Who has BFG All Terrian T/A's?

[RyanbabZ71]

Not me! BFG's are entirely over rated and over priced. There are way better tires out there for a fraction of the cost.

 

No they aren't overrated.

 

 

Ryan

[Dirtbiker]

I have an interesting story about BFG AT's. I had about 8 sets of them on various trucks including my 2006 Sierra 2500 HD. I went to put a new set on it after the first set wore out. It has factory rims. The new tires, that should have been identical, threw every weight off every rim within 20 km. I had them balanced five times by two different shops and they flew off every time. I made them put a different brand of AT tires on and never lost another weight again.

I was sad as I love these tires but they must have changed the bead on them. Every GM with the same rims I looked at after all had no weights on them.

I now run Goodyear Durotracs. I like them very much too. The only problem with them is the limited sizes.

If you have aftermarket rims then it wouldn't matter as you use stick on weights anyway. It is just weird that they won't hold friction weights on anymore......

[RyanbabZ71]

Why didn't they use the stick on weights on the inside?

 

 

Ryan

[DaveH71]

Apparently that shop didn't know how to size the rim lip and just threw on any random type of weight they could find. There are different weight styles for different style rim lips.

[Dirtbiker]

I didn't want stick on weights as, if the balance guy isn't good, they aren't as easy to balance with. As well, with the factory 16 inch rims, there is very little clearance between the brake calliper and the rim. I have seen these tires need up to 6 ounces in one place to balance them and the stick ons get torn off by the calliper if they are stacked.

 

As far as using the wrong weights, the owner of the Kal Tire is a friend of mine so he personally balanced them himself the second time. I saw the weights he used as we thought they were the wrong ones the first time.

When they fell off, I went to the GM dealership to get them balanced and described the problem so that they would double check the weights. I thought maybe Kal Tire got a bad batch of weights. They flew off too. Twice. Then we tried the powder in the wheels. It didn't work worth a s@&t. Went back to Kal Tire and told them to replace the tires with Nitto Terra Grapplers. Never lost a single weight and they were using the same exact weights as the first two times.

 

It is definitely the tires. I did not like the Nittos so after they wore out at 35,000 km, I put the durotracs on. Same GM dealership, same weights. Haven't lost a weight on those either......

I started looking at other guys when I would see they had the BFG's and the factory rims. They had no weights on either and said they had them balanced when installed. I don't care what anyone says, they changed the tire somehow.

[GPGuy]

I'm very interested to see how these tires wear but so far as far as performance is concerned I'm very pleased with them. Dry roads, snow and wet they're awesome!