TSL Thornbirds...

[Mpeckham22]

does anyone have any experience with TSL thronbirds? i hear mixed reviews about them... im not sure if this is the right section.. sorry

 

[SolarBell]

No personal experience, just have heard more than a few people call them 'thornturds'.

 

[MrShaft696]

go on pirate4x4.com and search thornbirds, you'll find the answer. Ive seen them on the trail & I wouldn't drive out of my driveway with them.

 

[jbsjunk]

For every 1 good review, you'll find 1000 bad.

 

[Jeep450r]

they suck

 

[Jeep450r]

unless you get all crazy and spend hours siping/cutting them

 

[aintright]

they are the single greatest offroad tire ever conceived, let alone put into production

 

[RoyalXJ]

Worst tire ever made. I wasted my money on them before.

 

[goodburbon]

I had a set of slickbirds once. Almost got stuck on flat ground (it was wet clay), and did get stuck crossing ruts once, dry ruts. Let a friend drive my jeep when it was wet and he did a 360 in the middle of the road. I tried to brake on wet roads once and ended up sliding every time I pumped the brakes, right into a car eventually. Absolutely ZERO traction in anything wet. The bias ply and super wide tread led to extreme wandering problems. They were a NIGHTMARE in the mud, they pulled once you got down in it, but the side lugs flung mud EVERYWHERE. The side lugs even caught a brake line once and ripped it out in traffic. Bar none the worst tire I've ever had the misfortune of running.

My next tires were co-op mudders and the wandering problem went away and the getting stuck problem went away. Never got to experience much for wet roads with them because my motor blew soon after I got them.

 

[xj_maniac_newb]

Just a little FYI, thornbirds were designed to be run in the sand... They do just find in the terrain they were designed for.

 

[itrack]

Goodyear Duratracs are pure win. Good daily, quite, mud, sand, etc.

 

[Porch951]

Goodyear Duratracs are pure win. Good daily, quite, mud, sand, etc.

I just got mine and i've been loving them. However, sidewalls are supposed to be pretty weak...they're not for everything.

 

[Mpeckham22]

well i think that 'bout settles it.. dunlop mud rovers aint bad tho, right?

 

[big_nasty]

no they are not. i have a set 33s and they do just fine in just about anything

 

[goodburbon]

well i think that 'bout settles it.. dunlop mud rovers aint bad tho, right?

I ran a set a long time ago and a friend of mine had them on his 4 runner. In the mud they were decent, In rocks not so good. They did wear fairly well for a mud terrain.

 

[cheapcherokee93]

go on pirate4x4.com and search thornbirds, you'll find the answer. Ive seen them on the trail & I wouldn't drive out of my driveway with them.

this thread would've been way more fun if it were on pirate

 

[Miller88]

I've heard horrible things about them

But I'm running recaps - the real red headed step child of tires. Guess I can't say anything bad about another tire?