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The Mudclaw Extreme M/T tire is for those of you that have a 1987 all the way up to the most current year Wrangler that are looking for a good yet less expensive M/T tire. This is going to be available from sizes of 29 inches to 35 inches and 4-wheel sizes of 15 to 20 inches, so you do have a lot of different options with this tire. Now, you're going to be looking for a mud terrain tire if you are somebody who is taking your Jeep off-road, you want something that is going to offer some really nice traction in the soft, loose dirt and in the mud. These are also going to offer some really great traction on the rocks.So, again, if you're doing some more really hardcore wheeling, a tire like this is going to be a really great choice for you. Now on the flip side of that, if you're staying on the road most of the time, an all terrain tire is probably going to be a better choice. These mud terrain tires, they're noisy on the road, they also don't wear all that well on the road.So if you're going to spend a lot of time off-road, you're going to need to use all the benefits of this tire, by all means this is a great choice. If you're going to spend most of the time on the road, you probably want to go with an all terrain. There are some benefits to that. Now, there are also going to be some benefits to a mud terrain tire as far as the construction of the tire goes. This is going to have some large lugs that are spaced fairly far apart and that's really what makes it different from an all terrain tire. They are going to have smaller lugs that are closer together. And the idea behind this is that the tire is self-cleaning. So when you do get it into the mud, into the dirt, the tire isn't going to be completely pack full of mud and become essentially slick off-road. This you can build up a little bit of wheel speed, it'll self-clean itself getting all the bite back to the tire. These large lugs are also siped, and what that means is that they have a small cut in them that will allow them to flex. So when you air this tire down off road and you are driving on the rocks or any other off-road obstacles, this is really going to be able to perform to the obstacle, giving you the maximum contact patch and therefore the maximum amount of traction.As you can see, the tread of the tire does continue down to the sidewall of the tire a little bit and that's pretty typical for a mud terrain tire that's going to going to allow you to still have some traction even when you drive on the rocks with the side of the tire. And this being the extreme version of this mud terrain tire from Mudclaw, this has a three-ply sidewall, which is something that you see often times in a mud terrain tire. That's just going to be a little bit stronger sidewall when you do encounter sticks, rocks, whatever debris off-road, you're going to have more puncture resistance to that sidewall.Also having a little bit stiffer sidewall helps keeps the air down in the tire a little bit more without risking losing the beat of the tire. Now this is going to be a little bit more expensive than the non-extreme version of the mud terrain tire from the Mudclaw, which is also available. But if you are going off-road a lot, you probably want the additional sidewall thickness of this tire.So we already talked about a lot of the construction of this tire. It has large lugs, space far apart with siping, some tread down the sidewall, a three-ply sidewall. Overall, a tire that is designed to be off-road most of the time. There are a lot of people that run these on the road but, again, they're noisy and they don't wear as well as an all terrain tire.So, if you're going to take advantage of all the benefits of a mud terrain tire by using it in off-road a lot, this is gonna be a really nice choice at a lesser price than some of the bigger tire manufacturer brand names. However, if you're not, if you're just staying on the road, go ahead and look at an all terrain. That's going to be a little bit better for you.As far as the installation of this tire goes, you're going to want to take the tire and your wheel to a mount and balance shop, have them mount it up, have them balance it out for you. Now if you are installing a large mud terrain tire, say, 35 or up, some shops won't want to balance that out right away, because you do have a lot of rubber just flinging off this thing in the very beginning of its life. So, some of those shops will have you come back after about 500 miles or so, and mount the tire then. So if you do have a shop that does that don't be surprised.Also, don't try to mount these at home. We've all seen the videos of people using some sort of explosive, some sort of propellant in order to set the beat on a large tire doing it at home. Leave that to the trail fixes, to the emergencies. You'll still want to balance out you're tire so you're going to have to go to mount and balance shop anyway. Just take it there, have them mount it up, that's the right way to do it.So these tires are going to run you from anywhere about $100 to $200, and that completely depends on the size of the tire. Usually, the larger the tire, the more expensive it is. You would expect that. That's going mean more rubber. But also, the larger the wheel the tire's designed for the more expensive it is. It's just kind of the way it is. So a 35-inch tire designed for a 20-inch wheel is going to be more expensive than a 35-inch tire designed for a 15-inch wheel. These are overall, though, are going to be less expensive than those big brand names. The BF Goodrich, the Goodyear, the Nitto. These Mudclaws are going to be a little bit less expensive and they're still going to be a very good tire.So if you're looking to save a couple of dollars, I would definitely recommend taking a look at this one. So if you're looking for a slightly less expensive mud terrain tire, I would recommend taking a look at the Mudclaw that you can by right here at extremeterrain.com.
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What is the best gear ratio to run for larger tires? When you increase the diameter of your tires, your vehicle's engine has to work harder to turn them. Naturally, this will lead to increased fuel consumption and reduced performance. So, when upgrading to a set of larger tires you should re-gear your rig to regain this lost acceleration, performance and fuel economy.
Find your original tire size and gear ratio using the chart listed below, the intersection should be your approximate RPMs at 65 MPH. Then find your new tire size and follow it across to the closest RPM to your original tires, this will be your gear ratio choice.
This chart is based on driving at 65 MPH with a 1:1 gear ratio and a manual transmission in 4th gear. Please note if your vehicle is equipped with an automatic transmission your RPMs will be higher due to normal transmission and the torque converter slippage. In overdrive your RPMs will be approximately 15% to 30% less than indicated.
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