bfg's allterrains whats your opinion

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i've heard all kinds of comments on the bfg's all terrains just wnat to know what some of you think as in offroad performance and road manners? thanks
 
good and great in that order
 
I'vebeen runnin ga set for a few years now... road manners are very good, onl ya little noise on the road but very minor compared to wind from un-airodynamic truck anyway.
Of-road I've been very impressed, I've treated mine pretty rough and they just keep taking it... I believe they're the only AT's w/ 3-ply sidewall.
Only downside is thick orange mud, like any AT really they don't self-clean and will become a giant slick doughnut but IMO for a truck that is mostly street they are a great tire.

This is my fav pic from mine:
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I ran it several hours like that, never lost the bead and no permanent damage.
 
x2 on what RLG said.

They are good onroad (AWESOME on Icy and snow!) and pretty good off road if the conditions do not include a ton of mud.

They are terrible self cleaners and when you hit muddy areas the traction goes basically to nothing.
 
On my daily driver TJ they have been great. I've had them on there for about 5 years now and probably put around 45K miles on them and they still have life left.

On my wife's daily driver WJ, they have been terrible. I have had 2 sets of BFG ATs on her WJ and wore both sets out way sooner than I thought I should. I replaced the second set of BFGs with a set of Michelins on her WJ and am very happy.

Bottom line, I'd put another set of them on the TJ, but not on the wife's WJ.
 
I run them on my work trucks and got over 50k on my last set and they still had a little life left when replaced. Off road, they do as well as any AT, if not batter.
 
GReat for road, not so for the trail. But, spray with PAM before you drive to the trail, and they clean out better.
Great for light truck, but wear faster on heavy truck.
Balance well, and minimal roar.
MT wear nearly as well, not as good in the snow.
 
on my DD and ive put 220miles on them since sunday and other than a little road noise they do just fine
 
Great tire for a dd and weekend off road'r. I love mine,there not TSL's by any means but u can still wheel hard, make it out, and hear the radio going home lol.
 
If you are deciding on whether to get them, I think you need to decide how much on raod vs. off road you will be doing. My Tahoe doesn't see anytihng more than dirt roads, and I have Michelin LTX on there and love them. When my jeep was my DD, I had some duellar A/Ts on there and I hated them, I always wish I ponied up the extra change and went with the BFG A/Ts
 
Personally, I'm not a big fan of A/T's. Yes they're good in the snow and ice, yes they're a great on road tire, but I don't like them much off road. Probably because I stick to the mud and/or muddy trails. On top of that, I've had BFG M/T's last as long as the A/T's. I've also had 3 sets of SSR's that average 45,000 miles per set, and I only got 53,000 miles out of A/T's. I do alot of driving, so that extra 8000 miles would only give me an extra 3 months of life. So I usually use SSR's as my 'A/T' on DD rigs because there's not much difference to me in mileage (to me), the SSR's are more capable, and definitely add the extra 'cool' factor.

That said, if you're gonna be doing alot of ice/snow driving (which I doubt in NC, hahaha), or those extra 8000 miles mean alot to you...then go AT's.
 
Personally I thought they sucked in the snow. Mine loaded up and looked like giant frosted doughnuts.

Also, I don't know how anyone can say any Non-studded tire is good on ice :D
 
We've got the E rated set on our GMC ton truck, they do pretty well for everything we put them through in running a ski resort. Definitely have driven up a ski slope on wet grass, been through 1-3' snow and yesterday I was hauling 5k lbs or so loads of gravel through some pretty muddy conditions. Of course 6wd and the 454 help out too :driver:

Though like others have said, I DD'd the m/ts on my XJ in the 33x12.50 flavor and they lasted like crazy. In deep snow there's no comparison between the two. The XJ has gone through snow that folded up the side mirrors.

If you spend a lot of time on gravel roads and generally "off-road" but not off-roading like wheeling (I hope that's clear) then I think they're a great tire. If you want a DD tire that'll hook up well when you're trying to push the limits of a modified vehicle be it crawling or mudding I think you'd be much better off going with a more aggressive tire.
 
They are a good all around tire. If you have the power to spin your tires in the mud they almost clean themselves but you need some wheel speed to clean. I had a set of the MT's on my xj and they were awesome. Drove great and dug like mad.
 
gmcjimmy88 said:
They are a good all around tire. If you have the power to spin your tires in the mud they almost clean themselves but you need some wheel speed to clean. I had a set of the MT's on my xj and they were awesome. Drove great and dug like mad.
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I am glad someone finaly said this! I love the tires, true they aren't the best in the mud, but better than any other A/T that I have seen. If you don't spin the crap out of them then they are worthless in the mud. Once you get them turning they will hook up good!
 
BFGoodrich Tires

I feel like the BFGoodrich KO All-Terrains are the very best all-terrain on the market, the mileage is unbelievable, if you are using them for their intended purpose, you will be very satisfied, if not impressed. More than worth what they cost.
 
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