Sounds like you like leather too!!!!!Well, that is assuming High Altitude owners even know how to engage 4WD...
The counterpoint is: you buy MT tires because they look “butch,” not because you go off-road...
... Ted, having read many of your posts and trip journals I figured you would have gone with the Baja Boss MT's. In your opinion, are the BB AT's better than most other AT's? I have been trying to read up on both of them and many say they (BB AT's) are a good "hybrid". Even tough it's a bit down the road I am trying to decide for myself which to get between the two. Less noise is desirable but Florida = lots of mud... Decisions...
It's a mechanical multiplier so that is patently false. You reduce mechanical advantage by installing a heavier, taller set of wheels and tires. You gain the mechanical advantage back by re-gearing. You can convince yourself all you want that it doesn't make a difference but it is mathematically impossible not to. It doesn't really matter what engine or transmission is in play. If you make the system worse by adding a modification losing acceleration, driveability and gas mileage in the process you can make some or all of it back by restoring the overall system to as close to the design as possible. It'll probably never be 100% gain back tho due to aerodynamics, added weight, etc but properly re-gearing is absolutely the number 1 quality of life modification you can make to driveability.
The Hemi and LS/LT are actually strikingly similar designs. What really hurts the Hemi is that they located the camshaft so high that it can lead to potential oiling issues.
Just turn up your radio to fix the noise issue
Much easier than trying to improve the traction of a tire Who the hell wants to look butch when driving your Jeep??? Well I guess there are some that would lol.
THE BAJA BOSS AT tires are very quiet. I just downloaded a DB meter on my phone, going to check them for noise level compared to the STT PRO later today. They are so quiet, I might be okay with having to pull winch line more often. Only time and wheeling will tell. I only have about 30 miles on them now and zero off road time on them. They have taken me to the mall twice with zero issues. LOL.
I kind of go off road though.....
I'll be curious to see your reaction to them off road over time. I did a similar transition about five years ago - KM2s to KO2s - and am back at MTs with this Jeep because of my experience there. KO2s are definitely going to behave differently than your Mickeys, but overall I found ATs really round up as they wear and you lose enough traction that it hindered at least my enjoyment of the Jeep. Example below is from a relatively easy trail I run often, that I've just rolled up with no problem with MTs at similar air pressures, with my KO2s struggle bussing the whole time. It was enough that the wife begged me to get MTs for this Jeep from the get-go lol
With the hunting trails I frequent in Southern AZ, I've noticed AT's actually have better traction out here. That is mainly because we are talking about hard packed dry dirt that makes it more akin to a gravel road than a dirt trail. You pass through and there's not even tire tracks to prove you were there. A/Ts give you more surface area to grip with than M/Ts. Additionally, the M/T's won't last because the road just chews them up. The softer compound always led to me finding new missing chunks of tread when i would get back from a day of scouting, vs my KO2s or even my Cooper AT3 FTXs that don't care of its dirt miles or road miles, they just last. And I don't just do regular fire trails... I bought the jeep so I could go where the other hunters can't.
Jmo, but I preface damn near everything that way after having idiots on the internet (not necessarily here) unnecessarily argue that my subjective opinion is somehow wrong, shouldn't be expressed or was being stated as a fact. However, I avoid writing 'just my 2¢' since I feel compelled to pull out the character map for the proper symbol. Jmho, ymmv
I do suppose a different result makes sense depending on where you're wheeling - out here in the SE MTs are almost necessary due to the fact that our rocks have about 0 grip (not to mention our wet clay). The sandstone you guys get in the SW is so much grippier that it really changes the equation. If you do take a trip outside of the SW, I still would recommend MTs. KO2s, specifically, have pretty distinct limitations in the goopy stuff and on traction-deficient rocks. Good road manners though.
Comedy gold right there.
