are goodyear mtrs worth the extra money over say... bfg's, dunlops... etc??

do they last that much longer/perform better?

wheres the cheapest place to get mtr's?

Sam's club is the cheapest place I have seen unless you know someone who works at a tire shop. They have a good road hazard plan with tires too.

One word---YES!!!!!!!

Ummm....DITTO <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

I would agree. Get the MT/R's. You will not regret it.

went to sam's clubs website and like the 5 s/c's in my area dont do tires? am i doing somethign wrong or do none of these do tires??

went to walmart site and they dont have the mt'rs, the rts or something but no mtr's?

I can't say as I think the MT\R's are worth the money. I say that as a mudder, not a rock crawler.

I'm a bit cheap so I got Wild Country mud's, they work great and were about $100 per. Friends that I wheel with have that Walmart mud (can't think of what it's called) and it's got a nice tread pattern, comes with a great warranty and is inexpensive.

Somebody's never run anything but street tires.

Run a set of swampers with 10 PSI in them, and your whole baseline for comparison will change. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/coolg.gif" alt="" />

Anyways, about the MT/RS: Yes, they're very good all-around tires. I've noticed (having put over 20K on a set of 33" MT/Rs and having 4 buddies who've run others) that the 33 and smaller ones wear much better than the 35+ sizes. The 33s were like IRON - still had 80% tread with over 25,000 miles on them, on 2 different trucks.

Here's my toy now, and with the lil' 33s from back in the day. In the MT/R pics, those are 15x8 wheels with 3.75" backspacing on an IFS front end...

I don't understand what you mean, TNToy, by your comment. Please clarify on "someone has never run anything by street tires" because if you are talking about me, you are mistaken.
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EDIT 01: Oh, I see. Because I don't have the same tires as you, my tires are crap? *street tires*!!??

Dude, I run 12 psi in these and they serve me well. I don't claim that they are better than any tire but I've driven into many a mud-hole and pulled out trucks that were stuck. Since you seem to know these tires so well to call them *streets* then surely you have owned a set? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" />


Thank you for your time and consideration.

Here's my experience in a nutshell: typical "mud" tires like the BFG MT and Goodyear MT/R really, really suck in mud. The thinner-sidewalled tires with slightly more aggressive tread patterns like yours, Grabber MTs, and Uniroal Laredo MTs are a step up from that.

But neither one is anything like a tire that has "Swamper" molded into the sidewall. Anything else is a street tire. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />