I put 60,000 miles on my BFG AT's on my 99 WJ, and they did great on wet roads. Not very much hydroplaning at all, they would, but all tires will in certain situations and water depths, but did great. Even at the end, they did great. We don't get much snow down here, but a few Christmas's ago, I had to get my mom because of sleet, ice and snow, so she could be there Christmas morning, she lives 100 miles away. Started off on 4" of sleet and ice, then ended on 6" of snow. In the WJ, I felt surefooted the whole way, never had a problem. Driving down my mom's road, I was dragging the diffs in the snow. (That is a lot of snow for West Tennessee)

I'm looking to upgrade mine of course, stock SRA's, and keep going back to the BFG AT's. The only competition is the Goodyear Duratracks ,but not sure of the mileage people are getting on them. At $240 per tire, they need to last!

 

I can't speak for the Pro Comps, but I had the BFG A/T on my Powerstroke and it would slide in the rain like a 2 dollar whore. The SRAs I had on the Jeep did the same thing. Since I've gotten my Duratracs, I haven't felt the Jeep slip once. Unless of course going through standing water, like Piginajeep was talkin about. Even then, they hold their own very well. I can't talk good enough about the Duratracs.

 

I'm running them at 32psi right now but thought about lowering it a bit. I've got a lot of upgrades I'm doing this weekend so I might experiment with different psi and see what I come up with. It's been raining almost non-stop for weeks here so I've noticed this problem more and more. I hadn't really given it much thought before but lately with constant standing water, I'm all over the place!

Thanks for the feedback

 

My neighbor took his stock Rubi tires BFG KM's into a tire shop and got them "siped". Basically adding cuts across the treads to help prevent hydroplaning. . . Helped in rainy conditions but the tires chunked and fell apart on the trails!

 

I run my Procompt X A/Ts at 27 PSI, and hasn't been too bad.

 

your f250 weights more than a jeep add on to that a trailer and a jeep you probally will never have any issues. Jeeps alone are very lite in weight add to it wider tires and a mudder or at tread that was not intened for wet pavment and it will hydro plane. Trust me.

 

I'm running 28 PSI in mine no trouble at all and we get a little bit of everything here for weather...

 

i'll trust yeah, ive hydro planed in my f250 with the trailer loaded down. Thats why i switched tires and have not had any problems since. I've done a fair amount of pulling with the truck. Moab and back is 6,000 miles

jdahlum
try lowering the PSI down to 26 or 27, see if it helps you out.

 

I'm running 32psi in my xtreme a/t's. It rains quite a bit here and have driven the JK in torrential downpours with muds.

What I find unsettling is that it only takes a little bit of water to throw my jeep off track. Perhaps an alignment would help a little?

 

try lowering the PSI,

every little bt helps, its still a jeep and its going to get thrown around. its a kite on 4 wheels....Especially in windy conditions.