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Badgertits

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Forgive me. I’m not a gear head so I may have the terminology incorrect.

I’m not trying to be argumentative at all just learning is all.




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No I get that, unless you were into the racing scene or the lifted truck scene it would be less obvious.

I mention GM trucks b/c Adding 10 lbs per corner on a GM 1/2 ton w/ either the 5.3 or 6.2 V8 equipped w/ AFM the engine will simply no longer go into “4 cylinder mode” the additional 10 lbs is enough to provide enough constant load on the engine it never trips the AFM to deactivate cylinders- it’s a very clear cut obvious result that unsprung weight has on mpg/performance that I’ve experienced firsthand as well as anyone else who goes w/ bigger tires on those trucks.

When you’re already starting out w/ a heavy ass platform from the factory to begin with the LAST thing you’d want to do is be adding more weight and/or resistance to the corners.
 

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Getting closer to needing tires and have started my research again. Im having a lot of difficulty deciding what tires to go with.

My stock BFG's have been pretty damn good. I have 43k miles on them and other than the noise they make now I've been extremly happy with them. However I've read so many stories of people with balance and wear problems with them it scares me.

I'm pretty much a road only driver. But being in the NE I need a tire that's good in the snow and lately also in the wet. The BFG's have done both.

I have run Hankook dynapro ATM's on one of my previous trucks and was very happy with them. Next truck a buddy, who's family owns several tires stores, told me to buy the Toyo Open Country because they work just like the ATM's but wear much better. Well he got the wear much better right but traction in snow or wet was absolutely horrible! I sold that truck with 55k miles on it and the tires were still at about 6/32. Guy that bought it from me in his first winter with the truck slid off his driveway and hit a tree and shortly after that slid off the road and wiped the side of the truck out.

I'm not real concerned with some tire noise but I do a lot of driving and don't want to go with a tire that's going to kill my fuel mileage.

Was going to go Ridge Graplers but a good friend of mine that lives in NY hates them in the snow. That friend also owns a grocery store and does his own plowing. He swears by the BFG's
 
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I am in Maine. I run and have had great luck with Duratracs. In the snow and all around. I am running them on my Raptor 35/12.5/17. If those are too aggressive for you. The General grabber atx have been great in snow too.
 

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I am in Maine. I run and have had great luck with Duratracs. In the snow and all around. I am running them on my Raptor 35/12.5/17. If those are too aggressive for you. The General grabber atx have been great in snow too.

Duratracs and Maine go together like peas and carrots
 

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Very happy with my 37” Mickey Thompson mtz p3. They are light for a 37 not A47B50F4-62D7-404A-B4ED-27B11B1C14B3.jpeg E420CB4B-FBE6-4A53-BBAD-97142015D72A.jpeg nearly the road noise as the toyo mt and have much better traction.
 

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It's a Maine thing. You'd like Durtracs more if you had to drive in snow for 6 months per year.
Problem is the wide footprint & big power makes for worse winter performance w/ the same tire on a raptor vs. a standard 1/2 ton all else being equal

Which is why I’ll be adding nokian snows for winter- can’t decide studded or not, the raptor would certainly benefit from the studs w/ such a wide footprint as mentioned, but had studded snows on my last truck & I felt like I was destroying my concrete driveway every time I was turning on it.

Also, the studs make a BIG difference on ice or hard packed snow, once it gets like that even nice soft compound well siped dedicated snows like a blizzak will still have a tough time in those conditions again- because of the Raptors tire size & the power it puts down.
 

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Was going to go Ridge Graplers but a good friend of mine that lives in NY hates them in the snow.

I am in Maine. I run and have had great luck with Duratracs.

Ridge Grapplers have one straight sipe per tread block (hockey stick shaped actually). Duratracs have two per block that are also zig zagged shaped for more edge length. Sipes are where it's at for snow and ice. All dedicated snow tires are siped like crazy, 5 to 7 per block. Sipes suck when it's dry and hot though. Not good for wear and noise either.
 
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