Tires for CJ7 Mudding

My BFG mud terrains get me through twice as much as my daughter's all terrains, wether it's sand, rock or mud, and supprisingly they are a lot quieter on the road then what came with the jeep.

Siping?

Look at the bottom of boating shoes (like Sperry Topsiders) where there are hundreds of little cuts in the sole, that is siping. The little sipes cut/molded into tire treads do the same thing, improve traction on slick surfaces. Sipes were invented by a butcher who got tired of slipping on his always slick flooring, really. :)

Jery

Yes that Is what I ment if you want to be politically correct. I ment cut on top of the tread vertically. Next time I will be a little more detailed with information. Thanks for your great assistance.

sincerely,

AnotKnowitall

rockcrawling

I went from 10.5 to 9.5 muds and the traction improvement was extreme!

The 9.5's also fit the flares perfect so with them 'not' spinning and/or tossing stuff, 'playing' in the mud almost isn't any fun anymore. ;-(

I mean if I have to clean everything anyway, I want to 'look' muddy at least!

I got seriously bogged into some mud on the weekend and had to winch out and the CJ hardly has a drop showing up top.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

griff>

So your saying that for just mudding, the thinner 9.5's are better? I kinda figured this would be the case for basic mud trailing since my dad's tires on his Flathead 4 Willy's were super thin and it was pretty good in the mud. But ya, I know what you mean about the mud-spray. I took some buddies out once in the '88 YJ and even though my tires fit under my flares, the grooves in my tires were in such a way that anytime I hit water or mud, it seemed to spray out sideways like normal but then curl around right into the windshield. It was awesome for drenching the passengers and turning the inside of my Jeep into a mudbath, but the 15 seconds of being completely blind on the windshield wasn't cool.

I'd almost rather a stock fit under my flares anyways as some RCMP here are not so forgiving for the tires sticking out past the flares. So maybe 9.5's it is ...?

There also was a radical snow traction improvement and as you noted, the military Jeeps use tall skinny, so do all the loggers in the bush.

Mike

griff>

Granted, but what about the tread on the bottom? And in the front and rear of the tire?

;-)