Re: Tires, traveling and Denver '06

From: Jason Bleazard (dml@bleazard.net)
Date: Thu Sep 22 2005 - 11:14:58 EDT


On Thu, September 22, 2005 7:10 am, Bill Day said:
>
> Not sure what tires most of you are planning on running out to Denver on,
> but I am thinking mud tires prolly aint going to be a good idea....? Am
> leaning
> towards this winter getting a real aggressive set of AT's in 31x10.5x15.

Colorado is a desert, so count on it being dry for the most part,
especially in July. If we were going to be getting in to the spring snow
melt, we might find some mud, but chances are slim. The mud tires
wouldn't hurt, but they will kill your gas mileage.

The terrain we'll be on will probably be mostly hard packed dirt and rock.
 We might have to do a couple of small stream crossings, but nothing deep
or mucky enough to need mud tires. If you feel like getting more extreme,
there's some pretty good rock crawling to be found. I'm just going to be
sticking to the easier scenic trails.

Personally, I'll probably be getting a set of Bridgestone AT Revos to
replace the factory Goodyears (can you believe they'll be 5 years old?).
Our 2001 has the weird 265/70R16 size, and the Revos look like the best
value for the money in that size.

-- 
Jason Bleazard  http://drazaelb.blogspot.com  Burlington, Ontario
his:  '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black



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