Recommendations on best 'expedition' tire?

[LaOutbackTrail]

The tire I am running on my Xterra is a 31 x 10.50-15 Kumho Road Venture KL78 tire.

They don't look like much, but I have used them in a pretty decent variety of conditions and they have kept great traction.

This trail was mostly sticky clay with pretty decent incline.

They also do well in decently deep silt sand (sand deposited by a flooded creek)

They self clean pretty well even at slow speeds.
Tire wear has been ok, about 1/16-1/8" wear in about 3000k.
I'll report more once i've used them a lot.

Oh and did i mention i only had to pay $114 installed?

 

[devinsixtyseven]

Did I see 315/75/17? Or did you mean 315/70/17? Because if the former exists it would be potentially really handy, particularly if cheap!

 

[dieselcruiserhead]

You're right, 315 / 70 / R 17..
Details here:
http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/specs/all-terrain-t-a-ko/44.html

 

[Funrover]

I love my BFG AT's (ko) they have been through it aall with me and have held up great!!! They are the right amount of soft/hard.... The only real problems I have had with them is thick deep mud! I recomend them to everyone except hardcore mudders! on rocks they do great, water crossings etc.. and the road manners are rather impressive!

 

[Jeep]

This is a little late but check out the Hankook RT03. I have sold a pile of them for oilfield use and have a very good report back from customers. Nice close M/T pattern so it's fairly quiet but still clears mud good, 10 ply, studdable, good size selection. I've been selling mostly 35x12.50-17's. I also sell BFG, Good Year, Interco, Toyo, General, Pro Comp, and run BFG's, Pro Comps, and Swampers on my own units. I'm going to be replacing my Pro Comp Xtreme A/T's with RT03's on my Dodge 2500 CTD before winter (the P/C's are absolutely scary on ice).

 

[kcowyo]

FWIW,

My brother runs 34-12.50R15 in this tire under a '74 International Scout. He absolutely loves them in the snow, especially on the icy roads in town...

His other Scout ran Revos, and he was happy with them too, but suprisingly not as with the Intercos.

Good to know. This goes along with what I've been hearing about the TrXus MT's. More of an aggressive AT than a real MT, but their reviews on snow & ice really interest me.

Scranton? Does he work for Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.?

 

[njtaco]

Good to know. This goes along with what I've been hearing about the TrXus MT's. More of an aggressive AT than a real MT, but their reviews on snow & ice really interest me.

Scranton? Does he work for Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.?

Nope, he runs a CNC machine and trains others on it, in a machine shop. I don't remember the name of the place he works.