ground hawgs

[CYates73]

i currently have the 40/17/16.5 bias ground hawgs and i am concidering going to the 38/15/16.5 radials... does anyone know if they ride better? wear better? sound quietter.... any info would be great

[cndrm]

Well, for daily driver use, a radial should always out perform a bias tire. Bias tires are really more geared toward heavier off road use than on road. I would expect your ride quality, and tire wear to both improve if you switched from bias to radial.

mike

[CYates73]

thanks for the info mike... anyone else that has actually made the switch?? needing some info... im trying to figure out whether or not i should go with a different tire...

[cndrm]

Well, what exactly is your problem with the tires you have? I know that bias tires aren't optimal for highway, and that if they sit for a day or two, they'll develop flat spots that take a few minuites to go away while driving.

The Ground Hawgs are a pretty agressive mud tire, and I can't imagine that they were very cheap. And 40" tires might be tough to get rid of, should you decide to sell them.

mike

[Slowrx]

Originally Posted by CYates73

thanks for the info mike... anyone else that has actually made the switch?? needing some info... im trying to figure out whether or not i should go with a different tire...

I don't know a lot of guy's who run those on the street....or even run them around me. I would assume like all tires the radials are going to get a little more mileage out of them. I doubt they will be any quieter. I ran IROK radials for a while and really loved them. They weren't really loud, wore great if you rotate them. I will probably buy them again when my DC's ware out.

[CYates73]

don't really have a problem with my tires i have now... they actually wear really good but im tired of the flat spots lol... you let them sit for half a day when it was cold and they get flat spots again...

[Buzztail]

on my last truck- a cummins- I switched from Swamper LTBs to SSRs and got a much better ride. Wore about the same. YMMV