Anyone run the BFG HD tires

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About to buy tires for the DD tow rig. Saw these on tire rack. (Technically out of stock). Like a more aggressive tread, maybe these will wear better than a normal MT tire. Anyone have any experience with these?


Ran a set of BFG at's on a tow rig once and they were gone very quickly so haven't run a set since. Getting close to 75k miles on my third set of Falken Atw's. So comparing these HD's against another set of Flakens (at or rt) and the other usual suspects. Personally think the toyo MT is the best looking tire, but don't believe they'll last very long, also never ran a set of there MT's, but the toyo RT's didn't make it to the warranty...
 
Clubbs said:
About to buy tires for the DD tow rig. Saw these on tire rack. (Technically out of stock). Like a more aggressive tread, maybe these will wear better than a normal MT tire. Anyone have any experience with these?


Ran a set of BFG at's on a tow rig once and they were gone very quickly so haven't run a set since. Getting close to 75k miles on my third set of Falken Atw's. So comparing these HD's against another set of Flakens (at or rt) and the other usual suspects. Personally think the toyo MT is the best looking tire, but don't believe they'll last very long, also never ran a set of there MT's, but the toyo RT's didn't make it to the warranty...
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That's a good looking tire. But, you want to change just for the more aggressive tread look? It would be hard to argue with the 75k you've gotten from the Falken.
 
Never run those but I can say that for a tow rig, especially a heavy one like yours, you will want a tread with less spacing between tread blocks for long life, less wear, and less noise. Larger tread blocks have to flex at the tire rolls and the gaps between the tread blocks widens and narrows as the tire passes over the surface. This wears the tread blocks more. If you get something either 1. less aggressive, or 2. with tighther tread block spacing, these are the things that will keep a tire wearing longer. I have Nitto Ridge Grapplers in E Load Range on my Ram, they wear OK and are not too loud but I would not run them if my truck was a DD, I would go with something less aggressive.

It does not "look" great but the tire my buddy recommends over and over (and he has sold tires for nearly 25 years) is the Michelin LTX M/S series. I had a couple sets of LTX A/S on a Ram years ago and would get upwards of 70-75k out of them with heavy amounts of payload carrying and towing duty.

If the Falkens are working, why switch?
 
The BFG HDs are the only BFGs I've generally heard good things about, but I have no personal experience with them.


Also, watch the weight on tires. The Falken RTs were like 10-15% heavier than the AT4Ws so that was probably 30-40lbs of rotating mass for the same tread depth. Definite effect on MPG and acceleration.
 
All good points.
Intend to switch to 37's on a 17" wheel on this next round. The current 35's and 4.10's is almost perfect.

Ran the Michelins a couple times and only got 30kish and was shocked

Ran the Falken RT's and got more noise and less mpg. Not a huge concern, but these tires didn't last as long.

The smart thing to do would be to run another set of 35 Falken AT's on my stock 18" wheels again... But I like big mud tires, compound turbos, but injectors, and built transmissions.

Heading to Ivy Branch again in a few weeks towing the goose with two rigs. Vrbo cabin says 4wd required for the steep gravel driveway and doesn't suggest trailers at the top... No way am I leaving the trailer and rigs at the bottom of the hill... Wheeling starts in the tow rig.

Plus when I really mess up the tow rig doubles as the trail recovery unit.
 
jeepinmatt said:
I had a similar experience with Michelins. My father in law swears by them but also rotates every 3k miles and drives like a grandpa. They served him well. I wore the suckers out too fast.
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I ran multiple sets of the BFG LTX AT all over 70k miles. Super quiet and lasted forever on both my old diesels.

But they had the traction of a worn out pair of crocs on a baby oil covered linoleum floor at a diddy freak off.
 
Clubbs said:
Heading to Ivy Branch again in a few weeks towing the goose with two rigs. Vrbo cabin says 4wd required for the steep gravel driveway and doesn't suggest trailers at the top... No way am I leaving the trailer and rigs at the bottom of the hill... Wheeling starts in the tow rig.

Plus when I really mess up the tow rig doubles as the trail recovery unit.
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I'd unload the rigs at the bottom and drive them up. But, that's me, Sounds like you're in for a party. lol
 
justjeepin86 said:
I'd unload the rigs at the bottom and drive them up. But, that's me, Sounds like you're in for a party. lol
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Well, I waited to long to find a cabin so I'm 15 miles from the trailhead. I suppose in West Virginia I could street the rigs there but was planning to trailer them there so I don't have to walk home if I get one twisted up real bad.

But if the driveway is that sketch, then I'll unload at the bottom. Usually when a vrbo cabin rental says 4wd required it's an exaggeration and the mail lady makes it up the driveway everyday in her Honda minivan, so...
 
I’m about 20k in on a set of Toyo Open Country on a 2500 Duramax that sees a mix of daily and 15k tied to it. Impressed with the tire wear so far, still look nearly new. And since I don’t pay for fuel it gets the skinny foot treatment a lot.
 
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