Trxus M/T question... again

[lunchbox643]

Well, i really didn't want to post this because of all the other tire posts, but i couldn't find what i was looking for.

I am looking to get a set of 35x12.50 Trxus M/Ts and i was shopping around for prices. While looking i found out that the 15in variety are only 6ply and low load range, but the 16in tires are 10ply and load range E.

My question is: should i fork up the money to get the 16in version for the extra plys and better load range, etc...

also swaying my decision is the fact that i have 4 brand new black steelies in the 15x8 variety in my garage.

wheeling type is mostly rocks with some mud thrown in.

[Detour]

Get yourself some Maxxis Bighorns, they'll out perform and outlast
the TrXus, been there, done that.

www.maxxis.com , check dealer area for your closest contact, tire
price should be about equal to TrXus and you may be able to pick
them up & save, over shipping.

[johnnyc]

Funny, I was just reading the description of the Trxus MT in the 4WP magazine -

"The Trxus Mud Terrain is Interco's answer to the needs of those who do not require the maximum off-road traction but want a superb tire with good looks".

[lunchbox643]

i want a good off road tire, but i want to be able to drive the thing on road safely.

The trxus m/t seemed like a great chioce. anyway no one answered the question yet.

Are maxxis bighorns good on road?

[GottaBeJeep]

Don't get the 16 with the 10 plys and E load range. Way too stiff for a light Cherokee. Those 16" tires are designed for large trucks that haul a lot of weight. 15" C load range tires will ride a lot better and flex better on the trails. As for the Trxus MT's, they are my favorite tire for the dual purpose rig. The lug design with all the siping makes it an awesome tire on and off the trail. They are a heavy tire and take some weight to balance, but other than that, they are very quiet (atleast until they wear down then get louder like any other MT), have a lot more siping than most other MT's, the tread pattern works great in the mud, perform great in the rocks, and their road handling on wet, snowy, and icy conditions make them my favorite MT. I have gone through one set of 34's, then bought a new set of 34's and a set of 31's for the wife's ZJ, and will be getting some 37's once I finish the full widths. They also last a long time.

[Oatmeal]

I had a set of 35" TrXus M/Ts on my Toyota and loved them but, they're not really a 6 ply tire, it's 4 ply tread + 2 ply sidewall = 6 ply. Still, they're excellent tires and hold up really well to trail abuse (and I'm pretty hard on tires) as well as daily driving. I've got one I need to sell (locally) if anybody is interested--35x12.5x15 with about 85-90% tread left (was my spare)-----Hans

[lunchbox643]

Don't get the 16 with the 10 plys and E load range. Way too stiff for a light Cherokee. Those 16" tires are designed for large trucks that haul a lot of weight. 15" C load range tires will ride a lot better and flex better on the trails. As for the Trxus MT's, they are my favorite tire for the dual purpose rig. The lug design with all the siping makes it an awesome tire on and off the trail. They are a heavy tire and take some weight to balance, but other than that, they are very quiet (atleast until they wear down then get louder like any other MT), have a lot more siping than most other MT's, the tread pattern works great in the mud, perform great in the rocks, and their road handling on wet, snowy, and icy conditions make them my favorite MT. I have gone through one set of 34's, then bought a new set of 34's and a set of 31's for the wife's ZJ, and will be getting some 37's once I finish the full widths. They also last a long time.


thanks dude, thats exactally what i wanted to hear. thanks for the input.

[GottaBeJeep]

My first set of 34's I put close to 50,000 miles on them, and kept two of them for spares as they were not quite to the wear bars yet.

[Detour]

My first set of 34's I put close to 50,000 miles on them, and kept two of them for spares as they were not quite to the wear bars yet.

I would find this very, very, hard to believe.

The Maxxis are fine on the street, no issues.(70-NP)
After owning 3 sets of TrXus, now Maxxis, I would never go back to TrXus,
and I never saw that kind of mileage from a TrXus.

[CartsXJ]

I would find this very, very, hard to believe.

The Maxxis are fine on the street, no issues.(70-NP)
After owning 3 sets of TrXus, now Maxxis, I would never go back to TrXus,
and I never saw that kind of mileage from a TrXus.

Why? My set of 33's is still around and probably have another 10K on them, and I took them off at 55K. IF you keep them at pressure and rotate them at every oil change or 4K-5K, 50K is very easy to gain from these tires. Whenever anybody local that has them and talks bad about them, I always check the tires out and you can tell they never took care of them, uneven wear, alignments out, too low or high of a pressure for the vechicle, etc. They are a great tire, but you need to take care of them, just like your jeep, and they will give you plenty of miles.

[Nine Mile]

Why? My set of 33's is still around and probably have another 10K on them, and I took them off at 55K. IF you keep them at pressure and rotate them at every oil change or 4K-5K, 50K is very easy to gain from these tires. Whenever anybody local that has them and talks bad about them, I always check the tires out and you can tell they never took care of them, uneven wear, alignments out, too low or high of a pressure for the vechicle, etc. They are a great tire, but you need to take care of them, just like your jeep, and they will give you plenty of miles.

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[wil4thril]

I don't mean to highjack but I cannot help it. I have Maxxis Buckshots now but want the Bighorns (33's 15in rim). I see that someone wrote they were good on the street but how about the trail. 34's in the Trxus sound good also but how good are they on the road handling. If you have ever driven in the UK you will know why I ask.

[ZachMan]

Why? My set of 33's is still around and probably have another 10K on them, and I took them off at 55K. IF you keep them at pressure and rotate them at every oil change or 4K-5K, 50K is very easy to gain from these tires. Whenever anybody local that has them and talks bad about them, I always check the tires out and you can tell they never took care of them, uneven wear, alignments out, too low or high of a pressure for the vechicle, etc. They are a great tire, but you need to take care of them, just like your jeep, and they will give you plenty of miles.

What pressure you run on your 33s?

[CartsXJ]

when I was running my 33's, still stock bumpers and no winch, I was running 28psi front and 26 rear on 15x8.5 streetlocks. Now on my 35's with a Loose nuts front winch bumper, Warn 9.5XP, steel cable, C-rok rear bumper with tire carrier, custom Hi-lift mount and jack, full size spare. I am running around 26 psi front and 24 rear for every day driving and 28 front and rear for long highway drives.

[Detour]

wil4thil, the Bighorns do OUTSTANDING on the trail.
(rock,mud, mud-rock combo)

[DaffyXJ]

thanks dude, thats exactally what i wanted to hear. thanks for the input.

I had the exact opposite experience with my 35/12.5 trxus MTRs. I had two side wall splits in one outing last year and had two other tires develop eggs, Side wall let go. They did drive well on the road but any moisture off road and I was no better than a goodyear MTR.

[cal]

They did drive well on the road but any moisture off road and I was no better than a goodyear MTR.


You say that like the MT/R is a bad tire..

[wil4thril]

Outstanding...wow...sounds good to me, thanks

wil4thil, the Bighorns do OUTSTANDING on the trail.
(rock,mud, mud-rock combo)