another tire question

[gearhead1985B]

i found these

http://www.quadratec.com/products/92606_203_07.htm

but want these

http://www.quadratec.com/products/92610_1XX_PG.htm

is the price worth buying the at's or do i wait another month to buy the irocks

[Flex]

I love my iroks I would recommend then to anyone

[CnoteTJ]

you just cant beat bias plys for off road traction!  ...bad side to this, they are directional if im not mistaken.

[Flex]

Irok bias ply are not directional however the radials are. But thanks for playing.

Ps. How is directional a bad thing pls explain.

[Swagger]

The question to ask is, how much road time is your rig gonna see.  Bias ply will work for on road travel, but does not play well with others.  Save your money for a little longer, and get the IROKS. Or, save a little longer than that and get some Pitbull Rockers. I have never ran them myself, but anyone i have ever seen or heard from, said they would never run anything else but those.  Downside, they apparently have a "break-in" period, but afterwords, They.Stick.To.Everything.  Just my 2 pesos.   

[RnnngTrails]

Irok bias ply are not directional however the radials are. But thanks for playing.

Ps. How is directional a bad thing pls explain.

Your spare(assuming you carry one) can only be mounted one way. If its mounted to go on the drivers side and you get a flat on the other you have to run it backwards which they aren't designed to do. That'd be my concern..

[CnoteTJ]

thanks for covering my answer gary! 

[skibum]

A directional tire is designed to perform better in one direction but I don't feel that it will cause an issue if it is for a tempoarry application even if you needed to drive several hrs on the road. Some directional tires if run in the wrong direction constantly could cause some bad wear patterns but would not worry about it as using it for a spare.

 As to bais ply tires they perform great off road but highly recomend not using them for daily driving. If you feel the need to run bias ply tires then do as what "Rocket" does & bring them up in a trailor & bolt them on for the trail ride then swap back your street radials for the ride home. Seams to work good for him. Other wise there are many other good options available in tire choices for none directional radial tires.

 I persanally prefer a none directional tire because when you get stuck in a muddy situation than you can rely on good traction in reverse if it is the only option. A directional tire mounted in the wrong direction I feel will tend to draw the mud under the tire & loose traction compaired to a none directional mud tire that is desinged to push the mud out in either direction. I do agree that a directional tire will perform better in it's propper direction but will have to side with a none directional tire. That is just my persnal preferance.

[rocket]

Thanks Skibum for the props!  I would not run bias on a daily driver; just driving 30 min from parking to trail head is rough, and forget about at full pressure (i never do it above 15# on the hard-ball).  You will either wear them down super fast (low pressure) or vibrate all your bolts loose (full pressure) daily driving.  Plus they are softer (sticky) and just wear faster on the road.  Too expensive to run on a daily driver. 

An old set of rims is pretty cheap, so is a trailer like mine (<$200 w/o deck/rails at Harbor Frieght)

[RnnngTrails]

thanks for covering my answer gary! 

Here for you, buddy!