![]() ![]() I had 4 people in the cab which ads to the weight NOT over the rear axle.I drive a Toyota Tundra, so driving with no load in the truck bed makes it extremely light over the read axles.Some additional information & contributing factors to consider with my opinion on these tires: While I'm not condemning these tires by any means, I'd like to say that I personally feel that unless you are OFTEN in contact with muddy terrain, the AT's are a far better solution for the occasional off-roader. I'd have to say that the AT's had better grip in wet weather. I have to say that I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be with the grip in rainy weather. A buddy of mine who owns a Rubicon Jeep got new tires and wheels and while a little too small, his BFG MT K02's would fit straight on to my wheels and he gave me all 5 for $500.00. I was desperate for a new set of tires as my BFG AT KO's were almost slicks and I had 7 patches in them (4 in just one tire) and a slow leak out of the sidewall of one of them. My tire sizes are a little smaller than they should be (in width and height). Let me preface this with a little bit of info. I recently did a trip out to Rainbow River in Dunnellon, FL and I wanted to mention something in regards to traction in the rain. My comparison was the Nitto's and while I cannot attest to the quality of them from personal experience, I can say that here in Florida I see many Nitto's (both mud and all terrain) with micro cracks in the rubber. For the release of the BFG A/T KO2's they just raced the Baja 1000 on a single set of KO2's and then continued to drive on them between for show. They pioneered and created the All Terrain tire with the Baja races. I've done a fair amount of research and at the end of the day, I always come back to BFG. I have to be honest, I think I prefer the All Terrains. Had to trim the inner fender liner on the back side a little to clear the 35" tires but they don't rub or hit anywhere even when the axles are flexed in a ditch or what have it.I just swapped out my used up BFG All Terrains's for BFG Mud Terrain KM2's. Jocww- all I have is an add a leaf leveling kit on my front leaf pack. The decision is yours, but personally I would stand behind the grabber over any BFG, Nitto, ProComp or Cooper tire. On a side note I talked to a class 8 full-size truck team down at the baja 1000 last year about them, granted they are running a race compound, but they said that in the past 2 years they ran the grabbers they completed the baja 1000 on the same tires they started with never had a blowout or one come apart in the boulder fields. I like them better then any other tire I've put on my superduty enough that we're putting them on my girlfriends SD and both of our class 3 desert trucks. As far as price, I picked them up for less then what I paid for the pro comps and less then what my buddy paid for his nitro mud grapplers in the same size. I had them out in the sand dunes of southern California too and there was no issue there either. I haven't had them in the snow yet, in the rain there is no lack of confidence in them. The ride is smooth, no shakes or wobbles. They work great for occasional heavy towing. Road noise isnt bad at all, my pro comp extrem all terrains were worse. The thing that impressed me most is out here in AZ I tend to find myself on some rocky roads in the mountains, the grabbers have way better traction then my old pro comps in the mud and the dry, they clean out really quick and I have yet to "chunk out" a piece of the tire yet, not even the littlest piece has come off. My buddy has them on his 3/4 dodge and he hasn't had a problem with them either. Last month I put about 4000 miles on them on a trip back east pulling my goose weighing at about 18000lbs total and they handled it no problem. I've got 15,000 miles on them so far and they are wearing slowly and evenly. ![]()
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