I am a newbie and found the attached video elsewhere in the forum so will repost here. It supports the prior recommendation of 32" IMO. In short, the 35" work better that the others off road except not as well on road and braking. This seems logical. I was surprised at close the 33" performed to the 35" off road and much better on road. The 33" seemed to well out perform the 31" off road with limited negative effects on road. This being said, the off road situations they tested in seem more challenging than beginner. This video can help you assess.
I don’t know if they still sell them or not, but I hunted for a long time using various “Off Road Atlas” publications. I carried both of them for my state because of different levels of detail. I remember sections of dirt road were labeled “impassable when wet.” I always considered that a clue. Pretty handy to have when the gps app is laying down blue track for where I’d been. Then based the shape of the track, I Could match that shape with the shape of the road on the map to figure out where I was at. Primitive by today’s standards but it worked.
My Jeep GC Trailhawk is on 31s and it has been very surprising. It wasn't by choice but I used it to pull out a friend in a Wrangler on 35s who'd gotten stuck. I drove all the terrain he had and pulled him out and made it back. The only problem is that the approach and departure angles suck.
ALWAYS. HAVE. YOUR. OWN. PUMP. One of the first things you should get before getting into offroading. Make sure you get one strong enough for your vehicle to.
A buddy of mine posted some removable body armor(it was some kind of light weight plastic or something). There is probably a finished product out there, but you're just as likely to get cosmetic damage on road, too.
Depends on the area. They're also good for removing downed trees.
Pretty amazing that 35” tires needed 50% farther to stop than 33” tires with no other changes to the vehicle. That gives me something to think about with the Sasquatch pkg. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, I get the physics of it: i=mr^2 and all so the farther away from the center the mass is the effect is exponential. I’ve just never seen a display like that where you can see a few #s of tire mass have such an effect on a 2-3 ton vehicle. It’s kind of mind-blowing.
Oh, I get the physics of it: i=mr^2 and all so the farther away from the center the mass is the effect is exponential. I’ve just never seen a display like that where you can see a few #s of tire mass have such an effect on a 2-3 ton vehicle. It’s kind of mind-blowing.
There may be online forums about that particular trail but I have found the best way is to find someone who has been down the trail a few times and ask them.
heck, you should have this even if you never want to off road. I use mine for all my cars regularly when the weather changes and pressure changes.
I will say that you will most likely get redneck pinstripes on any wooded trail you go on if there are lots of trees around. Even being super careful I always seem to get scratches from branches, that includes the “beginner” trails too depending on how wide the trail is. With that being said I am totally ready to scratch the S**t out of my brand new bronco. Battle scars shows you use her how she was intended?
