I know there are a pile of threads about these tires but I'm wondering if anyone has tried them off road on western Washington trails. What works in moab is not necessarily going to work in seattle.

 

The Falkens still look too much like a passenger car tire IMO. I saw Wayoflife's Jeep with 37" a while ago and smaller sizes at Discount. Not sure how they do in the wet slop. The tread pattern is tighter and has small blocks, i'm guessing they will slip a lot on the trail here.

 

X2. Looking at them, they are too closely matching BFG All Terrains. Fair tire at best for wheelin' PNW style.




Bob K.

 

That's kinda my fear, that they will pack up with slop and slip. I actually like the look of them, I don't like the look of all the tires with bullets and barbed wire all over the sidewall, it's too flashy for my taste.

I kinda want an all terrain this time. I like to ski and my experiences with mud tires in the snow have not been awesome. It's mostly a daily driver jeep, most of my off road has been forest roads so far with just some mild wheeling like tahuya.

I was just hoping someone on here had tried em. You guys think they would work at least as good as a bfg all terrain?

 

I hear ya. Looking them over, there is decent voids down the middle that might help clear 'em. The BFG ATs are pretty uniform . So I's probably run the Falken tire over the BFG one. I guess the deciding factor would be how stiff the tire is. Have you thought about Goodyear Duratracs?



Bob K.

 

I have, but I read in some thread that the sidewalls were kinda weak. They would probably be fine for the driving I do though. Also my neighbor has duratracs on his duramax have just never liked the look of them, back to the flashy sidewall. and not to be a cheap ass but I can buy 5 falkens for the price of 4 duratracs.

You know any of those 3 would probably be fine for me though, I was just wondering if anyone had tried em.

 

i have the rocky mountian falkens and they seen to be holdin on well expect in mud, week ago hit some mud and had hard time keep jeep in control ,not much grib almost regreted that lil test but other than dat they climb up and head down better good and they grib really good on asphalt i have had some close ones and in my opinion tires helped alot lol hope dis helps

 

If you plan on doing medium trails at all up here in the northwest slop, Be prepared to be one the first guys in the group that needs a strap.
Running those Falken's..
The Duratrac would be the least amount of voids in a tread design that I would recommend up here in the Northwest as a DD/Trail use vehicle. The sidewall issue is always a possibility in "any" tire you have mentioned. The duratrac is not to be confused with a better off road tire like the MTR-K's.. If I wanted DD tires to go with my MTR-K's ?
I would choose the duratracs as a better performing street snow tire on a JEEP. Not on my diesel truck though as some complaints are when these tires are used on 3/4t trucks.

Good Luck on what ever you decide and what works for you..

 

Crap, maybe I'll just keep using my wifes Subaru for skiing and buy mud tires. Mtr's are on eternal back order, ive been happy with the rubicon tires, are the km2's any good?

 

Yes, imo the Km2's are... I use to run Km2's before I decided to try MTR-K's .
Both of these tires above have plenty of happy customers on the trails up here in the Pacific Northwest.