On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:50:38 -0500, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>>
>> Bret Chase wrote:
>> > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:09:40 -0600, bdubya <bdubya@interaccess.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>:|I'm about to order winter tires for a Ranger 4x4 (probably Michelin
>> >>:|Latitudes); I'm wondering how they perform in mud. Or should I be
>> >>:|looking at an off-road tire in a narrow width instead?
>> >
>> >
>> > Deep snow and mud have very similar tire needs, (i.e. large voids and
>> > big lugs), plowed snow and ice require as many gripping edges as
>> > possible and large voids aren't nearly as important. I think BFG
>> > All-Terrain K/O's (which I run on my truck) have the best balance
>> > between cutting edges and voids. while they're not as good as a mud
>> > terrain T/A in the mud, they're waay better for winter driving
>> > conditions.
>>
>> I run the same tires. I got caught in a snowstorm a week after I put
>> the AT K/O's on and they were awesome. I had to drive 250 kms through
>> the snow in the Northern Rockies on the ALaska Highway towing a small
>> trailer with about 600 lbs of hear in the back of the truck. Much of it
>> was in four wheel drive since we were constantly going up and down
>> hills. I thought the tires performed admirably.
>>
>> We also encountered a some very muddy sections and drove into some camp
>> spots that were pretty soft and deep. Traction in the mud was very good
>> ,especially in four wheel drive. I can't say how well the tires will
>> wear or how they will perform when they do wear down a bit but right now
>> they are tremendous.
>>
>> Stephen
>
>We also are running them on one Jeep with BFG muds on the other and both
>Jeeps run the same trails.
>
>Muds are better in mud and deeper snow, but 'better' is a relative term
>when comparing those two tires, they both go anywhere, each shine a bit
>in their own specialty.
>
>I do not think the winter 'performance' tires would work well at all in
>mud. They have many small cuts and look like they would pack to slicks
>fast.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Thanks for the tips, all. I've just checked the user reviews at
TireRack.com, and it sounds like the T/A KO is exactly what I was
hoping to find.
( Heck, it may be more tire than I thought was POSSIBLE - I found one
review from an '87 Ranger driver who says he "went up a hill that was
probly 80 degrees without a problem". <chuckle> I have GOT to get me a
set of those....)
bw
