"Not sure if the pricing is reduced temporarily to get the new tires out on the street/trails, but 4wd.com has some good prices on the new design with free shipping. They are selling the new ones for less than the KOs."
Sure enough, called 4WD and that is the price. Phone tech Devin couldn't confirm why the price was so low, he was as amazed as I was. But they ship from Texas and you still have to drag them down to your local tire guys to have them mounted. So I popped on over to my local America's Tire and lo and behold, they couldn't believe the price either. Their price listed out at $235/ea (I thought that was low also) but they, of course, price match. And...THEY HAD MY 285/75R16 IN STOCK! I wasn't going to shop tires until Spring but at this price I decided to jump on it. So the MDR has 4 new shoes from BFG and I'll Craigslist my Nitto Terra Grapplers. Thanks for the tip NCtrailX! :sombrero: