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Old Dec 7, 2009 | 11:51 PM
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I have a 97 Z71 4x4 What brand should I go for? Im looking for something I could run all year. Thinking is Hercules and Khumo are in my price range. What do you guys think?
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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I have a 97 Z71 4x4 What brand should I go for? Im looking for something I could run all year. Thinking is Hercules and Khumo are in my price range. What do you guys think?

it all depends on what mostly the tire will be seeing....mud,snow,dirtroads,or mostly pavement....and what size are you looking @? 33:12:50.....35x12:50.....i personally have found bfg mud terrains to be an all around good tire...mine see all sorts of things mud....rocks....lots of pavement and right now they have 35,000 miles on them with about another 6,000 left...thats with proper air all the time as well as rotation



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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 1:20 PM
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The BFG all terrain is also a great choice, and has a higher all condition traction rating. They are expensive but a good investment. If you are off road a lot that Red is right, go with mud terrains.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 3:43 PM
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My boss used to run BFG mud terrains on his 01 f-350 4WD, but swears by the Goodyear Wrangler Mud terrain he got more miles out of 'em, and was better in the mud. So he claims.
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 4:02 PM
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i always wanted to try the wrangler's..... and im almost ready for tires to .....anybody else ever run these tires?
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 5:12 PM
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I'm gonna try to throw 2 on the back of mine soon. My bridgestones the truck came with are bout dryrotted out. I want 285/75, but my rims are only 6.5 wide. I'm curious if they will work
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 9:50 PM
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Never buy Goodyear tires. We have the most problems from them, high RoadForce numbers (google Hunter GSP 9700 if you do not know what that is) and lots of weight needed to balance. We usually have to match mount 3-4 Goodyears per car and 1-2 for most others. Out of the 2 above get the Khumo. I compare them second to Michelin which are way more expensive.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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246/75/r16 no off road but snow and highway The tire place has Toyo open country for 180
Hercules and Khumo for 150 There are wranglers on truck but i just bought it and dont know how many miles he got out of them
The tire place also has Good Ride??? Never heard of them but when I looked up reviews,they werent very good on wet pavement
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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i would go with a tire you have heard good things of or have tested them yourself.....you really get what you pay for ...or do you

iv'e never heard of the hercules tire you mentioned
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I have some 35x12.5x15 Hercules tires on my K5, they were on it when I got it and I don't know what model.
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