I only got 10K out of my old swamper LTB's, which of course sucked big time.
Yeah but you can count on one hand the other tires out there that go as well offroad as the LTB's do. I run them on my Heep and I can go places I just shouldn't be, because of those tires, I don't mind the tread wear because of it. I plan to get a set of at's for road use here soon, so I can save the LTB's for trail use.
And here is an extreme pic of my Heep having the big lift small tire problem.
My old 31 x 11.5 LTB kicked ass for traction for sure, hell I could climb hills & go through mud better in 2-wheel drive better than I could with the BFG 30" AT's that I had on before. And when I would put the thing in four-wheel it practicaly felt like I had lockers in there when going offroad.
On the street the stuck like glue, I rember one time I was driving on a day that was a sheet of ice for 50 miles and almost every car I saw was in the ditch, I rember hearing a crunching sound as I was driving on the highway I think those huge soft outside lugs were actually breaking up the ice. Anyways I felt planted on one of the worst ice storms Iowa has ever gotten in my life time. And driving through snow on the highway was a joke to, didnt even faze those LTB's.
But the damn things were soooo soft I literally one time showed someone how soft they were by taking my TJ's ignition key and stuck it a good 1/4" into several of those outside lugs that were in perfect condition. And I didnt even have to try to push it in, it when into the tire like a knife in hot butter. But I would love to have a set of 33" or 34" just for offroading trips then go back to normal mudders for the street / local offroad pits. But my wife would never allow that. Although my wife has two sets of tires for her neon winter and all-seasons maybe I should play that fiddle for a while
