Tyre Topic - BFG Krawler

[SIM79]

Link for sizes, three new ones 39s,40s and 42s now.
http://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/specs/kr ... /1718.html

Ask for Ryano
http://www.fourbys.com.au/index.html

[Petes]

Been running mine for a while now and spent last week in coffs on a 4wd action mag trip for a forthcoming feature so used them for 3 days solid on all sorts of terrain.

Without doubt these are the best tyres I have ever used. Ever.

I was worried about the width but it doesn't matter. Normally running around 15psi on semi easy tracks and 8psi on the hard stuff. No beadlocks and no issues atall.

Amazingly good on the road aswell, although they take some turning (power wise).

[Gwagensteve]

Whilst I'm not running them myself, there's a couple of sierras here in Vic running 35's.

They continue to amaze me with what they can drive. They need beadlocks IMHO - we're running them at 4-5 psi, and whilst I'm not normally a fan of wide tyres, the traction they generate off the sidewalls is very impressive as they fill the ruts out and find grip off the sidewall where a narrower tyre like a Q78 is doing it hard in the bottom of the rut.

The real key is getting the air out of them. Greg hated his until he beadlocked them and got them at 5 PSI. Now he swears by them.

They are also amazingly round - they drive very nicely on the road.

Steve.

[Wozza244]

Hmmm, how much are they? Say 33"

[Gwagensteve]

35 13.5 15 is the smallest available. They are quite a tall 35 too, and very heavy.

No idea on cost in Australia - our sets have been second hand. When launched in aus, I did hear $805 each for the 35's, but I think they are significantly under that now.

Steve.

[Wozza244]

Cheers Steve, they look great and seem to outperform alot of other rated tyres but looks like i will be buying the KM2's

[SIM79]

Press release for the 40 and 42 inch Krawlers
http://www.pirate4x4.com/news/bf-goodri ... new-tires/

[greg]

I run a set of 35x13.5x15 on my swb sierra.

Onroad - they are fantastic. Mine are unbalanced on mechanical beadlocks and run very true. They are fairly quiet unless the ground is wet - then they howl quite loudly. Flatspotting overnight is minimal - and they take very little time to 'correct' themselves once you start driving on them.

Offroad - i'm driving victorian tracks (but tend to avoid mud/bogholes) - so it's mainly slipperly hill climbs in winter, and scrambling in and out of ruts and rocky outcrops in summer. When i first got the tyres i ran them without beadlocks at 10psi and hated them. Now that they are on beadlocks, i'm running around 4psi and they are spectacular.

They are much better at self-cleaning than a swamper (which would be my other choice of tyre), but they do lack the shoulder lugs of the TSL pattern - so they are not able to climb out of ruts to the same degree once the ground is slippery.

Perhaps as a complaint - they are a big tyre on a small rim - so they take a lot of airing at the end of the day.

edit: just went back and realised my story had already been told in 3rd person - sorry for the double up.

[SIM79]

Found this madly grooved Krawler pic on pirate4x4.

[bj on roids]

Found this madly grooved Krawler pic on pirate4x4.

Looks fairly well streeted.

[brooksy]

Looks fairly well streeted.

Like your Mumma !!!




brooksy

[SIM79]

[QUOTE=poolboy;12741415]Here are some pics of the new 42" KX red label krawlers mounted up on 20"trail ready beadlocks....

aka tire porn!




next to the 39"





42" on back, 39" on front




42's all the way around....





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[SIM79]

Has anyone recently bought 35s?

[Shieldsy]

Yep, eBay, 1500 for 4

[raven ute]

got a link to them?

[SIM79]

Yep, eBay, 1500 for 4

Where they new? If so . Was it from a tyre store?

[Shieldsy]

They'd done a 100k on the road. Still had the fur on the side of em. Basically brand new. Got them from Melbourne and the bloke said they were off a sierra.