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PostPosted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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General AT^2?

Nice tread, report back on how they feel during rain.




Yes, General Grabber AT2's 27X8.5R14LT

Had them on for a few weeks now,I like them. No complaints with the rain,snow,slush we have had since mounting them.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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General AT^2?

Nice tread, report back on how they feel during rain.


the grip nice from the rear, but i onlyhad two at the time. i plan on buying 6, and studding 2 as my spare tires.


for just a second I pictured you converting to a dually setup in the back. get some huge fender flair extensions and your set!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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General AT^2?

Nice tread, report back on how they feel during rain.


the grip nice from the rear, but i onlyhad two at the time. i plan on buying 6, and studding 2 as my spare tires.


for just a second I pictured you converting to a dually setup in the back. get some huge fender flair extensions and your set!


Not a bad idea!.....
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^

I have been considering doing that for a while now. Gives you flotation on sand when you don't have a lot of horsepower and a heavy car.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just got new shoes for the Magic Bus. I have 15" wheels and went with Nokian Hakka C Van 195/70-15's.

While I only drove them for about 30 miles, they are a huge improvement over the 2008 tires I had on before.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:12 am    Post subject: General Grabber Tires Reply with quote

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Grabbed a shot last week, amid winter's last gasp here on the plains. Way better in the snow than my pickup!

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Are those General Grabber Tires? If so how do you like them?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'll be installing a set of 15" Vanco 4 seasons on a split bus in the coming week(s).
I like the looks of them Cool
Conti makes good stuff.

I went for the 14" BFG ATs, hands down--for my style of driving
The 14" Grabbers looked good too but made in USA pricey...ouch!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 6:38 pm    Post subject: BFG's raised white lettering Reply with quote

Are the raised black outline lettering BFG's T/A KO tires available in the US?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:59 pm    Post subject: Re: BFG's raised white lettering Reply with quote

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Are the raised black outline lettering BFG's T/A KO tires available in the US?


Yes. One side of them tire has the letters in white and the other side they are black (and raised). You have the choose to mount them white or black letters out.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:01 pm    Post subject: Re: General Grabber Tires Reply with quote

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okartguy wrote:
Grabbed a shot last week, amid winter's last gasp here on the plains. Way better in the snow than my pickup!

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Are those General Grabber Tires? If so how do you like them?

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My builder runs these and loves them. I also know several people running them on 4x4 trucks and they all give them a thumbs up. They are a good alternative to the KO
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:41 am    Post subject: Re: BFG's raised white lettering Reply with quote

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Are the raised black outline lettering BFG's T/A KO tires available in the US?


Yes. One side of them tire has the letters in white and the other side they are black (and raised). You have the choose to mount them white or black letters out.


They actually according to the BFG site in canada are supposed to make the tire in a black wall version on both sides. That's what I am wondering if anyone has seen or purchased. BFG in canada has no stock.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, never saw them
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:20 pm    Post subject: Re: BFG's raised white lettering Reply with quote

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crushie wrote:
Are the raised black outline lettering BFG's T/A KO tires available in the US?


Yes. One side of them tire has the letters in white and the other side they are black (and raised). You have the choose to mount them white or black letters out.


They actually according to the BFG site in canada are supposed to make the tire in a black wall version on both sides. That's what I am wondering if anyone has seen or purchased. BFG in canada has no stock.


....get them mounted in the USA. ill deliver...Cool
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:14 pm    Post subject: Re: BFG's raised white lettering Reply with quote

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crushie wrote:
richparker wrote:
crushie wrote:
Are the raised black outline lettering BFG's T/A KO tires available in the US?


Yes. One side of them tire has the letters in white and the other side they are black (and raised). You have the choose to mount them white or black letters out.


They actually according to the BFG site in canada are supposed to make the tire in a black wall version on both sides. That's what I am wondering if anyone has seen or purchased. BFG in canada has no stock.


