Off Roading Cheap Mud Tires

[10-G]

Any of you off-roaders have any experience with cheap-inexpensive mud tires?



I am thinking of getting a second set of tires to run during hunting season. These will only be on the truck 2-3 months out of the year. I will also start to look for a set of take off wheels so that I dont have to re mount the stock tires.



Discount has a tire called the Mud King for around $100. It carries no warranty. Does anyone have any experience with this tire? Will it stand up to the weight of The cummins?



I need a really aggressive tread.

 

[benhall]

Back in high school, I worked at a tire shop putting on Wild Country tires. They had a tire called the Radial TXR and Radial DTX. These were both good mud tires at a good price.



Ben

 

[ndurbin]

Mud Kings are pretty good. Theres a similar tire called the Sport King that is cheaper. Centinneal Mud Campaigners are good tires also. Local Co-ops usually carry a decent mud tire for a cheap price. Not sure what the weight ratings are. BFG has a tire called the Commercial, pretty good tread but a bit pricey ($130).

 

[Groover]

You didn't say what size you were looking for? For a seasonal set to put on used stock rims for "seasonal use" I would take a look at ...



Power King tires. They make a 9. 00 x 16" bias grip tire (called super traction" that works great off road, 3300# +/- load rating, fit well on stock rims and are around $100. 00 each. These tires are around 34" tall and fit without any lift. They are directional and being bias and heavy ply they tend to have flat spots untill they warm up. Cold mornings are a bumpy ride the first 5 miles or so. Here in south florida they are used on a lot of ranch trucks that don't see much interstate driving.



FYI

 

[Straight6Jeff]

Give teh Hytec Retread tires a shot at 50 bucks a throw. The paving company across the street from me has been using them for ten years. This friday I'm ordering a set from them for my truck. The paving Co has never had a separation, half of the tires don't require weights to balance, and they are getting about 50K miles per set.

 

[10-G]

Thanks for the input. I placed a wanted ad for the wheels. Hottest deal so far is the Dunlop Mud Rovers. $94 ea. Still checkin on the brand reps and deals. Shipping is usually what jacks up the price.

 

[bighammer]

Buckshot Mudders might be reasonable too.

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by bighammer

Buckshot Mudders might be reasonable too.

Unfortunately you can't get the "old style" buckshot's anymore. All that is available now-a-days is the new "Maxxis Mudder"

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

The Co-Op brand tires has the old style Buckshot tread pattern and they are still produced. i only know of one place to get them near my house andit's not really near my house. The Mud King is made by BFG form what I've been told. I know several people that run them and have had good experiences, but I don't know what load range they come in. A friend of mine has a set of 6 285's on his F350 4x4 and he likes them. Wild Country makes decent mud tires as well, although the TXR doesn't clean as well as the DTX in my opinion. I had a set of the Maxxis Buckshots on a Z-71 and was very impressed by them. They were quiet on the road, were a 10-ply tire, handled very well, and pull awesome off road. Plus I got them for about $90 a piece. I'm leaning towards the Wild Country DTX for my next set of tires as they seems to be in between a mud tire and an all terrain.



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[y-knot]

Here you go, just the place for some cheap-O tires..... High-Tec Retreading. They are in South Dekota and advertise in 4Wheel and Off-Road. Five listings are for 16" tires and prices range from 42-48 bucks. www.high-tec-retreading.com

 

[Rebel_Horseman]

I just checked out High Tec Retreading myself. A set of 6 load range E tires in 235/85-R16 OTR MUD tires shipped from South Dakota to my house here in Louisiana is only $416... that's $69 a tire!!! I don't think I can go anywhere and beat that price. I realize they are retreads, so I' ma little concerned about durability but for less than $70 a piece that's a heck of a deal. Even if I only get 30k out of them I'd be happy. Going to have to look at this one real closely.



