crew cabs off road

bradjh · Post by **bradjh** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:38 am

I recently purchased my cc in may. i have only taken it off road once in a little mud. i am just wondering how they are in the mud and the snow? any thing i should look out for. this is my first 4by4 i usually drive a honda civic in the winter and i got stuck last year with it the. so i am hope the same will not happen in my crew. Please tell me your personal experiences and provide pictures if possible....

thanks to everyone on here for giving me wonderful advice so far. Brad

04crewvt · Post by **04crewvt** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:05 am

With good tires and driving technique the crews are great in the snow. As for off road last October I kept up with a group of ZR-2's on some class 6 roads in NH water,mud,rocks,hills worked great.
Here's me towing the Toyota Tacoma behind me over the rocks I had just made it over. I do not have the G80 locker or it would have been even easier. This was my first trail run with the truck.
Towing a Taco and here is a shot of the rocks as I went over them.
image over 100k limit. Link't-HJ

GAS · Post by **GAS** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:07 am

I think it is much depends of your personal off road experience - the bigger the better, of right tires, of terrain you drive, of your girlfriend mood … a lot of things. However, it definitely not Honda Civic, that’s for sure!

Post by **HenryJ** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:43 am

4x4 usually means , stuck worse. Don't get the idea that you are invincible. Drive it like the Honda, and then use 4x4 only to get you out of trouble if it can.

Do you have the G80? If you do be cautious on slick surfaces as the back end can get away from you.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:23 am

Tires make all the difference.

You can get your CC stuck very easy with street tires even with 4wd, so I would at least get some good all terrain tires for year round performance and possible some good snow tires on an extra set of rims for winter performance on the snow and ice.

Steve

bradjh · Post by **bradjh** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:28 am

i will be putting BF Goodrich all terrain ta ko's on before the winter. hopefully these will get me through some rough stuff this winter. Brad

ace · Post by **ace** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:14 pm

HenryJ wrote:4x4 usually means , stuck worse. Don't get the idea that you are invincible.

I can relate here. When a friend of mine bought a 4x4 Cherokee back in high school we thought we were invincible. Of course about a two minutes into four wheeling we got high centered and walked home. A $100 tow and a reality check we sure learned real quick we didn't know anything about wheeling.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:28 pm

bradjh wrote:i will be putting BF Goodrich all terrain ta ko's on before the winter. hopefully these will get me through some rough stuff this winter. Brad

The BFG AT's are a pretty good tire in most situations, however they are horrible in the mud.

I can't tell you how many times I have wheeled with guys running the BFG AT's who got stuck in the mud because the tread fills up real quick and becomes "smooth", while I drove right through with my MT/R's.

I am not at all trying to discourage anyone from getting these tires since they perform really well on most terrain.

I would only advise not getting these tires if you drive in the mud a lot.

Steve

Post by **HenryJ** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:06 pm

Good snow traction relies upon a tread design that will trap the snow. The same feature that gives this tire its "snow flake" , approved traction device rating , is the one that makes it perform poorly in mud or clay.
I can not say mine perform poorly in mud. Aired down a little they do pretty good. The narrow tires do dig deep though.
The tread design of the Geolandar AT+II did much better, but those are gone now.

killian96ss · Post by **killian96ss** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:28 pm

All tires have their upsides and downsides.

For example if I were to compare the BFG AT's to the Goodyear MT/R's that I always run, I would rate them some thing like this using (poor, good, and excellent):

Packed snow - BFG AT's (excellent) MT/R's (poor)
Unpacked snow - BFG AT's (excellent) MT/R's (good)
Mud - BFG AT's (poor) MT/R's (good)
Loose gravel - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (good)
Rocks - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (excellent)
Puncture resistance - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (excellent)
Aired down performance - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (excellent)
Sand - BFG AT's (excellent) MT/R's (good)
Ice - BFG's AT's (excellent) MT/R's (poor)
Cut resistance - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (excellent)
Wet traction - BGF AT's (excellent) MT/R's (good)
Dry traction - BFG AT's (good) MT/R's (good)

Did I miss a category?

Some may disagree with my ratings, but I feel they are pretty close after having observed a lot of my friends who run the BFG AT's compared to the Goodyear MT/R's that I usually run.

Conditions and terrain vary from state to state so the same tires might perform differently where you live.
Steve

1337vending · Post by **1337vending** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:39 pm

All I can comment on is the snow traction, but I definitely agree with Steve about how much the BFG AT's kick butt in the snow. I ended up pulling out a friend's truck at a cabin up in the sierras. He had a lifted fullsize 1500 chevy with mud tires, and I had my CC with 30x9.5 BFG AT's .... He couldn't make it out by himself

ace · Post by **ace** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:31 am

The mickey Thompson MTX's offer excellent snow traction and work well in the mud. Their probably a little louder on the street than the BFG's but nothing like a true mud tire on the street. Here's an article about the tires.

http://www.oramagazine.com/pastIssues/0 ... ewheeltest

Capt. Morgan · Post by **Capt. Morgan** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:47 pm

i bought my cc in aug. 05 after returning from over seas while in the army. I was stationed in fort sill ok. the road conditions were black ( no driving unless a have to basis). have been in some serious MUDD with it and my truck came stock with 235-70-15 STREET TIRES and i passed up 2 lifted Z-71 and a lifted dodge ram off-road in IL river mud and then in OK. in the clay mud and never had a worry of being or getting stuck this is my first 4x4 have owned other trucks but none were 4wheel drive. now that i have a wife and 2 lil girls we go play when we get the chance and ENJOY every minute of it.

snocat1 · Post by **snocat1** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:19 pm

I have the brigdstone dueller revos and they worked good

purduecrew · Post by **purduecrew** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:36 am

ive been invincible so far....Reed I got a call saturday to go retreive a YJ...he had it buried to the axles. Got em out and I got out of the mess too! Great little trucks!

F9K9 · Post by **F9K9** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:00 am

purduecrew wrote:....Reed I got a call saturday to go retreive a YJ...he had it buried to the axles. Got em out and I got out of the mess too! Great little trucks!

No proof w/o pics? I can't believe Mrs Hoff blew it when I pulled out a lifted V8 CJ out of a mud hole that I just went through

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