Hi,
I am going on a 3 month trip down to Central America in my HJ47 this summer and am currently trying to figure out which type of tire to use. I will be doing research on and hopefully discovering new species of amphibians and reptiles which exist only in very remote areas of Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The major limitation for previous research expeditions has been actually getting into these areas after the rains (which clearly means dealing with a great deal of mud) as many animals can only be found after a heavy rain. It's hard to get grants to do mods to your personal car so I'm going to have to pay most of the vehicle costs out of pocket so cost is an issue.
Thus I'm currently trying to make the decision on which type of mud tire to buy. I've heard good things about the BFG KM2s but I'm wondering how much of a performance trade off it is compared to something like a TSL radial in thick clay jungle mud. I plan to have 6 tires on wheels of size 255/85r16 or something similar (tall and skinny). I'm fairly okay with the tires just lasting for this trip if people think there would be a major benefit in the mud going to something like a TSL but I'd rather be able to use them on Baja trips and whatnot in the years to come. I have a set of 6 235/85 all terrains I use for the truck around town in Ca. I have a 8274 winch and sand ladders but I'd prefer just having better traction to start with. I've also been trying to decide if it's worth the cost to put in a rear ARB locker.
I'm also going to be bringing down a set of mud tires for the local scientists to use in Guatemala as evidently they are not easy to get down there. These would be only to put on their pickup for wheeling to remote areas and thus I was thinking something like a bias TSL would be ideal but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks for any advice you guys can give me,
Alexander
(this is cross posted on Mud)
I am going on a 3 month trip down to Central America in my HJ47 this summer and am currently trying to figure out which type of tire to use. I will be doing research on and hopefully discovering new species of amphibians and reptiles which exist only in very remote areas of Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The major limitation for previous research expeditions has been actually getting into these areas after the rains (which clearly means dealing with a great deal of mud) as many animals can only be found after a heavy rain. It's hard to get grants to do mods to your personal car so I'm going to have to pay most of the vehicle costs out of pocket so cost is an issue.
Thus I'm currently trying to make the decision on which type of mud tire to buy. I've heard good things about the BFG KM2s but I'm wondering how much of a performance trade off it is compared to something like a TSL radial in thick clay jungle mud. I plan to have 6 tires on wheels of size 255/85r16 or something similar (tall and skinny). I'm fairly okay with the tires just lasting for this trip if people think there would be a major benefit in the mud going to something like a TSL but I'd rather be able to use them on Baja trips and whatnot in the years to come. I have a set of 6 235/85 all terrains I use for the truck around town in Ca. I have a 8274 winch and sand ladders but I'd prefer just having better traction to start with. I've also been trying to decide if it's worth the cost to put in a rear ARB locker.
I'm also going to be bringing down a set of mud tires for the local scientists to use in Guatemala as evidently they are not easy to get down there. These would be only to put on their pickup for wheeling to remote areas and thus I was thinking something like a bias TSL would be ideal but I'm open to suggestions.
Thanks for any advice you guys can give me,
Alexander
(this is cross posted on Mud)
