Moab 'ZuZu VX - May 2013: 5/12/13 - 5/18/13

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Originally Posted by nocturnalVX

I speak from personal experience...
I switched from Pro Comp ATs to the cooler looking Xterrains, and the were GARBAGE in Moab. Bigger voids are good for mud, but you end up losing so much grip on any other surface that they are pointless. The stock all-season Duelers were better than the Xterrains! The looks do not balance the loss of performance, so I am back to ATs (this time BFGs).

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X2...love BFG ATs

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Originally Posted by mcaramb

Hey guys, driving in from Louisiana (over 1300 miles), and had a tire question. Do I need anything special for Moab? Was thinking of getting some mudding AT tires but as there will be ALOT of road driving just to get there, I wasn't sure what the best options would be for me. Right now I've got the stock 18" Rims with 245/60/R18 on em. Would prefer not to replace the rims or spare if possible. Can I just use regular road tires or is there a nice hybrid AT available. Also, limited budget... can spend maybe $150 per tire.
thanks, Mike

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I have cooper AT3's on mine. Ran Moab last year and those tires stuck like glue to the rocks. Hardly slipped at all for the whole trip. Mine were around $200 each but that's for a wider rim than stock.

I dont really agree regarding "Mud" tires being bad for Moab.

I have consistently run Nitto Mud Grapplers at Moab ...
....and also driven other VX's there, with other brands.

I swear by my Mud Grapplers.....and just purchased a new set.
(They last very well... 5 years , and are not super noisy on normal roads)

When aired down correctly ( one of my issues on Hells Gate!)...

...I have found them excellent.

And...the big bonus is a very meaty/chunky side wall that offers all
kinds of additional traction and side wall protection.


JMHO :rolleyes:

Jo

Two words...


MAXXIS TREPEDORS :)

Mud tires arent bad per se; I have run MTs out there for years. But I wouldn't regard them as something the OP needs to have for Moab.

Totally agree Steve...

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Originally Posted by BigSwede

Mud tires arent bad per se; I have run MTs out there for years. But I wouldn't regard them as something the OP needs to have for Moab.

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..just not following the mudders are "garbage'" rhetoric!

Jo

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Originally Posted by BigSwede

Mud tires arent bad per se; I have run MTs out there for years. But I wouldn't regard them as something the OP needs to have for Moab.

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Originally Posted by JoFotoz

Totally agree Steve...



..just not following the mudders are "garbage'" rhetoric!

Jo

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Agreed, MT/Rs did great last year and so did the terra grapplers in my 2010 trip. I'm still happy I had the MT/Rs last year for Cliff Hanger because there was a lot of lose dirt... although a stock VX probably won't be running Cliff Hanger so it doesn't matter either way.

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Originally Posted by JoFotoz

Totally agree Steve...

..just not following the mudders are "garbage'" rhetoric!

Jo

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I love the looks of the Mud Grapplers (even more than the Xterrains)... very Fred Flinstone, and I did not mean to dis all MT tires. I stand by my review of the Xterrains though. Aired down to 15-20 PSI, they provided nowhere near the grip of the ATs. I think the tread pattern has a lot to do with it. The Nittos tread overlaps, and if you have a MT with the same basic pattern of an AT... you are not constantly on the void half of the tire rather than the rubber half.

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...bs/image12.jpghttp://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...bs/image13.jpg

Not to dis MTs again, but (unless you are red-lining through swamps all the time) don't get these...
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/image10.jpg

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Originally Posted by nocturnalVX

Not to dis MTs again, but (unless you are red-lining through swamps all the time) don't get these...
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/image10.jpg

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Now...wayda-minnit Gill...:_thinking

I think I'd like a set of tractor treads on tha trailer some day...:yes:

Just for sport'n around Moab & trails beyond...look'n all badass & stuff...:naughty:

Y'know...they should make some badash knobbies...with skulls for knobs...YOU know tha tire I want...:yesgray:

:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:. ..:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:... :laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:

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Originally Posted by Ldub

Y'know...they should make some badash knobbies...with skulls for knobs...YOU know tha tire I want...:yesgray:

:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:. ..:laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:... :laughing:...:laughing:...:laughing:

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Yup... Next time I buy a set of tires purely for looks, they are GONNA be rockin' some SKULLS!
:_beer:

Those tires are for atv/utv's.

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Originally Posted by Triathlete

Two words...


MAXXIS TREPEDORS :)

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The Maxxis buckshots are garbage on slick rock for sure!:p

Jo, I don't yet know if I can make to moab, I gonna try like he!! .

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Originally Posted by tjh

The Maxxis buckshots are garbage on slick rock for sure!:p

Jo, I don't yet know if I can make to moab, I gonna try like he!! .

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Ya gotta get the sticky competition compound!

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Originally Posted by Triathlete

Those tires are for atv/utv's.

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Yet ANOTHER reason not to get them for your VX...

Does this qualify as :hj: yet? :disturbed

I booked room 122 at the red rock lodge.