Brian [><]

 

[Groover]

"old style buckshots"

The reason you don't see the "old style" buckshots much anymore is they were only 6 ply rated and the tread will seperate when run on heavier trucks. A lot of 3/4 ton trucks around here used to run 265 85 16 buckshots (34" tall) on ranch trucks but most had tread seperations and got away from them.



I understand that you can still buy them but why bother with a 6 ply tire on heavy trucks like ours.



National tire and wheel advertises 305 85 16" buckshots that are supposedly 10 ply versions of the "old style" (they are over 36" tall) and will not fit even with 2" leveling kit.



my . 02

 

[Dsul]

I've looked into retreads myself, but I was kindof leary about one thing. Can you legally run a retread on a steer tire? I believe it's illegal on the big trucks.

I was looking on a Tire Rack ad the other day. They had good prices on Dunlop mud terrains. If I remember right, the price on a 305/70R16 was 110-115 plus shipping. Have a good one, andy

 

[Got Smoke?]

Re: "old style buckshots"

Originally posted by Groover

The reason you don't see the "old style" buckshots much anymore is they were only 6 ply rated and the tread will seperate when run on heavier trucks. A lot of 3/4 ton trucks around here used to run 265 85 16 buckshots (34" tall) on ranch trucks but most had tread seperations and got away from them.



I understand that you can still buy them but why bother with a 6 ply tire on heavy trucks like ours.



National tire and wheel advertises 305 85 16" buckshots that are supposedly 10 ply versions of the "old style" (they are over 36" tall) and will not fit even with 2" leveling kit.



my . 02

I had never heard of tread seperations on the "old style" buckshots. My cousin managed to find 4 at a local used tire place about 2 years ago. They were Q-78's I think? 33's.



Around here buckshot's were the rage because they "supposedly" wore like Iron and did great in the mud. When I got to the tire part of my 79 K20 build up I thought I'd get some of the "old style" buckshots because they were narrow and I could get a 36" tire that would fit on my stock chevy rim. Called 4WPW and they had quit producing them like 3 or 4 months prior!#@$%! :{



My cousin still has 2 of those buckshots on his truck (78 F250) they were almost BRAND new when he go them, the 2 fronts wore out and he replaced them with some used MT/R's. but man those old buckshots DIG!

 

[thomasduncan]

You might look at running used super swapers. I just bought a set for my ch*** farm truck ( 50$ a piece) still have 20 -30K left on em. They are very agressive and I did not even pay to have them balanced since I do not put that many miles on them. Sumper Swampers have some of the most agressive tread and if you want new, check out the swamper LTB's they are cheap and very hardcore tread (still bias ply). Just my . 02

 

[10-G]

Y-knot



Thanks for the web-site info. My attempts at finding them the other day were unsuccessful.



An aggressive mud tire for $60-- wow. This may be what Ive been looking for. Maybe I can pick up a set while I am in Colorado over Christmas. Perhaps that could save me shipping costs if they have a warehouse there.

 

[Got Smoke?]

Originally posted by 10-G

Y-knot



Thanks for the web-site info. My attempts at finding them the other day were unsuccessful.



An aggressive mud tire for $60-- wow. This may be what Ive been looking for. Maybe I can pick up a set while I am in Colorado over Christmas. Perhaps that could save me shipping costs if they have a warehouse there.

Pick up a Peterson's 4-Wheel & Off-Road, or FOUR WHEELER magazine and they will have a small square add in the back few pages.

 

[Straight6Jeff]

I ordered 7 of the OTR mud terrain with the green diamonds. Shipped to MA from SD was 575. The guy said "drop me an email when you get them mounted, and tell me how much you like them" LOL. Confident in his product.



Combined with the restacked Trac-loc, I should not get stuck in one inch of snow like last year. Heck, I used to get stuck on packed snow on a slight incline.

 

[Intelman34]

Are the Dunlop Radial Mud Rovers any good?

 

[10-G]

I saw some feedback on the net ref. the Dunlop mud rovers. Varying opinions. One guy said they were a little soft on the side walls. Most people said that the tread was very good in the mud.



As a plus they were E load rated.