Best mud tires?

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On my 1989 K2500, I use it in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan area for fun dirt roads/light/medium trails. I also go to Louisiana, for mudding, and I was wondering what are the best tires for mudding/swamp driving? I know that Super-Swamper tires are nice, but RUINOUSLY expensive.


btw I use Goodyear Wrangler Trail-Runner tires for everything other than the above places. For when I go to U.P, I use Trail Country EXP tires. Thanks all!
 
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I love my Kelly Safari TSRs; haven't had a chance to get into any serious mud but I did drive through about 100 yards of a flooded road that was probably in about a foot and a half of water and the truck just kept going.
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They're discontinued as the Safari TSR, I think the new name is the Kelly Edge MT. I'm planning on putting a set on my one ton, I've been so impressed with them on my K2500.
 
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Theres a reason that Interco's are expensive. Because they work!

Get a second set of wheels, and throw on some R1 lug tractor tires. My old '88 cant be stopped in the sloppy mud. I bring a trailer with tools, jack, and spare parts, and the dedicated tires/wheels when I go mudding. I wouldn't waste time with street tires, even M/T's, if traction was needed.
 
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I've seen other members here say good things about the BFGoodrich KM2s.

I run their all terrains (KO2s) on both of my '97s and I've been very happy with them.
 
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If your serious about non-street driving off-road deep mud fun I second the agricultural tire option. Ag tires come in virtually any diameter, width that you would want but you may need some adaptors to adapt ag bolt-pattern wheels to your truck lug pattern if you cant find truck wheels with the right diameter for the diameter/width tire your looking for

Otherwise if price is your main criteria, if you can fit 37's, military humvee wheels/tires can be an extremely cheap option that has the same 8-lug pattern as our trucks. Otherwise lug adaptors are easier to find going from GM 6-lug to GM-8-lug rather than trying to find or custom make ones for ag wheels. And the military tires are DOT legal for street driving


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Boggers FTW

Any really aggressive mud tires will help you find driveline weaknesses quickly if you aren't careful. Come up out of a mudhole on the throttle and watch what happens when the tires hook.
 
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618 Syndicate said:
Boggers FTW

Any really aggressive mud tires will help you find driveline weaknesses quickly if you aren't careful. Come up out of a mudhole on the throttle and watch what happens when the tires hook.
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I'm torn between Boggers or TrXus M/Ts for when I wind up with a trail toy like a K5 or IH Scout. Both of them are rowdy on the pavement.
 
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I'm torn between Boggers or TrXus M/Ts for when I wind up with a trail toy like a K5 or IH Scout. Both of them are rowdy on the pavement.
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I've had swampers and boggers on several K5's, a square burb, and a CJ5, swampers are better for all around like trails, street, and mud (the trXus is like a radial swamper, right?) while they're all but useless on the street, in a mudhole boggers are tough to beat.
 
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I have a lift that’s enough for 35s, I could do more. I have a set of rims for Bogger tires, beat up steel rims I got a long time ago. I remember that those Super-Swampers were AWESOME on a friends ‘90 Burban, so I might go with those IF I can find some that fit those steelie’s. On the note of me using 33s instead of 35s, it’s that the 35s rub at full turns
 
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