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Super Swamper tires
Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The
ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last about 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds after many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. Anything else I should look at? ProComps? Thanks as always for your advice and help. |
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They last less than that if you use them on the road.
I had some and they lasted only one full year. I drive 20miles one way to work everyday also. I bought some mud terrain tires and they last a lot longer and are just as good in my book. On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:32:53 -0600, "Dennis Cox" > wrote: >Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The >ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they >were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last about >30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds after >many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. Anything else >I should look at? ProComps? > >Thanks as always for your advice and help. > Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Dennis, I have the 34x10.50x15 Swamper LTBs on my 94YJ and they absolutely
kick ass off road, street driving is a completely different story. They are loud,really loud,wet traction is ok. My tires have cosiderable wear with around 7500mi., properly maintained inflation, and regular 3000mi. rotations. My dads 03' TJ runs the Pro Comp ATs in 32x11.50 and he has half or better usable tread life after 20k miles. You won't get the aggressive look or off road performance of the Swampers though with those. Have you looked at the MT/Rs or the Mud Grapplers? They are pretty soft compounds so they should offer great traction on and off road but will wear extremely fast. "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message news > Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The > ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they > were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last about > 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds after > many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. Anything else > I should look at? ProComps? > > Thanks as always for your advice and help. > > |
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hi dennis,
if you want something that does great on and off road look at the trxus mud terrain. http://7slotgrille.com/projects/00sa...res/index.html and then http://intercotire.com/html/trxus_mt___sts.htm -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message news > Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The > ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they > were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last > about 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds > after many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. > Anything else I should look at? ProComps? > > Thanks as always for your advice and help. > |
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I run the Super Swamper SSR's (33x12.5) as a comprimise. I do a lot of highway on
them. They are loud, and hard to balance, but they work pretty well on the street and are good off road. No great for both, but good. The set I have right now I have had on for nearly 3.5 years, and 38K, after this next long trip I will be putting new tires on. They are ripped up, slashed, worn, etc, but still doing fine (I have had several folks offer to buy them). The only reason I am not going to put them on again is that I now have a second vehicle to drive, and plan to put bias Pitbull's on instead, since the Jeep will be mainly for offroad/pleasure use now. If you really need a long lasting mostly road use tire, you may not want to look at swampers. Most good off road tires are not going to do great on the road, and wont last as long as a highway tire. On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:32:53 -0600, "Dennis Cox" > wrote: >>Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The >>ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they >>were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last about >>30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds after >>many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. Anything else >>I should look at? ProComps? >> >>Thanks as always for your advice and help. >> |
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You're not going to find a tire that is great in the mud AND great on wet
pavement, you have to compromise. If you do mostly mud running you buy a mud tire and put up with its short comings. If you need a wet pavement tire, you buy an all terrain and keep your fingers crossed in the mud. BFG Muds do well in the mud while the AT's are great on wet pavement and good in snow. Goodyear MTR's do well in mud, well on rocks and fair in wet pavement and snow. Goodyear set out to build a compromising tire. I bought the MTR's and I don't regret it but I don't praise them in any one category. Fact is, they were cheaper than BFG's when I got them on sale. Decide what you want most and be prepared for some shortcomings. -Brian "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message news > Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The > ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they > were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last > about 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds > after many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. > Anything else I should look at? ProComps? > > Thanks as always for your advice and help. > |
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Muchas gracias everyone who replied to my post. All of you confirmed what I
was thinking...the Swampers are as good as any others and that I'll be comprimising some performance part of whatever tires I buy. Now I'm back to square 2 in my decision. Square 1 was choosing the size...33x12.5x15. Thanks, Dennis "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message news > Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The > ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they > were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last > about 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds > after many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. > Anything else I should look at? ProComps? > > Thanks as always for your advice and help. > |
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I have the BFG MTs and think they're quieter than the A/Ts I had before. A
little less grip on wet pavement, but far more grip on the rocks and in the mud. Great tires -- when it's time for new ones, I'll be buying more of the same. Eric 99 TJ SE "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message ... > Muchas gracias everyone who replied to my post. All of you confirmed what > I was thinking...the Swampers are as good as any others and that I'll be > comprimising some performance part of whatever tires I buy. Now I'm back > to square 2 in my decision. Square 1 was choosing the size...33x12.5x15. > > Thanks, > Dennis > "Dennis Cox" > wrote in message > news >> Anyone have any good or bad experience with the Super Swamper tires? The >> ones I looked at were the Radial TSL. The guy at 4 Wheel Parts said they >> were pretty good on the street and great off-road, but they only last >> about 30k miles. These are going on my 97 TJ. I've ruled out BFG Muds >> after many opinions came back that they were slick on wet pavement. >> Anything else I should look at? ProComps? >> >> Thanks as always for your advice and help. >> > > |
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Check out the dunlops on tirerack.com
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....al+Mud+Rov er I have the 35x12.50 r15 on my cj5 and love them...at $120 per...a great price too! Kevin |
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I was dreading wet pavement performance when I put on BFG Muds, but I
have been since surprised at how well they hold on in the rain. Not one scary moment with hydroplaning or broken traction. Steve http://xjeep.dyndns.org Dennis Cox wrote: > I've ruled out BFG Muds after many opinions came back that they were > slick on wet pavement. |
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