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I did some tire cutting today. I forgot to take any pics but maybe I can when I get to the last tires I have to cut. I am cutting up old used up tires for my wifes gnome garden on the hill behind our house. So the first ones I cut I used a ancient(for the jungle) ryobi sawzall that miraculously worked for a while. When I got to the next set yesterday the sawzall succumbed to the ravages of internal rust. So in my wisdom I discovered that it is actually faster to cut the sidewall out of a tire with a cane knife style machete of all things.
That brings me to the point of this that yall may find interesting. I cut up BFG A/Ts and Goodyear Wrangler M/Ts (they were not the hardcore kevlar ones they were the basic M/T which is only marginally better tread style than the standard BFG all terrains. Both of these tires a generation old so they are not directly representative of the current offerings. They may however give a little insight into historic quality.
The BFGs were quite easy to cut each pass with the machete traveled about and inch and a half through the sidewall turning around the circle fairly easily. The goodyears however took a lot of sweat work with that machete. Each stroke of the blade and maybe a half inch of rubber sidewall yielded. The goodyear took longer than two of the 2 BFGs combined. Its sidewall was atleast 50% thicker than the BGF. It was alot of work cutting through that tire. Even the drill holes to get the machete started took twice as long to drill out.
I know alot of people swear by the BFGs and I have had a few sets myself. However each set I have had required a tire plug before the tread was gone and I had a total of 2 sidewall punctures out of 12 tires total. These were not ran on my hardcore offroaders, only on my regular vehicles which typically just see the daily hill climb and dirt roads with the occasional field or farm road. The goodyears came with my old CJ7 and I did wheel them for about a year before switching to larger 32s. I dont really have a reason but have never had alot of confidence while driving BFG A/Ts. I have felt confident in their Radial T/A classic and drag radials but for different reasons.
While the GoodYear Territories may not be a true M/T tire and not even close to the Super Swampers I plan to put on my Bronco. I do feel they are probably a major upgrade over the BFGs as I feel that it is likely that Goodyear maintained this edge over BFGs offerings.
Anyone else crudely destroy a tire and have any insight on its durability?
The tires I cut are not in this picture but eventually they will be in the background area of this.
This picture is of some artwork my lovely wife Josi made me for Valentines Day.
That brings me to the point of this that yall may find interesting. I cut up BFG A/Ts and Goodyear Wrangler M/Ts (they were not the hardcore kevlar ones they were the basic M/T which is only marginally better tread style than the standard BFG all terrains. Both of these tires a generation old so they are not directly representative of the current offerings. They may however give a little insight into historic quality.
The BFGs were quite easy to cut each pass with the machete traveled about and inch and a half through the sidewall turning around the circle fairly easily. The goodyears however took a lot of sweat work with that machete. Each stroke of the blade and maybe a half inch of rubber sidewall yielded. The goodyear took longer than two of the 2 BFGs combined. Its sidewall was atleast 50% thicker than the BGF. It was alot of work cutting through that tire. Even the drill holes to get the machete started took twice as long to drill out.
I know alot of people swear by the BFGs and I have had a few sets myself. However each set I have had required a tire plug before the tread was gone and I had a total of 2 sidewall punctures out of 12 tires total. These were not ran on my hardcore offroaders, only on my regular vehicles which typically just see the daily hill climb and dirt roads with the occasional field or farm road. The goodyears came with my old CJ7 and I did wheel them for about a year before switching to larger 32s. I dont really have a reason but have never had alot of confidence while driving BFG A/Ts. I have felt confident in their Radial T/A classic and drag radials but for different reasons.
While the GoodYear Territories may not be a true M/T tire and not even close to the Super Swampers I plan to put on my Bronco. I do feel they are probably a major upgrade over the BFGs as I feel that it is likely that Goodyear maintained this edge over BFGs offerings.
Anyone else crudely destroy a tire and have any insight on its durability?
The tires I cut are not in this picture but eventually they will be in the background area of this.
This picture is of some artwork my lovely wife Josi made me for Valentines Day.
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