Am I Ready for 40's
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bob-o12jk
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Yep its a Jeep thing, I put 15k miles on my 2012 in only 8 months lol..... And spent at least $10k too in mods yikes
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Tattedfire
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Lol I've got my rear already and am saving for the front!
I would but here in Minnesota we have mega salt thrown on the roads in the winter. So I am trying to preserve my Jeep for the time being. It gets harder and harder not to drive. I do have an annual spring meet and greet in March that a bunch of us go snow 4x4ing down forestry roads.
OverlanderJK
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You win.:cheesy:
my_jk
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I've put 16,000 on my Jeep in 5 and a half months. :crazyeyes:
Depends on what you need them to do. If you want to play hard on the trails, few 40's can compare to a Nitto Mud Grappler. If you're looking for a good all around 40, I would recommend a Nitto Trail Grappler or Toyo MT. I've run them all and they have always served me well. If you need something that'll last a long time, BFG's will wear like iron but, have really thin sidewalls.
Have you run the Krawlers at all?! The non competition series
mackey
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Here is some info about the Krawler. The article says the Krawler has awesome sidewalls. I would love to hear from someone who has used them.
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/BFG-Krawlers-TA-KX.htm
http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT-Tires/BFG-Krawlers-TA-KX.htm
ProfessionalDriver
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True story... We were following the Nemesis Industries crew through some obstacles at The KOH Cleanup this year. There was a section of the trail where they tried a more difficult obstacle and sliced their 39-Inch Krawler's sidewall. The right side of the obstacle is the side they sliced and the rocks were pretty sharp, but nothing out of the ordinary for Johnson Valley.
GCM 2
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Scratch the Goodyears and KM2's from your list of 40"s. The MTR/K's are a true 40" tire, however they are barely able to be balanced because the tire is almost a square, and have exceptionally weak sidewalls. The KM2's although overall not a bad tire, their sizing falls very short of the claimed size (almost 2" on some sizes) and the KM2's sidewall also leans towards the weak side when compared to the Toyo or Nitto's. KM2's also are not very good in the snow/ice because they have zero siping. I have owned all 4 of your choices, I personally will have hard time moving away from Nitto (and Toyo since it shares the same parent company, and even factory for some tires).
I do have a Van Alstein siping for my current Geolanders 38's which fall short in size as well
I'm lucky enough not to drive in winters because I park Bubba away from the Minnesota Salt
So the falling short by 2 inches is common for other manufactures as well.
I currently sit at 36.6 mounted actual size
I forgot to throw in the mix super swampers Iroks
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Yup, what GCM 2 said.