Colorado B.S. Thread

i have had nothing but fun on my bfgs. ford contracted bfg to make a tire for the raptor so its a modified version of the ko. a little different compound but they work well for me in all conditions. i was looking into getting the ko2 to see if i noticed any difference

 

Are you sure it was melted? I got mine used, but it's always had spots like that and they're in the middle of the rope, not against the drum (which shouldn't get hot on my winch anyways)

I just thought it was what happened when you pulled with it and it got lots of tension and all smashed together.

Didn't think it was a problem or weaker or anything either.

 

I got them because out of those 3 mentioned above (really two I would get) they were the better deal and I might try the coopers next. After almost 35K miles I would definitely buy the KO2's again.

 

Yep. And I'm sorry if I upset you with that comment. The compound may be softer, that's entirely possible. I have run the Radial T/A's, the Mud Terrains and the All Terrains , which are the actual predecessor to the current KO line of tires. I can tell you straight up the only change in the All Terrain is the sidewall tread, resulting in a stronger sidewall.
If it's working for you, that's great. Not being sarcastic.

Remember all the shit everybody gave @teamhypoxia over his Michelin's, and they did quite well. But nobody ran out to buy a set. But I bet without a doubt if they were still available that he would have a new set.

So, when I first bought the Toyo MT's, I thought they rocked in the snow and totally defended them. Some of you remember that.
But in reality they suck balls and I thought I was going to die a few times last year. Plus they ride like shit.

 

You didn't. I'm just trying to give helpful info because I have seen a lot of people saying that's it's just a new sidewall, and I want to provide more in depth info. I think bfg did that with the rugged trail which is why people are saying it about the new ko as well. Regardless, I think @aero3685 @Littles @Reh5108 or anyone I've gone with it deep snow can back me up a little bit about their snow performance.

 

The fraying was new out of the box. The "melting" was only the first 10 feet, all of which was against the drum. The strands don't look like they were completely melted through, just enough to join then and leave a glossy finish on that flat side.

 

you said you had one real pull on it right?

Do you remember when that happened how much line you had on the spool when you started the hard pull and how much you added to it before the hard pull was done?

 

Love then and I have beat the shit out of them and i was looking at that size as well...you should buy them...

 

But I want a deal on am steel line too....

 

pick that up and talk to @Gramps about getting you a hook up from custom splice

 

Aren't you supposed to be alpine looping right now? Get off your phone and admire that scenery lol

 

Yeah I still sometimes wonder wtf I was thinking when I got a matching 5th wheel... that lives under the truck since I don't rotate in either. Of course at this point my spare tire doesn't even match the rest since I went from 265/75 to 235/85. Was too cheap to spring for a new one, missed a couple of used ones, haven't found (or looked very hard) since.

However I will say my last flat experience (not my truck, my mom's 4Runner) was halfway down the trail in the middle of nowhere near Dinosaur... so the spare did have to get us farther down the trail.

That's GVWR, not curb. Or you DCs are a lot heavier than my AC. Curb weight on a 2nd gen should be just under 4k. Depending on how good the scales at Crystal Landscape are, mine always comes in around 3900.

That's another Michelin dig isn't it...

I ran a set of the old ones I got used for about 30k or so. They were a nightmare to balance, but I had no complaints on or off road until I got pretty low on tread. They went to shit for water and snow real fast. I'm now on a set of the new ones, there were no issues balancing them, and wet/snow performance has been great. Haven't done a lot of off-road since getting them though, annual trip this year didn't include my truck.

Tread block (not just sidewall) sure looks different to me. I mean, yeah, it's a similar design, but... Couldn't argue construction one way or the other, mostly because I'm too lazy to dig up specs. Besides, ash already has it covered.

 

I don't think it was. Back in January when I was looking the only 255/85/16s I could find were MT tires. Because that's the size I wanted, but I did not want an MT. , And I did specifically look at Coopers. I did notice, like @BDN is finding, that if you went to 17s you got more options. Which kind of annoyed me. I mean I had 17s stock and I went to 16s for two reasons. One, I just didn't like the Sport wheel styling, and two, more sidewall better off-road. Then they start shifting everything to 17s... Almost like when I first got my truck everything was kind of moving from 15s to 16s (although at a later stage of that transition).

 

So I decided to clean my MAF sensor and throttle body today, before I change my spark plugs.. It was pretty easy and they were actually really clean for having 102k on my truck and never being cleaned before... It took maybe a 1/2 hour..
Now I gotta find something else to get into

 

You should keep it as an extension.

 

Yeah that is GVWR but I never weighed mine in stock form on a scale. So who knows what it is.

 

Have some extra 14ga stainless from another project so I had InSain Fab cut and bend me a piece to give my work bench a nice working surface.

 

I was thinking about it but I already have an extension that i bought pre winch. And i can pass it on and help someone else.

 

295/75R16
Decided to give it a try in a Nitto Terra Grappler G2.

 

I will buy off you.