....get them mounted in the USA. ill deliver...Cool


5 BFG KO Tires
$1040 cdn all in.
$749.95 us plus taxes + $ exchange rate + Stu shipping rates. Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was just quoted $160 each for the BF Goodrich in 195/75R14 at my local Perfection Tire. I do a lot of business there, but I told them no thanks.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just purchased the BFG T/A KO's from Discount Tire in Shoreline. 215/75/15, $136/each.

edit: BFG has a $70 rebate right now when you buy a full set Very Happy
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I just purchased the BFG T/A KO's from Discount Tire in Shoreline. 215/75/15, $136/each.

edit: BFG has a $70 rebate right now when you buy a full set Very Happy


At 27.8" they are pretty tall for anything I own.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I just purchased the BFG T/A KO's from Discount Tire in Shoreline. 215/75/15, $136/each.

edit: BFG has a $70 rebate right now when you buy a full set Very Happy


At 27.8" they are pretty tall for anything I own.


I'm trying to imagine regular town, country, highway driving with these and I don't see it. Not in terms of the engine performance (that's a whole different matter) but in terms of merely fitting in the wheel well without scrubbing, scraping, or (God forbid) jambing in the wheel well during full travel.

So what're these going on?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I just purchased the BFG T/A KO's from Discount Tire in Shoreline. 215/75/15, $136/each.

edit: BFG has a $70 rebate right now when you buy a full set Very Happy


At 27.8" they are pretty tall for anything I own.


I'm trying to imagine regular town, country, highway driving with these and I don't see it. Not in terms of the engine performance (that's a whole different matter) but in terms of merely fitting in the wheel well without scrubbing, scraping, or (God forbid) jambing in the wheel well during full travel.

So what're these going on?


215/75R15 on split bus wheels mounted to my stock height/suspension 68 bus. No rubbing issues.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cdennisg wrote:
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Randy in Maine wrote:
imthewa1rus wrote:
I just purchased the BFG T/A KO's from Discount Tire in Shoreline. 215/75/15, $136/each.

edit: BFG has a $70 rebate right now when you buy a full set Very Happy


At 27.8" they are pretty tall for anything I own.


I'm trying to imagine regular town, country, highway driving with these and I don't see it. Not in terms of the engine performance (that's a whole different matter) but in terms of merely fitting in the wheel well without scrubbing, scraping, or (God forbid) jambing in the wheel well during full travel.

So what're these going on?


215/75R15 on split bus wheels mounted to my stock height/suspension 68 bus. No rubbing issues.


That's slick. I've done the conversion of my 1977 CE1 to Subaru and that always brings with it the problem of running the engine at much faster RPM to just keep up with traffic. I can do math. The same engine in a similarly weighted vehicle with a stock Subaru 5MT transmission comes in at 3000RPM @ 65MPH. So the closer I can get to that RPM for cruise using an 091, the happier the engine will be, and therefore, so will I.

There are three options in the hopper: The General Grabber 27X8.5R14LT at 26.8 tall (3200RPM) Maxxis Bravo at 205R14C (27'1" tall, slightly higher RPM of 3300 to maintain 65MPH.

The final candidate is the venerable BFG T/A KO LT215/75R15 which will come in at 27.8" tall, nudging the cruise RPM down to only 3100RPM. AND would require me to buy 5x112x15" wheels, almost doubling the cost of the purchase.

I'm not really interested in going offroad presently: I rigging for a town & country cruiser. I buy all of my other tires from General (Altimax HP for sedans and wagons, never been disappointed. But the Grabber is principally an offroad tire, for a vehicle that isn't planned to be an offroader. The Maxxis tire is a city fellah tire, but costs in RPM.

I know the BFG T/A KO ( ran the original on my 1971 Bus in the 1990s and loved it) and I know the Grabber by reputation. It seems as if the Grabber is the sweet spot for getting RPM down while avoiding tire to suspension/body interference lock-to-lock and at a maximum suspension compression. I'm running stock tires that I'll be refinishing.

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