Re: Re: Mud tires = Bad gas milage...

From: Tom F. Buban (biokiller@ameritech.net)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 19:37:51 EDT


I do allot of off-road trips. That's the only reason I went with those tires.
Before the lift, I only drove about 15 miles to work.
As for tread life, I couldn't be happier (in a mud tire) I have about 30,000 on
them now, and still have half the tread left.

Tom

Kyle Kozubal wrote:

> > Hello all-
> >
> > I have 33" Dueler MT on my Dakota now. My gas mileage sucks, and with a
> > 60 mile commute one way gas eats me up!!
> >
> > My question: will changing over to a all-terrian tire help out much???
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help.
>
> May some, just not much. Most likely you will need to do a gear swap to put
> the power and mileage back where it was before the 33s. Just curious, but
> why the choice of mud terrains over all terrains for what seems to be a
> daily driver? Since mud tires have much wider voids(gaps and spaces in the
> tread), mud tires and pavement really dont mix and you will not get hardly
> any good tread mileage(tire life) out fo those tires. I know 33s arent
> cheap, but maybe you have the cash flow spend on new tires and replace them
> more frequently. Either way, for a daily driver...........all terrains might
> have helped and a gear swap will definately help. Not laughing, but I just
> sit here and giggle when I think of someone driving around daily with a set
> of Super Swampers and the hummmmmmmmm those things produce at highway
> speeds. Good Luck!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6



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