BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.

Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!

-jeff

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

Michelin owns BFGoodrich. The customer survey ranks BFG better:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey....jsp?type=ORAT
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Jeff Olsen wrote:
>
> You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
> It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
> moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
> of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
> and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
> roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
> up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
> for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.
>
> Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
> get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!
>
> -jeff

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

Michelin owns BFGoodrich. The customer survey ranks BFG better:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey....jsp?type=ORAT
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Olsen wrote:
>
> You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
> It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
> moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
> of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
> and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
> roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
> up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
> for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.
>
> Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
> get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!
>
> -jeff

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

Michelin owns BFGoodrich. The customer survey ranks BFG better:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey....jsp?type=ORAT
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Olsen wrote:
>
> You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
> It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
> moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
> of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
> and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
> roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
> up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
> for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.
>
> Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
> get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!
>
> -jeff

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

Michelin owns BFGoodrich. The customer survey ranks BFG better:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey....jsp?type=ORAT
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Jeff Olsen wrote:
>
> You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
> It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
> moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
> of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
> and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
> roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
> up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
> for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.
>
> Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
> get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!
>
> -jeff

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

> Do BFG AT's hold up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded).

I have them on my '87 Ford F250 diesel, which, loaded, is significantly
heavier than your rig. I have had no problems. Used to have them on
my CJ-7. Worked fine on it as well.

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

> Do BFG AT's hold up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded).

I have them on my '87 Ford F250 diesel, which, loaded, is significantly
heavier than your rig. I have had no problems. Used to have them on
my CJ-7. Worked fine on it as well.

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

> Do BFG AT's hold up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded).

I have them on my '87 Ford F250 diesel, which, loaded, is significantly
heavier than your rig. I have had no problems. Used to have them on
my CJ-7. Worked fine on it as well.

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

> Do BFG AT's hold up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded).

I have them on my '87 Ford F250 diesel, which, loaded, is significantly
heavier than your rig. I have had no problems. Used to have them on
my CJ-7. Worked fine on it as well.

Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
 

They're good on rocks unless the rocks are sharp like are found in some
areas favored by rock crawlers. We stopped using BFGs only because of
that, otherwise they are a great (!!!) tire. We had problems with sharp
rocks cutting through the sidewalls. But, once again, the BFG AT is
absolutely one of the best and longest wearing tires suitable for a Jeep
and most people would never have problems with sharp rocks.

Jerry

Jeff Olsen wrote:
> You guys are a great tire resource. I need tires for my '95 Land Cruiser.
> It came with Michelin AT's on it, but I broke one on a rock while doing some
> moderate wheeling on a camping trip last week. I like the snow performance
> of the BFG AT (this vehicle will be taking us skiing and snowboarding a lot)
> and unless i'm mistaken, it should be considerably tougher on sharp gravel
> roads and in rocks than the Michelin. Or am I mistaken? Do BFG AT's hold
> up well on heavy rigs (5500 pounds loaded). I know they did great on my TJ
> for a couple years but that's a different animal than the big Cruiser.
>
> Thanks! Now off to ask this on a non-Jeep forum in case all this does is
> get me yelled at here <g>! I do own a Jeep, BTW, so I'm not all bad!
>
> -jeff
>

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Jerry Bransford
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