They got me everywhere I needed to go I poped onto one of our local industrial estates last winter after some heavy snow, I guess there was 6 to 8 inch of untroden snow on top of 3 to 4 inch of compact snow and ice. I then spent 20min or so increasing my speed and slamming on my brakes to see how she pulled up and I was prety impressed how the tyres bit into the compact snow and ice I did this a half dozen times from 10mph upto 40mph. I also gave her some wellie going into and out of snow covered corners to see how she held up and all went very well all things considered.wobbly said:.......................Sae....a question.... you have the same 255's as on mine, BFG MT's - how did you find they performed in the snow?.........
sae70 said:I’m afraid that I’m going to have to whole heartedly disagree with your statement that the new BFGoodrich KM2 Mud Terrains are not as good as the older style KM1’s. I’ve found mine to be very well mannered on the black stuff with a very acceptable level of road noise (certainly quieter than my old Cooper STT’s). They also have very acceptable grip on the black stuff in the wet & also perform well in the snow, I know all of this because I own a set that I’ve in a controlled way pushed hard in all of these conditions in order to be more aware of their characteristics’ & as I say all has been very acceptable.amandrew325 said:I orderd 4 BFG muds before. I dont think the new Km2's are that great. Same happened when GoodYear brought out the Wrangler MTR, everyone was bying them but was dissapointed with the life and grip. I had a set and was verry dissapointed
Now in the mud I also think that the KM2’s perform better than the original BFGoodrich KM1’s as this picture I’m sure demonstrates.
The LR90 is running a set of 255/85/16 BFG KM1’s the same exact size of my KM2’s, he has KAM front & rear lockers fitted & the vehicle in terms of power, size, clearances etc is a very good match to my Fiery.
He got stuck requiring a good 20min of winching, but once he was clear I drove straight through.
In my mind apart from the difference in manufacture of vehicles the only difference between us is the tyres.
The exact opposite of what you’re suggesting
I couldn’t comment on the Wrangler MTR’s as I’ve never owned a set of the old or new versions so I’ll have to take your word for what you are saying with regards to those.
With regards the the life of the KM2’s you should have a search on some of the American sites & see what they are saying as they have been available in America for much longer than here in the UK, they are reporting many 10,000’s of miles of life from them.
I'll let you know how they perform on the loose gravel & rocks as we are off to Wales this weekend for a bit of dirty fun
It depends upon what Goodyear Wrangler tyre one is on about as there's at least 12 different models of the Wrangler tyreDaveWall said:........................They are also Heavy compared to Goodyear Wranglers of the same size from memory (I could be wrong, this was just a quick me lifting them)...................
Ah that was possibly a Duratrac.............58lbs in a 285/75/16 that's 1lb lighter than the same size BFG KM2DaveWall said:Yep, far more scientific than I was doing! I just picked up whatever Wrangler it was in the tyre place and it was substancially lighter than the BFG - it was described as an AT tyre of similar quality, no idea what exact model/year it was....
I run at 38psi in my 255/85/16 BFG KM2's for 80% of the time and would be happy straying into soft ground at this pressure as required. If I'm away for a weekends laning and or off-roading then I'll drop down to 24psi for all surfaces, I do this more for the extra comfort that is afforded at this pressure over any extra grip that I may getDaveWall said:OK so question for the Tyre Experts - what pressure should you be running (psi please) for majority tarmac work, but an occasional stray off the black stuff... (I know there are loads of dependancies like load etc, but go for an average...
Chris said:You could just put a cushion on the seat Pete.