I drive 50-60 miles a day.

 

That's pretty non-descriptive.

 

I drive 24.6 miles to work every morning somewhere between 6-7am central time. I then drive 24.6 miles from work to home sometime between 5-8pm central time. Almost every day of the week I drive around 10 miles to the store, fabrication shop, or a friends house. So I drive around 50-60 miles a day. I want to do some light off roading, mainly just trails. I want to know if you would put NITTO tera grappers (33" AT) or NITTO trail grappers (33" MT) on the jeep. Any input would be awesome.

 

OK, a bit of overkill. If you're going to be doing 99% pavement and just the occasional light wheeling - the AT's will be fine. Heck, with 4-LO and dropping the pressure to 15lbs you'll find they might even be fine for the occasional difficult trail.

If there's any decent mud in your future... or more regular off-road fun - then you might want to consider the MT's

 

i've got terras on mine and they do great even in difficult stuff, just okay in mud. I try to avoid mud anyway. Next time I'll got with trails just for the extra bite, but I'm sure they wont wear as well as the terras do.

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Got terras on mine and i love them.. pretty quiet too.

 

I'd good with the Trail Grapplers. Mount'em mean side out. I doubt they'll handle the pavement too poorly or make too much noise compared to some other mudders. But that's just me. A low rumble at low speeds and a slight howl at high speeds doesn't bother me. I also like to be prepared. You never know when you might get the urge to bowl through a mud hole or climb a mountain.

...and they look cool.

 

If you have an inclination to start offroading I would go with the trails. Im sure you get some nice mud/clay down there so they will greatly help.

If not the Terras will last longer and ride better. But the trails really are not too aggressive of a mud terrain. The look like the KMs on the rubis which rode just fine

 

Like has already been said: If you plan on doing any wheeling around Bama, you are going to see mud and/or good old Alabama Red Clay. So, out of those two choices, I vote for the trails. Better to have a more aggresive tire and not need it, than to have a less aggresive one and get stuck!

But then again, I am running 35" Mud Grapplers on my DD, so ............. what do I know?



Anthony

 

Thanks for all the info. I have decided to go with the TERRA's on the new 18" ultra gauntlet wheels. Will my stock 3.73 gears be ok for 34.5" tires and light off roading? I can get 32.5x12.5x18 or 34.5x12.5x18. I will be putting a 1.75" or 2" suspension lift on it at the same time.