwright.com/p-77-315-75r16-guard-dog-m-t-d.aspxYou many have to wait a while for them to get the required casings and build them for you. If you care about it, you can ask for a set of matching casing. This could take longer, but many times that's all they make anyway. Since they are totally remolded the sizes of the tires will still match even if one was a GoodYear and another a BFG. I ran through a couple sets of those tires and they seemed to wear longer than some of the name brands.

You may want to look at the "Kedge Grip". It is cheap and gives great winter traction. This was the only way I found to run MTs all year long without serious peril on ice.
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If someone does try the kedge I'd be curious how it does in the rain theoretically it's supposed to add siping to help in the wet
 
Wow! Treadwright has some damn good prices and they seem to get really good reviews. They will definitely be the source of the next set of tires for our smaller vehicles.

Just priced some 265/75/16 BFG AT's at Tirerack for $734/ $800 with shipping...
Treadwright Warden (BFG AT clones) are $400/500 shipped, and no sales tax.
 
Smokinthehippies said:
If someone does try the kedge I'd be curious how it does in the rain theoretically it's supposed to add siping to help in the wet
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Reread what Blue85 said. He HAS used it. I had some of their muds when they were HighTec still and had the "green diamond" stuff they had then. Worked similar and worked EXCELLENTLY in the Northern Michigan winters.
Technically it works more like a stud and not a sipe. You could theoretically sipe the Kedge grip tires and get more traction.

Amtek, remember to figure in mounting and balancing. That was my issue around here. The prices were so close that by the time I figured in the mounting and balancing locally it was better to just pay the extra $40 or so and get the new tires.
That said seems like I always manage to live where shipping just kills the deal. Tire Rack and the like aren't any better here either.
 
AJMBLAZER said:
Reread what Blue85 said. He HAS used it. I had some of their muds when they were HighTec still and had the "green diamond" stuff they had then. Worked similar and worked EXCELLENTLY in the Northern Michigan winters.
Technically it works more like a stud and not a sipe. You could theoretically sipe the Kedge grip tires and get more traction.

Amtek, remember to figure in mounting and balancing. That was my issue around here. The prices were so close that by the time I figured in the mounting and balancing locally it was better to just pay the extra $40 or so and get the new tires.
That said seems like I always manage to live where shipping just kills the deal. Tire Rack and the like aren't any better here either.
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I saw that but winters for youz guys and winter for us is two different things. my winter constists of rain....thats it.

i brought up the siping thing bcuz of this on their website

treadwright said:
WITH KEDGE GRIP


Kedge Grip: Our own unique blend of crushed (recycled) glass and crushed walnut shell particle blended into our full grade truck rubber. Kedge Grip acts in a twofold way; first the walnut shell is designed to come out leaving small (approximately 1 mm) size pits in the tread surface that will act as additional siping and create more traction edges to grip the road. The second is the crushed glass which is designed to stay in longer and create a gritty surface to help anchor you to the road. Does it really work? Don’t take our word for it, read some of the testimonials. Also, check out the 4Wheeler magazine (though under a different name that we are not allowed to use any longer due to trademark issues) in the August 2009 issue. They consistently had excellent results with our Kedge Grip.
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Slick road traction is slick road traction no matter what causes it. Hydroplaning is another thing.

Ahhhhh...I was forgetting the walnut shells they use now. I had the green diamonds which basically acted like studs. Worked great.
I'd still prefer to take a set of tires in and have them siped than some randomly spaced tiny holes. Hell, I sipe my own myself.
 
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