My personal opinion here; I hate tire reviews written a month after they put them on. A review for a specific tire should be written after you done wore them out. So here is mine……….
I am a long time BFG fan. In 10 years I ran two different vehicles and four different sets of BFG’s on them. (1) Set of BFG A/T’s which are great on everything besides mud. (3) Sets of BFG M/Ts which are an all around great tire which I managed to abuse quite regularly and still got 60,000+ miles on each set. They only sucked on the street on snow and ice until I had them siped which kind of helped, but there is no perfect tire for all terrains.
Last year I had an epiphany; “How do I know if there is anything better if I have never tried them?” So I decided to try Interco’s Trxus M/T’s. I read plenty of reviews of satisfied customers who ran them and I thought I will give them a try. I bought a set May ‘07 and it is now September ‘08. They have taken plenty of abuse as I have put 30,000+ miles on my XJ in almost a year and a half and they have also been on eight off-road trails in Colorado since putting them on.
The good; I have beat them, bashed them, ground them against rocks, trees, curbs…….and they still have integrity to the sidewall and never punctured them. They were great in the snow and ice last winter and other than frozen icy streets, they still got me traction. They look cool; I get lots of compliments on their design. Plus the first 6 months they were quieter than my BFG M/T’s
The Bad; Referencing above; eight wheeling trips since mounting them and I have slashed and missing chucks of tread. The rubber they use is really soft; I believe that is what has led to this chewed up effect as I never had this bad of a problem with my BFG’s. The Trxus M/T’s only come in 31×10.50×15’s and then jump to 33×12.50×15, I would like to run a 32×11.50×15 next……….
The Ugly; I repeat only 15 months of being on the Jeep and they only have 25% tread left, I think that I will have to replace them by end of the year, so no where near the mileage I got out of my BFG’s. Oh and now, they are LOUD, louder than my BFG M/T’s, sounds like I am running paddle tires on the street!
Overall I enjoyed these tires; they have done me more good than bad. However even being one of the cheapest aggressive M/T’s out there, the price to purchase them every 1 ½ years will cost me more in the long run than getting some good high mileage set of BFG M/T’s again……………… although I heard Cooper STT’s are a great tire and they have a 32×11.50×15’s?
Got any pictures of the thread after those short miles?
Not too bad for 30,000+ on some Intercos.
Ya, but my last BFG’s I had on for 3 years, 60,000+ When I sold it and was only 50% down. The trxus is definitely a tire that should go on a weekend warrior, and not a daily driver.
Dang I have never got 60k + out of any tires. Are you that was one set and two?
I adjusted your pics to fit in your article. You writing is good. Thanks