Do you really need the BFG name and the 3 ply sidewall? Because other than those two things there isn't much about a BFG that a cheaper tire can't do for less...sometimes a lot less.
Right now I'm running Wild Country RTV muds on my Tracker. Great tires. I siped the center tread blocks and run them year round.
I had Interco TrXus MT's on my Ranger and straight out loved those things. Didn't even need to sipe them they were so good in the winter.
The wife's XL7 has Kumho muds on it (itsy bitsy 29" ones) and I again siped the center tread blocks. No complaints from either of us.
I've ran Coopers and their off-brand muds on other trucks in the past. Always a good product and I hear the new Cooper STT mud is even better than the old style.
The first tires I put on my Ranger were Mud Kings...great value for the money right there. Siped the wee outta them and they did great year round.
Friends have run General MT's with great success.
Any decent quality radial MT should get you at the very minimum 40k if you take care of them. Run the correct air pressure, ROTATE THEM REGULARLY (I do every 3k oil change), and don't abuse them and they should last just fine.
Buy muds. AT's are a waste of money unless the truck will NEVER see off pavement use. Especially living up in the snow/mud belt like you do. All Terrains + northern mud = muddy donuts and you going no where. Ask me how I know.
Yeah, they aren't quiet usually but honestly, some of mine have been pretty damn quiet and really, if the noise of your tire lugs hitting pavement bugs you that much...sell your truck and buy a Saturn. Not to mention this is a '78 K5 we're talking about here...right? After wind noise, engine and exhaust noise, various squeaks and rattles, and probably a decent stereo...who cares about the tires?
