Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
After running these tires for three months and 4000 miles on my LJ it's time for a review. The Tires in question are Dean Mud Terrrians SXTs, made by Copper. The tires are made in the Findlay, Oh plant on the same carcass as the Copper ST. Originally I was looking at the ST or at another set of ******** Cepek FCIIs like I run on my Ram (great tires by the way). Since the Jeep is my daily driver and weekend woods runner, I was looking for a tire with good road manners, long tread life, and still be able to handle all the winter snow & ice, PA mud and the forest roads and trails the Jeep would be seeing. A couple of buddies of mine suggested the Deans to me after switching to them on thier snow plowing, oil field and logging trucks.
Here's a shot of the Deans mounted. I choose 285/75/16s mounted on a set of ProComp 7089 16x8 rims with 4.5" BS. They didn't need much weight to balance and seemed pretty round. I paid $143.00 per tire mounted and balanced, about 60 dollars less per tire than the ST and FCIIs I was looking at.
And one of the tread.
So far these tires have pulled the Jeep down miles of highway and interstate, followed a certian black Tundra through the forest roads of Rapidan WMA in VA, traversed hundreds of miles of PA forest roads, churned some mud at my buddies old gravel quarry, and weaved through the hemlocks, hardwoods and mud tubs in our part of the world. The are surprisingly quite, more so than the Cooper ST that Jim runs on his Tundra. There's just enough hum to let people know your coming but that's better than any stereo system to my ears. I found that my ride has improved over the other tires I was running even though the Deans are load rated D and my old tires were C rated. The tread handles rain extremely well, when we were caught in a huge downpour there was a couple of inches of water running down the streets of town and never a hint of hydroplaning to be found. They also churn mud pretty darn well also, both in sloppy black mud and in the clay. It didn't take much wheel speed to clean them out and they never packed. Much better in the mud than my Ram's FCIIs and worlds better than the BFG ATs I use to run. In VA they handled the looses shale and rocks of the road we were on without complaint and never once seemed to be looking for traction. They handle nicely on the blacktop and ride smoothly. The only downside so far is that they like to pick up rocks and fling them back at you. and they're not small ones either more like #2 limestone sized. Kerpang! Right now I'm running them at 28 lbs of presure and have a nice contact patch and good even wear. I ran them at 18 lbs in the mud pit and on a couple of backwoods trail and that seemed to be a good pressure for more serious work. Now all we need is some snow and ice to see if these Deans are up to that, though I've been told they work great in the white stuff.
Hers' a final shot of the Deans pulling the Jeep down a forest road north of Kane, Pa during a good thunderstorm.
I really like these tires and if they perform in the winter like I've been told I'll probabley mount a set on the Ram when it's time for new meats.
Here's a shot of the Deans mounted. I choose 285/75/16s mounted on a set of ProComp 7089 16x8 rims with 4.5" BS. They didn't need much weight to balance and seemed pretty round. I paid $143.00 per tire mounted and balanced, about 60 dollars less per tire than the ST and FCIIs I was looking at.
And one of the tread.
So far these tires have pulled the Jeep down miles of highway and interstate, followed a certian black Tundra through the forest roads of Rapidan WMA in VA, traversed hundreds of miles of PA forest roads, churned some mud at my buddies old gravel quarry, and weaved through the hemlocks, hardwoods and mud tubs in our part of the world. The are surprisingly quite, more so than the Cooper ST that Jim runs on his Tundra. There's just enough hum to let people know your coming but that's better than any stereo system to my ears. I found that my ride has improved over the other tires I was running even though the Deans are load rated D and my old tires were C rated. The tread handles rain extremely well, when we were caught in a huge downpour there was a couple of inches of water running down the streets of town and never a hint of hydroplaning to be found. They also churn mud pretty darn well also, both in sloppy black mud and in the clay. It didn't take much wheel speed to clean them out and they never packed. Much better in the mud than my Ram's FCIIs and worlds better than the BFG ATs I use to run. In VA they handled the looses shale and rocks of the road we were on without complaint and never once seemed to be looking for traction. They handle nicely on the blacktop and ride smoothly. The only downside so far is that they like to pick up rocks and fling them back at you. and they're not small ones either more like #2 limestone sized. Kerpang! Right now I'm running them at 28 lbs of presure and have a nice contact patch and good even wear. I ran them at 18 lbs in the mud pit and on a couple of backwoods trail and that seemed to be a good pressure for more serious work. Now all we need is some snow and ice to see if these Deans are up to that, though I've been told they work great in the white stuff.
Hers' a final shot of the Deans pulling the Jeep down a forest road north of Kane, Pa during a good thunderstorm.
I really like these tires and if they perform in the winter like I've been told I'll probabley mount a set on the Ram when it's time for new meats.
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