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Some of you guys may remember the story about me hitting the ditch and going through a fence because of an unposted dead end,  well I ended up having the whole truck painted and just got it back on Friday.  It looks awsome!  There is nothing like a freshly painted black truck.  But, when the bodyman was driving my truck out of the shop there was a broom laying on the floor, needless to say, the back wheel went over the broom head, the handle flipped up and BANG dented the back fender.  So now i gotta take it back and have the back fender redone, again, at thier expense this time.  I'm trying to get a hold of a digital camera to take some pics for you guys.
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Never fails, when it rains, it pours.  How do you like your Duelers?  I'm in need of tires shortly and the best price so far for a quality tire appears to be on the Dueler AT Revo's which I guess is a new model...good wet traction and tread life.
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My Dueler MT's F@#$ing DIG!  Living in the Canadian praries my tires see a lot of everthing, snow, clay. mud, and sand.  They clean themselves of mud very well.  The only time I ever got stuck with them was last winter when we were breaking snow drifts with my old truck, and that was from being hung up in the drift.  I've had the old style Dueler AT's, and they were a pretty decent tire, even off road.  I would rate the AT's a notch below the BFG AT's.
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My Dueler MT's F@#$ing DIG!  Living in the Canadian praries my tires see a lot of everthing, snow, clay. mud, and sand.  They clean themselves of mud very well.  The only time I ever got stuck with them was last winter when we were breaking snow drifts with my old truck, and that was from being hung up in the drift.  I've had the old style Dueler AT's, and they were a pretty decent tire, even off road.  I would rate the AT's a notch below the BFG AT's.

Thanks for the info, as you'll see above, I got a deal on them, so it made it easy.  The BFG's and others that others mentioned were either a bit too aggressive or pricey for me.  We've got a shortage of affordable shops around here with a good selection.  My truck's the daily driver and it's mostly the 8.5 each way on the freeway/main drags to and from work.  so without a locker in the rear, my main concerns are wet traction and treadlife, which the Duelers will likely take care of.  Just need to schedule the install when they come in.

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