Life expectancy of BFG A/T's?

[Quetico]

When you guys buy a new set of tires, such as BFG's or Duratracs, what are your expectations for how many miles you'll get out of them?

I have had the same set of BFG A/T KO's on my 2012 Trail since day one. I'm currently at 65k, and I rotate every 5k. The guy at Discount when I bought them said that they'd be good for 80k. Another guy at Discount during my last rotation said to expect 40k from a set; he was shocked at how mine have held up at 65k.

I'm just curious to know what the group here expects from a new set of tires. I might get some new shoes before the snow flies here in November... I have started to notice that mine can get a little loose on wet pavement.

Now that I'm in the west Michigan snow belt, I'm also kicking around the idea of doing dedicated snow tires for the winter. I might be able to run my current set for another season next summer if I do that.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Tell you the truth, I see dry rot and cracking on BFG's before I see a need to replace them from tread wear. Usually get 70,000 miles plus and I have owned a lot of BFG's

 

[RonJR]

It also depends on what you consider "worn out" to be. If you run them to 2/32 tread depth, you'll get quite a few more miles than if you stop at 6/32. I'm pretty conservative, and I refuse to drive on Colorado winter roads with tread depth less than 6/32. With that criteria, I got 50,000 out of my first set of BFG AT KO's on the '94 4runner.

 

[snowdave]

When you guys buy a new set of tires, such as BFG's or Duratracs, what are your expectations for how many miles you'll get out of them?

I have had the same set of BFG A/T KO's on my 2012 Trail since day one. I'm currently at 65k, and I rotate every 5k. The guy at Discount when I bought them said that they'd be good for 80k. Another guy at Discount during my last rotation said to expect 40k from a set; he was shocked at how mine have held up at 65k.

I'm just curious to know what the group here expects from a new set of tires. I might get some new shoes before the snow flies here in November... I have started to notice that mine can get a little loose on wet pavement.

Now that I'm in the west Michigan snow belt, I'm also kicking around the idea of doing dedicated snow tires for the winter. I might be able to run my current set for another season next summer if I do that.

Well, it also depends on where you're driving and what are the primary types of conditions you drive in. If I'm out here ripping the hot Utah desert terrain all day, I'm sure I'll be closer to that 40k, but regular paved road use in a cool climate with no hard acceleration/braking should get me closer to that 80k (which I'd think is high IMO). However, I swap on winter-dedicated tires every October and take them off around May, so slightly different story for me than driving ATs all year round.

 

[nevada]

Well, it also depends on where you're driving and what are the primary types of conditions you drive in. If I'm out here ripping the hot Utah desert terrain all day, I'm sure I'll be closer to that 40k, but regular paved road use in a cool climate with no hard acceleration/braking should get me closer to that 80k (which I'd think is high IMO). However, I swap on winter-dedicated tires every October and take them off around May, so slightly different story for me than driving ATs all year round.

i think 80 would be easy. I just don't drive enough to get that many miles. my sidewalls go long before the tread is worn out. my last set of the old style KO's had about 65k on them when they started leaking out the sidewall. I still had easily 45% tread left. and other than the leaking, they still performed great.