BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> 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/
I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> 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
news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
> 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/
I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> 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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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
You may pick up your check now.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
You may pick up your check now.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
You may pick up your check now.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
You may pick up your check now.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billzz wrote:
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going to
> retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand Cherokees.
> They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I asked my
> Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that time I have
> driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional Jazz Jubilee.
> We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and my son joined
> the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times, across Echo
> Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then back up to to
> the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000 feet. Anyway, my
> Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and they are about
> half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their pressure, and I do
> not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything like this. And my
> wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to Michelin at 20K) has only
> 70K and the tires look almost new. No question in my mind. Also most
> surveys do not mean anything because there is no check on the people who do
> the input. Anybody can say anything. And I used to do operations research,
>
> >
> > 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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Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
My father-in-law bought Michelins for his short-bed chevy k1500 a few years
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
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> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
#27
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
My father-in-law bought Michelins for his short-bed chevy k1500 a few years
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
#28
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
My father-in-law bought Michelins for his short-bed chevy k1500 a few years
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
#29
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
My father-in-law bought Michelins for his short-bed chevy k1500 a few years
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
back. His odometer's broke, but he estimates almost 100k miles on those
tires (and I believe it). And they're still going strong. Even he has a
hard time believing it.
Of course, those tires wouldn't get you through a muddy puddle, let alone
over rocks.
Eric
"Billzz" <billzzstring@starband.net> wrote in message
news:33aa1$42913f49$9440b19b$26910@STARBAND.NET...
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
> news:42901F5F.53E91744@***.net...
>> 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/
>
> I'm probably late to this but, here is my single observation. I'm 67 yrs
> old and have owned everything from a BMW Isetta, to XK-140 and E-Type
> Jaguars and a 455 Pontiac Bonneville. Anyway, being in Dallas, and going
> to retire in the Sierra Nevada, we purchased his-and-hers Jeep Grand
> Cherokees. They came with Goodyear tires which wore out at 20K miles and I
> asked my Jeep dealer friend what to get. He said Michelin. Since that
> time I have driven from Dallas to Sacramento ten times to the Traditional
> Jazz Jubilee. We retired and moved to 4000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, and
> my son joined the Marines and I drove him through the snow several times,
> across Echo Summit (7000 feet) down to the east slope, in Nevada, and then
> back up to to the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center, at about 8000
> feet. Anyway, my Jeep now has 108K miles with 88K on the Michelins and
> they are about half-way worn down. And I look at them, and I test their
> pressure, and I do not believe what I see. I have never heard of anything
> like this. And my wife's twin Jeep (also changed from Goodyear to
> Michelin at 20K) has only 70K and the tires look almost new. No question
> in my mind. Also most surveys do not mean anything because there is no
> check on the people who do the input. Anybody can say anything. And I
> used to do operations research,
>
>
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
#30
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: BFG AT's on a heavy vehicle and around rocks?
Depending on size, they come in C rated and D rated versions. I have them on
my Dodge 2500 (D rated 315's) and really like them. They wear well, are
relatively quiet, and are fairly good off road. However, they suck in the
mud, due to the spacing on the tread (don't clean well).
"Jeff Olsen" <handywired@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BEB5779D.D245%handywired@earthlink.net...
> 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
>
my Dodge 2500 (D rated 315's) and really like them. They wear well, are
relatively quiet, and are fairly good off road. However, they suck in the
mud, due to the spacing on the tread (don't clean well).
"Jeff Olsen" <handywired@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:BEB5779D.D245%handywired@earthlink.net...
> 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
>