bovw
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Thanks Brother.Dave,
I have a buddy who works with BFG Cooperate. I'll see if he'll send me a spy pic of the new AT.
Thanks Brother.Dave,
I have a buddy who works with BFG Cooperate. I'll see if he'll send me a spy pic of the new AT.
I have a buddy who works with BFG Cooperate. I'll see if he'll send me a spy pic of the new AT.
......(no, not a Sear's poncho)...
Hum, completely contrary to my 20-odd years of desert off road driving and off road racing experience. I have witnessed tires killed by those who air down and then drive at reasonable to totally unreasonable speeds.Low trailpressure: an Australian magazine had an article and run a streetinflated tire over a reebar, then same at trailpressure. The trailpressure tire did not puncuture, like the streetinflated one. The tire does fold over sharp stuff better. The only time we had a sidewall totally go out: drove the Ram into a rock, saw it too late. A heavy vehicle, as in fullsized, or heavy loeaded expo trucks, does not "bounce" off anything, it will kill the tire instead. (Our TJ would have just bounced).
Airing down is still better: save the tread, save the suspension, MUCH better traction, save the drivetrain.
chalk the tire tread then drive a few feet and see how much chalk is left on the tire. its used to check for proper inflation via the foot print. you should be able to see if your over or under inflated depending on where the chalk is wearing off of the tire
I always ran BFG A/T for years. The last set I had, I let sit in my garage for 2 weeks and drove my mazda. When I finally drove my 4runner there was that thumping sound, MMMM, a flat spot. I drove my 4runner for about 1000 miles, hoping to smooth out the flat spot. Needless to say the flat spot never went away. I called BFG customer service and told them that I had only 33,000 miles on the tires and now have flat spots. Customer service essentially said tuff luck and to buy new tires. The problem was that I could not tell which tires were bad so I would have to purchase 4 new tires. So there was no help, no discounts offered, nothing. So now I tell everyone who ask about BFG and say that the tires suck. But this is a good thing as I went out and bought TOYO open country MT and have to say that this is the best tire ever and well worth the price. I guess the tires are like my 4runner, Made in Japan, the best! The Toyo's are quiet, smooth, aggressive tread, great street manners, deep sipes for rain, just very well built. I was really disappointed in BFG because my last set of KO's lasted 72,000 miles, so my tread wear was only half used.