Help me choose a set of tires finally

[CptFloridaMan]

I’ve made a thread or two about tires but i’m at the end of my
patience with balancing my kendas so often so i’m about to bite the bullet and just swap them out. I’ve gone to discount around 6-7 times to balance them with roadforce balance.

So i’m looking now for a set of tires, an aggressive AT, or RTs. My main concerns are how they hold balance, flat spotting or vibrating, wear. Noise not so much of a concern since I figure most will at least hum. And I wouldn’t mind if a tire ran at their advertised sized, I know it’s dependent on weight and PSI but what’s the general experience with sizing?

I’ll be ordering a 35x12.50r17. Shop I take my jeep to recommends the ridge grappler, I’ve heard either amazing things about the ridge grappler, or not so great things. Like wet traction for example I’ve heard isn’t the greatest sometimes.

The baja boss at I haven’t seen any negatives aside from the one thread about balancing 37s but i’ve only seen praise.

The wildpeak rt01 is still very new, and have also seen good things about it and the tread is deep at 20/32nds new

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[tomk62]

Baja Boss AT.

 

[Mifsuud]

The Ridge Grapplers are probably the best of the bunch pure offroad. Loudest too. Out of that group I would buy the Baja Boss AT. They may take a fair amount of weight to balance but they stay pretty well balanced once dialed in.

 

[azwjowner]

Toyo Open Country R/T Trail. Relatively new, get great reviews.

 

[58Willys]

I put on a set of Goodyear Duratrac RT’s. Best on/off road tire I’ve run in 40 years. I posted a review in tire forum.

 

[azjl#3]

Intended purpose?

 

[CptFloridaMan]

Baja Boss AT.

What size you running? And how'd they balance?

The Ridge Grapplers are probably the best of the bunch pure offroad. Loudest too. Out of that group I would buy the Baja Boss AT. They may take a fair amount of weight to balance but they stay pretty well balanced once dialed in.

Looking at the Baja boss at pretty hard to be honest, seem to have a lot of siping and seem like an RT over an AT. You say the the ridge grapplers are best for pure off-road, any specific reasoning? Is it for the tread or the compound?

Intended purpose?

Unfortunately she's on 90% daily driver duty for the time being. Hoping once I move up to Orlando that I can take more trips to Ocala and venture out of Florida.

 

[double0762]

I’ve made a thread or two about tires but i’m at the end of my
patience with balancing my kendas so often so i’m about to bite the bullet and just swap them out. I’ve gone to discount around 6-7 times to balance them with roadforce balance.

So i’m looking now for a set of tires, an aggressive AT, or RTs. My main concerns are how they hold balance, flat spotting or vibrating, wear. Noise not so much of a concern since I figure most will at least hum. And I wouldn’t mind if a tire ran at their advertised sized, I know it’s dependent on weight and PSI but what’s the general experience with sizing?

I’ll be ordering a 35x12.50r17. Shop I take my jeep to recommends the ridge grappler, I’ve heard either amazing things about the ridge grappler, or not so great things. Like wet traction for example I’ve heard isn’t the greatest sometimes.

The baja boss at I haven’t seen any negatives aside from the one thread about balancing 37s but i’ve only seen praise.

The wildpeak rt01 is still very new, and have also seen good things about it and the tread is deep at 20/32nds new

 

[double0762]

How about a fourth choice. Maxxis Razr AT 811. Great tire!

 

[jadmt]

i love my mt BB at's. super quiet handle great on pavement and over the weekend was in slippery mud and they never missed a beat. Did about 56 miles of gravel roads and they are not stone magnets like my Falken at3w, KO2 and Toyo at3's were.

 

[CptFloridaMan]

i love my mt BB at's. super quiet handle great on pavement and over the weekend was in slippery mud and they never missed a beat. Did about 56 miles of gravel roads and they are not stone magnets like my Falken at3w, KO2 and Toyo at3's were.

While in the gfs car on a roadtrip i was tailing a JT on MT BBATs also, they’re pretty quiet for how aggressive they are. Seem to hum a bit like my kendas but that’s more than manageable, between wind noise and general jeep noises i don’t think road noise is a major concern for me.

To me the the baja boss look more like a hybrid than anything and I’m definitely leaning towards it also. My kendas have been great but I think it’s time to swap them out as the compound or something feels funky every time I do a rotation they shake. How’d your set balance out?

 

[azjl#3]

Hate to say it, I tried some expensive ones, but found BFG's or now Falcon wildpeaks to be my fav. cost, little noise, ease of replacement at pretty much any dealer.

 

[dragoneggs]

KO2s or now maybe KO3s. On my fourth set of KO2s and zero complaints. If you are 90+% on the road, I see no need for a more aggressive tread. They are gravel magnets though.

 

[azjl#3]

KO2s or now maybe KO3s. On my fourth set of KO2s and zero complaints. If you are 90+% on the road, I see no need for a more aggressive tread. They are gravel magnets though.

that just lets everyone know when you hit pavement you mean business. Bad news, once, I threw a rock, it bounced bad, came back hit glass cracked windshield.

 

[dragoneggs]

that just lets everyone know when you hit pavement you mean business. Bad news, once, I threw a rock, it bounced bad, came back hit glass cracked windshield.

How did you throw a rock and crack your own windshield? I must be missing something.

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