Looking for 35 inch tire recommendations
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R1 or R2s, but you ain't gonna like 'em on pavement.
Don't know what you mean by R1 or R2.
Ag tires. Fairly common on toys here in the Southeast. I'll bet you've seen a truck running some. R1 and R2 are the aggressive bar-type tires. R3 is a turf tire, R4 is "industrial" bar, and R14 is a hybrid.
R1
Imagine showing up at the tire shop with that and asking for a road force balance?
If you’re having trouble with your MTR’s cleaning out the tread block you’re going to have the same trouble with every other MT. You need to look at something more aggressive with larger spacing between the tread blocks.
Check Interco (though they are not happy on the road and don’t usually balance well).
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And Interco sells 35"-ish tires for 15" wheels. Look into their Super Swampers or Boggers if you really need a dedicated mud tire. Pretty common tires in our area, but they don't like pavement.
I'm running these on my LJR right now. They ride really well on road and I've been happy with them in root over rock & mud as well as at Moab this summer. That being said I would have another set of Milestar's Patagonias on it right now if they hadnt been outta stock when I ordered tires.
If you're all bout that swamp life though...you're gonna want a super swamper.
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I’m curious, what did you like about the Patagonia tires?
I think tires, much like in the mountain biking scene are very regional specific. I hear a lot of MTR recs here, but the few folks here that I know have run or running them hate them and it is pretty obvious when similar builds, one on MTR versus whatever else have very different performance on same obstacles.
Here, we have a great dude in the industry (thinks he is now working for TMR, but worked for various shops and on his own as well). He used to run a program where you could try out different tires for a while. He would switch his tires once or twice a season to compare brands and types. He was also a monster driver and would dominate epic competitions here, but not really a 'racer' per se. He liked the Cooper STT Pros and the Nitto Trail Grapplers the best in our conditions last I spoke with him but liked KM3s as well (they run a tad smaller).
The STT Pros and Trail Grapplers and MT Baja Boss are the most common tires amongst avid wheelers I know. They seem to all perform well and a bit better than my Mud Grapplers, except in mud, which we don't have a ton of here. It is mostly wet, smooth granite and hard bottomed muddy water holes on most trails, with just enough surface mud (call it 4+ inches in areas) of the partly clay based type that favors an MT. Albeit, there aren't too many obstacles that require a more aggressive MT, tamer MTs and aggressive ATs do ok on most trails here.
For the guy in the south, I am assuming you want something much more aggressive, like Intercos, or if truly a dedicated wheeling rig, tractor tires for clay based mud. That shit sticks to everything and doesn't clear at all. It adds massive amount of rotating mass to your wheels. Here in Ontario, MTB trails that have clay based tracks are verbotten in rain conditions. It just fucks it up for everyone including the rider. I hate that stuff, impossible to clean off, becomes like cement.
Here, we have a great dude in the industry (thinks he is now working for TMR, but worked for various shops and on his own as well). He used to run a program where you could try out different tires for a while. He would switch his tires once or twice a season to compare brands and types. He was also a monster driver and would dominate epic competitions here, but not really a 'racer' per se. He liked the Cooper STT Pros and the Nitto Trail Grapplers the best in our conditions last I spoke with him but liked KM3s as well (they run a tad smaller).
The STT Pros and Trail Grapplers and MT Baja Boss are the most common tires amongst avid wheelers I know. They seem to all perform well and a bit better than my Mud Grapplers, except in mud, which we don't have a ton of here. It is mostly wet, smooth granite and hard bottomed muddy water holes on most trails, with just enough surface mud (call it 4+ inches in areas) of the partly clay based type that favors an MT. Albeit, there aren't too many obstacles that require a more aggressive MT, tamer MTs and aggressive ATs do ok on most trails here.
For the guy in the south, I am assuming you want something much more aggressive, like Intercos, or if truly a dedicated wheeling rig, tractor tires for clay based mud. That shit sticks to everything and doesn't clear at all. It adds massive amount of rotating mass to your wheels. Here in Ontario, MTB trails that have clay based tracks are verbotten in rain conditions. It just fucks it up for everyone including the rider. I hate that stuff, impossible to clean off, becomes like cement.
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I'm in @zackcj7 region and have very similar conditions. We need wheel speed in the mud.
Then a few hours with a pressure washer.
I simply asked Mac how his KM3s behaved in the mud. I did not mean to imply I was looking for dedicated mud tires. Sorry for the confusion. The original KMs did really well in the mud, even red clay.
Anyone else have first hand experience with 35s that are still made for 15 inch rims in 2024?
My vote goes for Cooper STT Pro's. Been really happy with my set so far at about 5k miles in. Do well on highway, and did well in wet and dry rocks at Windrock.
That's not a rare size.
Tons of choices.
I'll add Interco Trxus MT to the list.
I liked them on my previous Jeep.
That's probably the most popular mud tire around here, so it must be good, or at least good enough.
R1 or R2s, but you ain't gonna like 'em on pavement.
Been searching for r15 35 and not finding much...
You would likely have to step up wheel size, maybe custom wheels. Most trucks running ag tires have custom center tractor wheels. There's a chance you could find some 15"s under flotation tires, but those generally run wide.
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