Poll: What Tires Do You Want To See On Your Scout?
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I don’t remember a poll. I know there’s been tire talk but I think this is the first poll.
Cool. I just remember it all after 2-1/2 years and felt like I did a tire poll. Glad somebody here can set me straight
I just did a search I’m not finding anything. Now I have to look up all these tires. I have the Goodyear DuraTracs on my Wrangker currently.
The BFG KO2 or KO3 is a solid choice. I have the General Grabber A/Tx on my TRX and so far it’s really impressed me. Just give it to me with an 18” rim and not a 20” rim please!
My last 3 sets of tires were Kenda Klevers, and I really love those things.
Quiet on the road without sacrificing too much performance on rocks, sand, or mud. They last a LONG time too.
But they have gotten just as expensive as the big brands so I figured I would make a poll and see what everyone else is thinking.
I did a quick search earlier and didnt find a dedicated thread on it.
Just FYI-I wasn’t questioning it to complain
. Just swore we did but guess it was just tire talk so glad you set it up.
Haha no worries. You are normally spot on with that stuff and your memory is better than mine.Just FYI-I wasn’t questioning it to complain
You're like our resident Methuselah. I swear you are in every single thread thats been posted here all the way back to the first one
I was just sharing my reasoning for creating it.
Yes thank you for doing this. I need to research more than just saying I like the way that tire looks. 
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Whatever tire will perform reasonably well in snow, rain and dry pavement. Not an off-road tire…to much wear on paved surface. 30”…maybe 32”.
Nitto Recon Grapplers would be a nice option also, but I like the look of the Ridge grapplers a little better but they are more aggressive then the Recons which may mean the ridges will get a little worse MPG then the Recons. Though, the K03s with white lettering would also look good since they kind of have a retro look which I think would look good on both Scouts.
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Same. I'm all about off roading/camping stuff but reality for me is majority of total miles driven are on pavement so I'd want to build towards that plus the option for off roading vs the other way around.
On a similar topic. How many feet of rubber can one lay with an EV that has 1000 lbs of torque. And does it have posi-traction
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A seconds set of highway 31"s could be swapped with All Terrain 35"s in about 30 minutes with no other mods required for a weekend in the dirt. Just sayin...
My Grand Cherokee came with Wrangler Duratracs. They were great highway tires and I got about 50k miles out of them, but not off road tires by any stretch. I replaced them with Nitto Ridge Grapplers, which I loved. They were much stickier than I expected, with a very grippy rubber compound and tread pattern with side lugs that improved traction further when aired down. I was shocked that when the tires were fresh, the on road handling was even better than the Duratracs, and off road performance was also very good. They were noisier on road than the Duratracs, and tread life was shorter. I think I got about 40k miles out of them before they were trashed. I replaced them with Nitto Terra Grappler G3 which I won't discuss since they're not an option in this poll.
Finally, I have run 35" Wrangler MTR Kevlar tires on my YJ for as long as I've owned it, but those are no longer made and I have a set of 37" Pitbull Rockers in the garage that will go on soon.
I don't think any mud terrain tire is going to contribute to the range expectations set forth by Scout, so I'm ruling those out. A number of my occasional wheeling buddies have wheeled BFG T/A KO3 on their daily drivers that they also run trails with. They have universally been pleased and I have seen those tires grip very well for them out on the trail.
So I am going with the Ridge Grappler from my own experience, or the KO3 from the experience of my buddies.
Finally, I have run 35" Wrangler MTR Kevlar tires on my YJ for as long as I've owned it, but those are no longer made and I have a set of 37" Pitbull Rockers in the garage that will go on soon.
I don't think any mud terrain tire is going to contribute to the range expectations set forth by Scout, so I'm ruling those out. A number of my occasional wheeling buddies have wheeled BFG T/A KO3 on their daily drivers that they also run trails with. They have universally been pleased and I have seen those tires grip very well for them out on the trail.
So I am going with the Ridge Grappler from my own experience, or the KO3 from the experience of my buddies.
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Have you been in your buddy’s vehicles who run KO3s? If so how do those compare to the DuraTracs.
I’ve been running DuraTracs for 35,000 miles. I do believe I will get 50,000 miles total out of them based on how they look at this time. I have been very pleased with them. Especially the one time I got a giant screw in my tire and went to the shop thinking I needed a new tire because it was kinda close to the tread edge. Nope. They just pulled it out. Said it didn’t penetrate very far and off I went.
Have you been in your buddy’s vehicles who run KO3s? If so how do those compare to the DuraTracs.
I am bummed they stopped making the MTR Kevlars. They are beautiful tires and do a fair job offroad with good on road characteristics.
Goodyear offers a military discount and I tried to order some recently, and thats when I realized they stopped offering them. Was pretty bummed.
My GX470 needs a new set of tires and I was hoping to slap some of those on.
Added a new poll option for the Terra Grappler G3s for you.
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