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It's that time, New Tires! Suggestions?

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midnightgravity

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Austin, TX
I drive a 2008 H3 adventure and currently have A/T Bridgestone Dueler tires about to wear out on me. I just mounted the new one I had on the back.. So now my plan is to buy another new one and have two New tires up front with the two less worn tires in the back then eventually buy the rest. . Or I can just save up for better set of tires. Everyone says to go All-Terrain as I do 70% hwy 30% off-road.. With Sand or climbing. . But I have no preference as to what tires I get as long as it looks good and do a good job not getting stuck or climbing.
Any suggestions on recommended tires?
 
4speedfunk

4speedfunk

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Tardville
ZIPcode should play a major roll in tire selection. Austin is a fairly flat and dry area correct?....BFG-AT's would probably be the best tire. Especially since Texans travel huge high-way distances between cities. The AT is a great all-around tire...quiet...high-mileage...good traction in all but the deepest mud or sand. Its good in the rain and snow, too.
 
rsc

rsc

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Tulsa
Austin, the city, might be pretty flat but the great Texas Hill Country is just outside the loop. Its pretty dry, but when it rains it rains buckets. I ran the Duratracs around the area and they did great in the snow when we got it (got 4" twice) and did well in the rain when newer and always hooked up in a straight line in bottom land fields with lots of thick black dirt. Traction while turning in the mud or loose dirt was less than stellar though. The Duratracs are a good all-around AT and a little more aggressive than most AT's. Running Kelly TSR's now, but haven't had them in the mud and muck yet to compare the two.
 
alrock

alrock

El Diablo
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Scottsdale
With the full time 4WD, you want to minimize the tire size difference between the tires. A large difference can lead to premature wear and tear on drivetrain parts like diffs and transfer case. For an extreme example, in an emergency we had to put a 33" tire on an H3 with 32s. You could hear his truck complaining on the two miles back to town. (For reference, three of his five tires were flat.)

The tolerance, or lack thereof, doesn't seem to be as great as those AWD vehicles like the Subaru WRX. You hear more issues on their forums with tire size differences.

That said, I did have a 10,000 mile difference on treadwear between front and rears and I've been fine, 40,000 miles later. But if you can, I would recommend saving up and getting all four (or five) at once.
 
UT-H3

UT-H3

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Utah
I'm running Toyo open country ATII's. not complaining. But I haven't had them in the snow yet.
 
Tdavis

Tdavis

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Denver, Co
Just my 2 cents worth, but I went withe the 305/70/16 duratracs. All I can say is that I couldn't be happier.... Quiet, durable and in my humble opinion.... Look great.
 
telemike

telemike

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Greensboro, NC
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hockeymanam

hockeymanam

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charlotte
At's are good but nothing looks better than a meaty mud terrain. I love MTZ's 35-12.5-16. and right now im around 20k miles and at 70% tread. great were on these tires
 
MessiaH2

MessiaH2

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Indian Mills, New Jersey
BFG All terrains KO's have my vote... Great all around and seem to last forever. ALROCK makes some great points that I totally agree with.

SIDE NOTE - I have 4 like new ones (2500 miles) for sale that were the stock size on my H2 that are 17" rims. I ran them 3 months and then got my lift and new 38's.. They actually measure just under 35" if you are interested. I wanted bigger and more aggressive look with side tread is the only reason I did not go with them again. I averaged 70K miles on my first 2 sets.
 
poncho1965

poncho1965

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Ridgecrest, California
MessiaH2 said:
BFG All terrains KO's have my vote... Great all around and seem to last forever. ALROCK makes some great points that I totally agree with.
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I'm running these as well. Wearing even, but with the rocky trails they are getting lots if chunks taken out of them. They've handled everything I've asked of them.




Mike
 
digglesworth

digglesworth

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illinois
Happy Hummer said:
geotrac patagonia a/t... lol. that is what came on gf's h3 from dealer. Been a great all around tire.
Chris
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I've got these tires on my truck. They came on it from the dealer... I took the truck in for an alignment after I cranked the torsion bars and had em balance all 4 tires while they were messing with it... It seems like they had a heck of a time getting them balanced. There's a crap-load of stick on wheel weights on the inside of my rims. I dunno if aftermarket rims has anything to do with it but it doesnt ride down the highway as smooth as I think it should. It's especially noticable if the tires air pressure varies by a few psi. I usually run 32-34psi... I had the same issue with the General Grabber AT2s I had on my jeep. I can't wait to get some 315/70/17s but I'm too cheap to ditch the tires since they have lots of life left. And I dunno if it's a problem with all ATs but it seems like I'm always getting rocks stuck in the tread all the time causing that annoying clicking noise driving down the road.
 
digglesworth

digglesworth

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MessiaH2 said:
BFG All terrains KO's have my vote... Great all around and seem to last forever. ALROCK makes some great points that I totally agree with.

SIDE NOTE - I have 4 like new ones (2500 miles) for sale that were the stock size on my H2 that are 17" rims. I ran them 3 months and then got my lift and new 38's.. They actually measure just under 35" if you are interested. I wanted bigger and more aggressive look with side tread is the only reason I did not go with them again. I averaged 70K miles on my first 2 sets.
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Are these the 315/70/17s???
 
MessiaH2

MessiaH2

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Indian Mills, New Jersey
digglesworth said:
Are these the 315/70/17s???
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YES they are. I was waiting to buy my new tires with my lift and my parents (72 & 73 yrs old) saw how worn mine were so they bought me 2 tires for my birthday and had them installed with out my knowledge... I could NOT break their heart so i bought two more and just ran them for three months...LOL I told them i traded them in for bigger ones to NOT hurt their feelings :)
IMG_20130911_141820_299.jpgIMG_20130911_142006_758.jpgIMG_20130911_142036_256.jpg Don't be eye ballin' my 54"s in the backround...they are NOT for sale...LOL they are going on my Dodge V10 we are building called TITENIC...

Do you know someone interested? I am ready to sell them. i just listed them for $880 for set of 4 plus a used/worn spare. So all 5 for $880 and they cost $320 each everywhere you look http://www.4wheelparts.com/ProdDetail.aspx?partNo=BFG37614 I will actually sell all 5 to anyone on the Forum for $800. plus shipping of course...LARRY lgiberson@verizon.net
 
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