Rugged "Fails" earning their name - My truck embarrassing me.

go with the duratracs

 

Yeah I thought of this post yesterday when I was throwing around some mud. They did great in it!

 

Did not affect my MPG at all. Reference?

 

Not sure if it was mentioned, but his F250 also weighs twice as much as your Taco. He's squishing straight down to the solid stuff on the bottom.

That said, get some MTZs and call it a day.

 

duratracs ftw

 

what size tire is this? I have Duratracs as well but yours looks much fuller than mine..

 

BF Goodrich KM2's are an excellent tire. I made the jump from stock tires to the 255/80/17 KM's and obviously its a world of difference. like most people will say, you'll lose a few MPG's but in my opinion its worth the look and performance when its needed. I have full confidence in my new tires in almost any situtation!!

 

15/8 wheel 33/12.5/15 tire

 

Not really an issue with speed or loosing lateral grip around corners. In 31x10.5 they hydro'd constantly and would cause the antilock brakes to pump when stopping abruptly. I replaced those with Kumho Road Ventures and they had absolutely no problems in wet conditions, however I only got like 20k out of them so they weren't a great value. Also, note that I drive like an old man - speed limit and baby the gas pedal, always searching for best MPG.

Had a bit of snow this morning so I got to test out the Rugged Trails a bit. They were exactly "ok". Better than Dunlop Grandtreks at least.

I'm finding out that that it is very hard to locate a light tire capable of good mud traction and highway MPG.

 

I found the BFG to be not as good in rain too. Driver input is key, but compared to my Michelin LTX M/S they were garbage. Big thing is they don't have any circumferential channels to void water so they're more prone to hydroplaning in comparison.

But again...if you're out driving your vehicles safe handling you should recognize and compensate accordingly.