I'm real happy with my nittos. They handle great on road and go through the mud good too.

 

Well said Nuke!!

 

I am a BFG guy. Every one I know uses them and have had no complaints what so ever. I am a member of a jeep club as well and it is either BFG, Goodyear, or Super Swamper.

It was said that the softer the rubber the better the traction, true but if you are going to sacrafice tread life, then get something that gets REAL traction like an MTR or Swamper.

And soft rubber doesn't help that much in mud (Boggers are fairly hard) or sand, that is more for rocks, pavement and more hardpacked terrain. As long as the tires are aired down to 20- psi then they will grip fine.

I have pulled a 12K load through sugar sand with BFG AT, been through peanut butter mud in GA. the muck bottom in the green swamp, sugar sand so softthat you could barly walk in Ocala, 3' of water and they barly slip at all....and I still got 60K miles out of them.

Not bashing nittos but how will they hold up if you have a heavy foot? Nitto makes a good tire but I will have BFG again when the stock wranglers are shot.

 

I'll tell ya in a few thousand miles

 

Mine are showing no wear with about 2000 miles on them but thats not really a lot but thats with a lot of burning out and sliding around.

 

I wish Bridgestone would make the Revo's in 33's or 34' for the 18" rim. They where the best tire I have ever run. They were unbeleivable street tires but aired down on the trail people simply were amazed at their capabilities. They cleaned out awesome and just got places that they shouldn't have. Sure, they weren't a TSL but the Revo would always be my choice over the BFG's or the Nitto's.

 

I'll give ya that, bridgestone revo's are simply bad ***. As far as my experince goes, the bfg all terrain is the better decison as its better cosmetically, its better economically and its just fine off-road. I mean you buy an all terrain for the occassional offroading, not to do it all the time, that would be the job of a mud terrain or something. But the whole point of this threat is that we need to get tire companies to make more sizes for 18" wheels, its good for all f-150 owners w/ 18" wheels. Its better for the consumer to have more choices, it will force competition and drive the price down as the market will be less saturated. Trust me on this, the market sets the price. Because Nitto is the only manufacturer (essentially) for an all terrain on an 18" wheel, they own the market and therefore set the price (high).

 

This has been a highly and informative and interesting discusion regarding the finer points of tire composition, treadwear and overall "my tire is better than your tire" rants. However, the jist of the original post, now long forgotten, was that we 18" "can't afford to upgrade" wheel folks need more options. It sounds like there aren't many if I can read between the lines.

Texas tech was right, those of us who either like to original wheels as I do, or can't afford more, need to contact the manufacturer's, and Ford to get more options available.

Having said that, I now can go back to my coffee, and read the incredibly informative and interesting posts on this highly regarded site.

Thank you.

 

any news on any new tires for 18" wheels, BFG, BRIDGESTONE, NITTO, GOODYEAR ???

 

Yeah. I got the new issue of 4Wheel Parts magazine this week. They now make the AT KO in 305/65-18, 325/65-18 and 37x12.50-18 (I believe). They also have a new MT KM for 22 inch wheels.