Colorado Krew Hangout
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A few years ago I flew over hammertown, the dust cloud was huge, I’m glad I wasn’t there that year.
Recently met a guy who owned a new range rover. Surprised me as it had a 3" lift at the press of a button, lockers and cameras front and rear. I have no doubt that vehicle could run the gulches though I would not to put $100k on any trail. I don't know anything about subaru other than to avoid them at all costs.
Rang rovers are capable. Saw aMercedes G wagon running the gulches too... he was all in. Cool to see hem all actually being used. The Rovers had street tires at full pressure with a Subaru buddy system, that was the parts that all seemed like bad decisions
I love boxer engines for what they are.
Reliability however is NOT part of that.
Similar to the Rotary engine platform. Super cool engine. Also super problematic.
Range Rover/Land Rover are extremely capable. It's only been in the last 2-3 generations of them that they've been claimed as "elite luxury" blah blah blah.
A couple overlanding people still rock the 1st & 2nd gen Rovers, and you still see the occasional 3rd gen.
The pricetag of them in the more modern generations slowed down their usage offroad.
Same as the Mercedes G-Wagon. That is an extremely capable SUV for offroading, that's just fallen victim to the "luxury car" dynamic.
Although I use "offroading" lightly. It's not winning any crawling competitions any time soon.
We were told about Hammer Lung after you leave. The rain might help. Excited to get out there.
Have fun and be safe, Here is hammertown last year not very dusty. With the rain the dust may be down this year.
Looks like I will be moving to Colorado later this year and I need tires for my 21 f150. What is a good tire that works well in the snow? Right now my truck has GY Territory AT 275/65/18 on it. I run Cooper SST PROS on my Jeep but they are not rated too good for snow and ice from what I’ve see.
I ran these on my Tahoe for a few years, they're great in snow and don't hydroplane in heavy rain. They have the old Michelin LTX tread pattern.
KUMHO CRUGEN HT51
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tire...autoYear=2013&autoModel=Tahoe&autoModClar=LTZ
It's difficult to say what's great in the snow with the newer vehicles. The traction control systems now are just unbelievable how well they work and can make just about any tire good in the snow. With that being said, I have the Nitto Ridge Grapplers and have been extremely please with them on my Gladiator. I got over 40k out of the first set and just replaced them with the same thing. I do religiously rotate them when I change my oil every 5k miles.
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No joke there. Its serious stuff.
I've been a fan of the duratracs for snow/ice. I'll get my third set here in the next few months. My current set is at 52k and have probably about an 1/8" of tread left.
I have duratracs on my pickup and they do well. But they are noisy.
Ran Blizzaks on the family wagon and my wife’s JK in Alaska. down here, we are using all seasons.
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I hear/read people saying both; they are noisy/not noisy. Which I find interesting. My sets have been quiet.
My parents had them, and as a total different viewpoint, said they could never get any mileage out of them (replacing near 30k miles). Maybe its a quality issue and I've been lucky?
I got 51k miles out of a set of Duratracs on my 1500 Silverado. Have the same tires on my Jeep and been happy. Just put these on the truck now a couple thousand miles ago. Supposedly the Ultras do better in snow, feel pretty comparable. I'm up and down the mountain few times a week they do fine in the snow. If you haven't driven in the snow, you can stop, speed up, and turn..... just try not to do two things at once
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/goodyear-wrangler-ultraterrain-at/p/44196
Mine were quiet until they weren't. Seemed to go from one extreme to the other as they got older. I'd buy another set in a heart beat though
Correct.
I am currently on Cooper STT Pro's and their snow/ice performance ON-ROAD is subpar.
Off-Road, they seem to handle well. But any hardpacked icy/snowy streets and it's a slip n' slide.
But the TJ isn't my mandatory daily driver, so I haven't been bothered for a solution.
Most of the All-Terrain series tires are above average in the snow, and still perform excellently in other areas.
AT's seem to be the go-to for most people.
