DeucesALLin

I am tired of sliding everywhere and getting pulled out of rutt sbecause my30" tall Rubi takeoffs are caked in texas clay and too short to touch bottom...i have a nice little bonus coming that could get me gears to try and spin those stockers clean, or somt true 35"s that should clean easier and obviously get deeper.

Its a 3.8L DD 6speed with 3.21s that sees offroad abuse weekly and trail duty 3x monthly. Opinions?

***edit: this is not about tire selection. I want to know if a true 34.7" tire will be more effective on texas trails than my 30" bfgs without changing gears yet***

Shawn226

Go to www.nittotire.com and look at trail or mud grapplers. They have good cleats

hypeiv

If 32 Bfg mts aren't clearing the mud for you I don't see why 35s would be that much better... You likely need a tire with a different tread pattern

DeucesALLin

Thats just the thing, I have only been stuck either in ruts or in a deep drop off where a few inches of tire would have found more tractition. Even if it were apples to apples though, i cant see spending money on tires ths small...The tires i picked are more agressive though.

Thank you for your input. Do you think the gearing would make enough diffrence to spin them clean?

DeucesALLin

Anyone? Would a 34.7" MTR be better than these 30" tall Rubis?

golfer97

If you go with a 35" tire it will most likely be wider than stock so you would have more area to grab. There are a ton of better tread designs out there. I'm not impressed with the MTR's like other are. I've seen them on New England trails and I think 35" km 2 tires perform better but are actually smaller than a 35" mtr.

The toyo open country mud terrains are awesome. As are the trail grapplers from nitto. Both are close to true 35" and have similar tread since they are made by same company. Look into either of those. But whichever is cheaper. Probably the toyos right now.

JagerHelix

The width will help for sure, as will new tires with a deeper tread that isn't worn yet. You will feel pain with stock gearing when you go to 35s. I am running 3:73s on the 3.8 6 speed with 315x75xR16s that measure a true height of 34.8" and I feel very sluggish at times especially going up hill on the highway and even in 4 low crawling up a steep hill. You'll have enough nuts to spin them in 4 low though. If you see mud a lot, maybe look at TSLs. I know they aren't very common on JKs, but I ran them in 33x13.50 on mine for over a year and they were the bees knees as long as you didn't mind a loud ass tire.


Sorry for the long answer, I just saw your edit... Yes. even with crappy gearing you can still spin 34.7" tires. But like I mentioned, you'll be donating blood and other body fluids to save up for a gear change.

DeucesALLin

Gear change is definate... have two damaged tires tho and cant imagine spending $500 on 2 new 32" when i can rock 35"s.

DeucesALLin

According to THIS forum, Rubi take offs go for $1,200 now?

olyelr

If you have the money for 4 new tires (or better yet, 5) then get the tires first. Then suffer till you can afford to re-gear.

FYI, the rubi tires are true 32" tires (when new anyway), so a those so called 35's are not much taller....