I know I am reviving a thread that's over a year old but I was wondering if you had an update for us.
I run the KM2's and want to go back to a more all around tire as these suck during the winter. I have had good luck with the original KO's as well in the past.
My initial impression of the KO2 has been impressive but limited. We have a little Bobcat Toolcat (the bobcat truck) that we plow snow off the sidewalks with at work. I work for a municipality in a ski town and we converted our Toolcat to street tires 2 winters ago. This was done for two reasons: better winter traction without chains and for a skinnier vehicle width when plowing the skinny parts of our sidewalks that pinched off between light poles and other obstacles.
The first winter my boss bought General Grabber AT2's. Awesome traction but paper thin sidewalls. We tore 2 sidewalls over the course of that winter. This year I talked him into the KO2's. No torn sidewalls even though they have some serious road rash. Ice traction was a little better with the General's but only marginally. I am impressed with the durability of the BFG KO2's. They have been beat on and survived.
My question is: "How are they on the trail?" I want your impressions.
Thanks in advance.
They are great on the trail. As expected, they aren't awesome in mud. On rocks and dirt, they have excelled.
Gettin it done in South Dakota. Lots of sharp rocks, lots of sidewall rash, and some quarter rash. No punctures.
and also on Blanca Peak, Colorado. Again, big rocks, lots of sharp edges, no issues.
I couldn't get any traction in a mud hole at the bottom of a waterfall in south dakota, but it was really on the guys on 40" irocks who were getting it done there. Everyone was struggling with the soup that day. But the tires were just packed in. Like slicks.