Winter Wheeling tires

[crane man]

how did everyone's tires do today ? my kumho mt's are great in the snow, not bad on ice but today i hard time

[Hi Lo Silver]

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Someone going from BFG MT's to TRxus is not much of a testimonial Clay.

This club easily trashed 10 or 12 Trxus the first season they were out. You will notice none of the frequent weheelers here run them anymore because honestly, they are one of the junkiest radials in production.


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Ya I guess cLAY failed to remember that I don't get out wheeling very often. So I certainly couldn't be classed as a frequent wheeler.

I switched to BFG's for one set due to the bead protector. Or should I say mud and debris scoop. I ran a set years ago and was so disappointed with them due to soft rubber compound and cupping with low mileage. Like a sheep I believed some people when they had mentioned they changed the rubber compound, I tried them again. Well as it turns out they still do cup way too easy. No I don’t regularly rotate tires. You may if you want to milk the heck out of a set but I couldn’t be bothered. If they’re a descent tire they should wear fine if you keep a good air pressure in them for highway travel.


I’ve tried many tires over the years. The old pattern Dessert Dog was by far the best I ever ran for trail but I’m sure not too many people have ever seen or heard of them.
I also try to keep my tire purchases down around the $1000 mark because I’m not influenced (sheep theory out the window) by peoples opinions about tires too much.
Trxus are in my opinion the best tire I HAVE HAD so far, and yes that includes comparing them to BFG. I also don’t keep tires for more than 2 or 3 years. I sell them when the pattern shows rounding on the edges too much. I still get a very fair to me, as well as the buyer, price for them and I keep my jeep in fresh tires. (For that occasional trail I do)

[JackstandJohnny]

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I also try to keep my tire purchases down around the $1000 mark because I’m not influenced (sheep theory out the window) by peoples opinions about tires too much.

tell me where you can find a set of 35s for a 1000$ in Calgary or Cochrane. i'd LOVE to hear that................

[Hi Lo Silver]

I run 33's and have never run anything more than 33's. Around 1000 has never been a problem for me. Also not quite as hard on parts.
Still running the same old 20 and 30 diffs in the '84 without feeling that need to upgrade. I'm sure your 35's would be a comparably cheaper price in Trxus as they would in something else.

[JackstandJohnny]

you have'nt gone tire shopping in a while gunther.  i can't find a 35 for under 280$.......................
trxus at national are almost 400$........ so they are not an option........ bfg km2s 300 at kal tire and even more elsewhere..........

like i said, they ain't cheap......
but i digress.....

[Hi Lo Silver]

Actually I had a set of tires dropped right to my door in May of 2009. I would think that's rescent enough.  33's is my point.   My other point is they are probably a cheaper set even in 35's then most others.

The balancing issue: I agree, they are probably the worst tire to balance. The best thing I ever did was beads. Face it, we're loosing chunks of rubber all the time. We get mud built up, ice built up and rims slightly bent. Why wouldn't we all go to a system of balancing that can change on the fly with every change your tire sees at any one time. Makes sense to me.

[Spinalguy]

if we are talking about an offroad tire that is only driven to and from trails but otherwise parked...than Truxus will be fine
if you have to dd the rig, i would look elsewhere. Toyo oc MT's are $$$$ but worth every penny.

i did notice that Tinkerer siped the Truxus and that may make a difference on road

BTW, the tire guy at National is the best. BFG AT's are hard to balance and he has done a fantastic job with my 33 and 35 versions

PS...muffintop. TSL's are HORRIBLE on road during Winter. But offroad, they shine!!!!

[cLAY]

I talked to the memeber of our club that is running the Truxus on his DD TJ. He's had them on for 3 years now and figures they are still around 60% and is still very happy with them. Especially yesterday.....

[Joel]

From what I’ve observed on the trail and from when I ran 35 trux’s on a 12” rim, people don’t air them down to 12psi for fear of blowing a bead.  Most stayed above 18psi, resulting in poor performance and a lot of tire spinning on mud/snow.  I think it’s possible to get good performance out of them if you put them on a narrower rim.

But in my web wheeler opinion, Trux's still suck  

[Jrama]

BFG KM2 in the snow the past few days have been good. You can get around in 2wd fine, just got to be a little light on the gas. This is my first year with Jeep which is my first ever 4wd .  I gotta say I love beating all the cars off the line at lights...yes i am very petty. All summer everyone just passes the big slow jeep...how the tables have turned

[JohnB]

From what I’ve observed on the trail and from when I ran 35 trux’s on a 12” rim, people don’t air them down to 12psi for fear of blowing a bead.  Most stayed above 18psi, resulting in poor performance and a lot of tire spinning on mud/snow.  I think it’s possible to get good performance out of them if you put them on a narrower rim.

This is where people need to be careful with comparisons.  Air pressure matters more than anything.  When doing side by side comparisons, you need to all be running the same pressures.  Why would anyone be above 10 psi off road?  Oh I see, choosing the wrong rims....

[specialk]

I'm running 35" Trxus on my rig.  This is my first year with them and my first set of bigger rubber.  They have been great on the road during this snow and ice.  Guys at National did a great job of balancing them so I have no complaints there.  price point was pretty good. Can't speak to the weak sidewalls I've heard off (yet - knock on wood).   I've been happy with them off road though I will agree with Bnine with his comments on their climbing abilities.  I've found more than once that I've had fun climbing stuff (which I'll admit probably has something to do with driver  ).  Overall and to this point in time, I'm happy with them.  I probably will be investing in chains for winter wheeling. 

[Spinalguy]

The bottom line is we all have OPINIONS
i have run many brands and what i would never run as a daily driver in winter (ever again) are:
TSL
BFG MT

What i would run again are:
GY MTR's
Toyo OC MT's
BFG AT's. (but i would not run them as an offroad tire (Vinman may differ in opinion on this )

And i guess i have no real experience with Truxus PERSONALLY so, my opinion is Null and Void

[WhiteOut]

how did everyone's tires do today ? my kumho mt's are great in the snow, not bad on ice but today i hard time

Zero problems on BFG MT's, walked up hills that people with winters were stuck on.  No issues with the ZJ's fat arse swinging out or sliding on corners.  Brakings distances were obviously higher but there were no really problems with sliding, off the line acceleration was smooth with little or no tire spin.

Obviously having fulltime 4x4 and tires that are siped close to the same amount as some winter tires helps.

[Joel]

This is where people need to be careful with comparisons.  Air pressure matters more than anything.  When doing side by side comparisons, you need to all be running the same pressures.  Why would anyone be above 10 psi off road?  Oh I see, choosing the wrong rims....

Can't agree more. 

I was ready to sell my krawlers cause they sucked even at 10-12psi.  On beadlocks at 5-6psi and siped, i'm very happy with them.