TJ in Sand -- min. tire size?

Nov 22, 2006 11 Replies

I see a number of posts from those in Southern California -- can anyone confirm whether or not a 31x10.5 AT on a TJ will get me through when aired down in the sand? I don't need to climb the lee side of a hill or be a desert hero in a Glamis hole, I'm just trying to gauge the lift & tires I need to get around in the soft stuff....I'm doing the Jeep thing to go in, have fun, and still get home, but if I don't need 12.5 width tires to do the job, I'd appreciate the flexibility of a smaller tire to handle snow.



...as well as the price point.



Thanks a bunch! Jon



Full size 2wd pickups do well in sand with those tires aired way down so a jeep should do even better. This is from experience in fine powder sand between the Pinacate desert and the Gulf of California coast and in dry wash sand in southern Arizona.

J> I see a number of posts from those in Southern California -- can anyone

Solid advice from both of you, happy trails --

Jon

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

Well, I run tall skinny tires with open diffs out at the sand pits and the folks with the fat tires laugh at me. Once......

Then they spend the rest of the day trying to get to where I am taking pictures of them trying and trying and...... Jeeps locked front and rear with the fat tires can 'almost' keep up, almost....

Here is one example:

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86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: N>

Actually you'll want to take Bill's advice with a grain of salt. He is a senile old moron who web searches most topics he replies to and then quotes the first web site he finds verbatim.

Sometimes the site he finds is accurate and sometimes it's not, but to be sure Bill himself has no idea what he's talking about, unless it's flat fender sand rail technology from the 1960's, which is the last time he owned or operated anything remotely Jeep like.

He is quick with a (more or less) relevant link, but unfortunately he's also quick to argue about, and act like an asshole over, subjects he has zero knowledge or working experience with.

I wonder how many people on here ever saw his movies or the TV series.....

My older brother and I watched every Saturday. He ended up with horses.. I got a Jeep. :-)

What was the deal with the cowling around the tub...... anyone remember?

Keep the tumbleweeds out... and Pat Brady in? No seat belts on NellyBell. :-)

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