Well, since nobody else is responding to the tire question, I will offer my opinion, for what it's worth. First you need to identify what kind of terrain you will be driving in. You say "mud tires". That means big cleated noisy rumbling tires that hold rocks and mud until you get 3 miles down the paved road and 70 mph then let the rocks go ka-bam into your fenders. If that is really what you need, thats what you need. I have a heavily modified Jeep that is riding on just that type of tire. Its great for the sticky clay mud and sand here in Indiana, but, my jeep is not used as much as I thought when I purchased it. Now that I'm older, work alot, and don't get much of a thrill just slingin' mud, I will soon replace them with a "all-terrain" type tire. The only off roading I've done in the last 5 years is an annual trip to Colorado where I've noticed the locals almost all run ATs. Not alot of clay mud high in the rockys. One other thing, the more aggressive the tire tread the louder the noise INSIDE the vehicle, so you can tell your wife you didn't hear her, or really have an excuse to yell at her. Oh, yeah, also ATs usually out-wear mud tires by ALOT!
I found a picture and remembered how much we like pictures. You can see the directional tires I've been running, they are very loud on the pavement. They will, on-the other-hand, dig the Jeep in so bad with lockers front and rear, that the winch is a life-saver. Please forgive the pic. of a Jeep on this cool Chevy truck forum. P.S. The picture was taken on the alpine tunnel rail right-of-way halfway between Pitkin and St. Elmo Colorado. Sept. 2012.
Nice jeep and tires! I have run swamp runners and maxxis buckshots and big horns on my past trucks. Buckshots ran the smoothest and quietest...got over 60,000 miles on them before selling them for half of what I paid...still had decent tread left. Looking at the newer style goodyear mud tires. Can't decide?!? Besides the look and off road capability, I always liked that I never ever got a flat in a mud tire. Wish I could say the same for the ATs and low profiles...no matter how many plies those had, they always picked something up especially bois d'arc thorns. Just looking to see if anyone has pictures of their ADs with mud tires before I drop some dinero.
Nate, check this out. Your welcome Nate, and check out this pic., taken in the late 1870s. Notice the boulder to the viewers right in the picture, the picture was taken at the same spot 140 some years later.
Cool picture ! I bet every one who's a 4 X 4'er near there knows to take that same picture , how cool is that , I never thought it was an abandoned rail bed .
