ok, im looking at changing my tires, currently bfg mt's. i have been offered radial baja claws for a good price, ca anybody tell me what they are like on the road?? how noisy are they compared to the bfg's??

thanks

brian

the baja claws are just about as loud as super swamper tsl's on the road, but they also grip a lot better on trails than the bfg.

Mickey Thompsons wear really hard, which means more mileage. The BFG KO's are alot softer tread compound better traction on wet surface but do not wear for very long on the street. Its a Toss up. Mickey's ARE much heavier than the KO's. Your Best Bet is to have them Siped. In Case you dont know what that is: Its where you take a Tire and CUT Slices in the tread, ONLY do the Center OF the TREAD. This will make them last longer, Wear better because they run cooler, and YOUR traction Goes thru the Roof because the tire in opening up for more tread on the ground. I work in a Tire shop and have done one set of each, Mickey's and the KO's, and the Mickey's lasted longer and the Traction between the 2 was about the same after the Siping. NOISE wise the Mickeys were VERY LOUD and the KO's were better about it. Since BFG is owned my MICHELIN they also rode better. I would go witht eh Mickey's if the price is right they last longer. Although if you like the Spin your tires DONT do the Siping you will rip the lugs right off same with gravel roads ( off roading is ok, Ie: Slow speed, tire runs cooler ) as well try to avoid that all together. For the Price of Siping it's well worth it, Your Doing your self a Favor by making the Life of the tire extend. and your traction.

why not look at the new MT Baja MTZ mud tires or Dick Cepek Mud Country. Both are siped and designed for on and off road.

Nice, I forgot about those, NOW those are awsome. The MTZ is great, they kick it in the mud, I would still add siping to them anyway, even if they have it some from the factory already, I would defintily add more. We put some on one of our guys 2500HD Duramax and he LOVED them, Siped them and they did even better, Down Side they are still just as loud as the Baja Claws though.

You keep talking about BFG KOs. Do you mean KMs? I thought the KOs were all terrains and the KMs (which is what I have) are mud terrain.

Ahh, may bad I meant KM's Sorry, thats BFG's way to throw me off, all the letter and KM, KO, TA KO's. sorry

It's all good. I just wanted to make sure we were comparing apples to apples here.

I've been seriously sonsidering Claws for my next tires after I wear out my KMs. I'm really interested in knowing what kind of wear folks are getting from them.

from what ive seen, baja claws burn pretty quick. similar to tsl's, not quite so bad though. certainly wear a LOT quicker than bfg's (either a/ts or m/ts). they hook up though. and they definitly look cool, which is all that matters anyway right? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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