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Old 01-29-2009, 09:47 PM
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I currently have the General Grabber AT2's on mine in a 265/70/17 cause I was in the same situation as you about 2 years ago but had to have tires ASAP for a good price. My impression on them now is that they are good offroad for an at, I have put them through their paces in mud, snow, rocks, etc. and have been quite impressed with them for an a/t that rode quiet as they do but with only 20,000 on them they are looking very worn (one of the reasons I bought them was the 60,000 mile warranty they offered) and probably wont last but another 5,000 or so. That being said if I could do it again Id drop a little more coin and got a more aggressive tire that would have lasted just as long. Also don't know the ply rating on them but I've had 3 flats in them over the past 2 years with 2 of them being unable to be repaired, just my 2 cents tho
 
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Old 01-29-2009, 09:57 PM
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I have some of the Firestone Destination AT's on my truck right now. Great tires for every occasion. Even hunting trips up the logging trails. The only bad thing is that I will only have gotten 30,000 miles out of the set. Very soft rubber nonetheless.
 
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Old 01-29-2009, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Turd Furguson
I have some of the Firestone Destination AT's on my truck right now. Great tires for every occasion. Even hunting trips up the logging trails. The only bad thing is that I will only have gotten 30,000 miles out of the set. Very soft rubber nonetheless.
I recently sold mine with 26k miles. They had 80% left measuring at 12/32's tread depth. New they're 15/32's. That's fantastic wear, with the tires I had anyway.
These were LT's 275/70-17.
 
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Old 01-29-2009, 10:06 PM
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Hey thanks for the website link for the coupon. My sister needed some tires bad with this Indiana weather. Did you ever sell the wheel setup you had for sale.
Yep sold them last friday. Now trying to find wheels I like again.
 
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Old 01-29-2009, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by last5oh_302
I recently sold mine with 26k miles. They had 80% left measuring at 12/32's tread depth. New they're 15/32's. That's fantastic wear, with the tires I had anyway.
These were LT's 275/70-17.
I will have to look at mine closer, but maybe it was due to the roads here. Lots and lots of curves.
 
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Old 01-30-2009, 06:39 PM
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Try Kumhos or Toyos... I dont know how much they told you for tires... But I got 4 Kumho MT KL71 tires in 37x13.5x22 for $409ea... So I would figure some Kumhos in your size would be $250ea... Thats not too bad!
 
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Old 01-30-2009, 11:22 PM
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find some guy with new sweet tires.... and steal em.
Hey that's not funny seeing how I had my Pro Comp Xtreme AT's stolen last year.

I saved for an entire year to get exactly what I wanted (only to have them stolen) so the repair shop where my truck was parked paid for my current set of wheels and tires.
 
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Old 01-31-2009, 06:07 PM
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I got the Kumho AT KL78 and so far they have been a really good tire. I got the 285/70/17 for around $130 a tire. Not a bad price from tirerack. They have a fairly deep lug pattern that allows them to clean themselves very well. They have a 14/32 tread depth compared to the 16/32 for bfg, so pretty close. Mostly though, they are very economically priced.
 
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Old 01-31-2009, 07:41 PM
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Thanks everyone for your input, it is greatly appreciated. I have narrowed it down to either the firestone destinations or the Khumo KL78 and as of right now I'm leaning toward the firestone. Thanks again for everyones help.
 



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