Treadwright GB?

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I'm curious if the extra grip is noticeable and if they last longer than a tire without the Kedge Grip

 

they don't last as long with kedge grip. scott has the kedge grip guard dogs. you won't hear from him for a while since he's recovering from Sandy. he may have some info on them in his build though. user: brutalguyracing

 

kedge grip wears 20% faster. says on their website... its a softer compound.

 

Rog, thanks guys

 

i have heard it does do better in snow though! personally, i dont have kedge grip, and think my guard dogs do awesome. better than my KM2's ever did...

 

That's good to know. I was just wondering because they are out of the non-KG 285/75/16 Warden A/T, but they do have the same tires with KG in stock.

 

Mine have the Kedge, I'll have to see how they wear. At the price of the tires, wearing out a little faster was less of a drawback than the benefit of increased wet and snow performance for me.

Initial impression on my guard dogs after driving on them for 2 days- they're loud. LOL. Seriously, I dont mind tire noise, but they're loud. Far louder than my KM2s or the MTR kevlar's. Overal traction seems good on road, so if they end up being awesome tires with the only draw back being noise, I'll be buying more sets in the future. I hope to get them offroad at least a little some time in the next 2 weeks. We'll see though.

 

Oh yeah, I originally bought 3 of them used so I ordered a 4th to complete the set. I requested a matching BFG AT carcass when ordering, yet got one with a KM2 sidewall. A quick call, and the next day I received a tracking number in my email that they were sending a replacement BFG AT carcass tire for me for their shipping mistake. No hassles, no charge, nothing. Absolutely wonderful to deal with the company. Received the new one today and will be mounting it on a matching wheel so I have a set of 5 with matching spare. Props to treadwright!

 

they are loud, but i got used to it, and dont mind it now. and i drive 80 miles on the interstate per day for work

 

I would be interested to hear from someone who has had both the guard dogs and wardens and your take on wear, performance on and off road, level of road noise, general handeling characteristics. Please include the load range (c,d,e,etc.) of your tires.

 

Same hear Mike I drive 44 miles each way to work. Guarddogs are pretty load.Just takes a few days to get used to.I put my winter tires on kinda miss that hum!!!

 

I drive a whooping 8 miles I way to work. Good for the tires, bad for my MPG's.

 

My buddy at work has the wardens in the same size as my guarddogs.The wardens are not near as loud.He has had his 7000miles just done his first rotation still look new.Both tires are good.But if you dont like road noise I would definatly go with the Wardens...

 

X2 wardens are still a good looking tire

 

Mine do not have the kedge grip and they are beasts in the snow. I air down and wheel in deep snow with my runner. I broke trail last year, they did great.

 

Im going with 265/75/26 sentinals I hope they dont let me down

 

id go with the wardens if i were you... such little price difference, and much better looking/performing tire...

 

i'd buy a set of 4 if they set up a group buy.

 

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