BFG All terrians OK for towing?? What size do i need??
I just bought a 2000 tundra limited TRD 4x4. It has awful mud tires on it now!! I want to get some BFG allterrians like I had on my tacoma. On a tacoma 31x10.50 is the size that looks the best in my mind but what is a good looking size on a tundra. I dont want to look like a bigfoot or anything i just dont want folks to wonder if I am a 2wd or a 4wd....Does that make sense? Also are the BFG allterrains ok for towing a waight of around 4500 pounds (covered atv trailer with 2 atvs in it or a 24 ft travel trailer) If not what are some other agressive looking tires that might be better???
I have 285x75x16's and pull a TT that weighs in at 5,620 loaded for camping. The BFG AT's work much better than the stockers the Tundra comes with. They have much stiffer side-walls and are an 'LT' (light truck) rated tire vs. the stockers 'P' (passenger) rating.
You'll have no problems with them.
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In the rear you can fit more tire than in the front... This is because you need extra clearance for the front wheels to turn. If you really want a bigger tire, I would recommend a leveling kit. I've used the pre-load style kit, and I hate it. I would recommend you go with a strut/coilover spacer kit... These are coincidentally easier to install, as well, as you do not need a coilspring compressor.
I have 265/75R16 BFG AT's and I tow our 27' travel trailer (5500 loaded). The BFG perform very well when towing, just remember to air them up before towing! I air them up to 50 psi for towing and this greatly increases the towing stability.
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Looking for comments on replacement tires (P265/70R16 111S) for my 2001 Tundra V8 SR5 TRD 4x4 with A/Transmn. I will be doing on-road driving and occassionally towing a 5,000 # boat & trailer on long trips (7 to 8 hrs. of highway driving). I will NOT be doing any off-road driving.
Am especially looking for comments on the BFG Rugged Trail T/A (UTQG Rating: 400 A B) and the Michelin LTX M/S (UTQG Rating: 440 A A). Thanks, Sandy
Highly recommend Michelin LTX M/S for towing/on-pavement driving
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Originally Posted by Sandy
Looking for comments on replacement tires (P265/70R16 111S) for my 2001 Tundra V8 SR5 TRD 4x4 with A/Transmn. I will be doing on-road driving and occassionally towing a 5,000 # boat & trailer on long trips (7 to 8 hrs. of highway driving). I will NOT be doing any off-road driving.
Am especially looking for comments on the BFG Rugged Trail T/A (UTQG Rating: 400 A B) and the Michelin LTX M/S (UTQG Rating: 440 A A). Thanks, Sandy
After two towing seasons (~9,000 miles of towing) with the Michelin LTX (265/75R16), I strongly recommend this tire if you're primarily (or exclusively) doing on highway drivng.
This tire has excellent wet/dry/snow/ice grip for both towing/non-towing situations.
The fairly stiff sidewalls (but not harsh riding) and the closely spaced (yet will siped) tread pattern combine to provide excellent resistance to trailer induced rear side/side sway/wiggle. Most of my towing is over sharply curving mountain roads and the Michelins are exceptionally confidence inspiring. I seriously doubt that any all terrain tire (with larger, more widely spaced tread blocks) could be better for controlling trailer induced rear sway/wiggle than these Michelins.
Tread life is truly superb. When new, my tires had 15.5 mm of tread depth. After about 18,500 miles, the tread depth has decreased to 12.5 mm; a wear rate of about .16 mm/thousand miles. Using a minimum safe depth of 1.6 mm, I have approximately 11 mm of wear left, which at my wear rate is roughly another 68K miles for a total of around 86K miles. Even if I replace them with a comfortable 4.5 mm of tread left, I'll still get around 70K miles out of these tires. I think that's pretty good for a set of tires that spend half their time handling the stresses of towing (3800 lb trailer) and 2/3 of their time on steep, sharply curving mountain roads.
Finally, the Michelins are an exceptionally low rolling resistance tire. I routinely get 19 to 21 mpg in highway driving (65 to 70 mph) and even get 13+ mpg when towing...and I suspect the Michelins are contributing 1 to 2 mpg to those excellent numbers.
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I installed the BFG's last year with great success. A little noisy, but still the best tire I have ever had. I tow a boat in the summer and a 24' enclosed snowmobile trailer in the winter (5500lbs). Also suggest a rear anit sway bar.
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2000 Tundra Limited, ARE Z Series Cap, AAL,Bilsteins, Cornfed 2.5" front lift, BFG 265x75x16 KO's, Garmin GPSMAP 265, JVC disc/MP3 player, Reese Electric Brake Controller Helwig rear sway bar.
Thanks for the info. My boat & trailer weigh 5,050# and my Tundra has the TRD Off-Road pkg. Should I still install a rear anti-sway bar?
Sandy
Sandy, my snowmobile trailer can catch a lot of cross wind, and at 5500lbs is probably the most I want to tow with the tundra (5500lbs of sleds and trailer + 4 guys, gear etc). The rear sway bar helped alot, along with the stiffer side walls of the BFG's. If you are not experienceing the sames symptoms, it may not be required, but then again it is a pretty cheap add on (~$200) and they also help the handling of the Tundra in everyday driving. In fact I think the rear sway bar's value or bang for the buck is hard to beat. There have been many other posts here at TS with similar experiences.
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2000 Tundra Limited, ARE Z Series Cap, AAL,Bilsteins, Cornfed 2.5" front lift, BFG 265x75x16 KO's, Garmin GPSMAP 265, JVC disc/MP3 player, Reese Electric Brake Controller Helwig rear sway bar.
BFG All terrians OK for towing?? What size do i need??
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