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Author Topic: Pictures Of My New Truck!!! Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-03-2007 04:34 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Don't knock the Citroen ... those French knows how to build cars .. I think Inspector Clouseau proved that more than once! The problem over here was parts scarcity and the fact that they rusted away like the Fiats. A friend of mine in Chicago owned a DS back in the early 70's although I don't rermember exactly what year his was... Cool car though.... Mark  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-03-2007 05:05 PM                        Perhaps this thread should be named "Post pictures of yo ride".  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-17-2007 08:06 PM                     Just got new BFG tires for the LR today.... Love these so far and in spite of the agressive tread the road noise didn't increase much. Will test the hill handling aspect tommrrow! Anyone else ever have these on their SUV/Truck?  |  IP: Logged Rick Hunter Master Film Handler Posts: 452 From: Melbourne, Australia Registered: Feb 2003 posted 11-18-2007 12:03 AM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Anyone else ever have these on their SUV/Truck? No but a mate of mine does and gets good mileage out of them. He rarely gets a puncture although they do no like the stony country of the Pilbra [North West Aust.] and tend to get chewed out a fair bit. They are fine in sand as long as pressures are lowered. Mine are a bit more agricultural.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2007 08:30 AM                     GEez Rick... looks like you could drive straight up Ayres Rock with those tires! One reason I bought these was on the recommendations of wearability on another thread at another web site...some are getting over 90K miles out of a set and they say they are also very puncture resistant in both the tread and sidewall area. I had two BFG street tires fail this year both out in the middle of the desert and that gets pretty tiresome although the LR jack makes for a very easy and quick tire change <10 minutes! The LR still has excellent cornering abilities although not as spectacular as with the street tires on. Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-18-2007 03:36 PM                       quote: Mark Gulbrandsen Just got new BFG tires for the LR today. You can drive?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-18-2007 07:49 PM                     Yep!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-19-2007 02:01 AM                     nice thing about skinney tires is that they can go through mud and snow and hit the hardpan layer for traction, not float above just to sit there and spin down to the hardpan layer. But, the wide profile ones are great for stability purposes - for cornering and weight distribution especially with vehicles of high center of gravity - being of the wider footprint. With Rick's tires, they'e definitely made for some serious off roading with the deep and wide angled lugs to bite into the mud and snow and help in any form of needed traction, whereas Mark's tires are for all around on/off-road usage. Yet, I bet tht Rick's tires howl like the banshee on asphalt or concrete pavement. Granted, more agressive groovework in the case of the tire to bite more than Rick's tires will do,but will fill up quicker with the mud and snow since there is hardly any large exit lanes in the tread for that junk to head out in a hurry. Mark, did you have your tires siped? (Good set anywho - BF GOODRICH TA's .. prob 255R60/16's on there) You oughta have them done at your local Les Schwab and you'll notice the difference when you're driving the I-15 corridor down into SLC. Siping tires will make them run cooler, have tons more bite in the tread for gripping, plus make them run tons cooler.. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-19-2007 07:48 PM                     Hi Monte, I had Les Schwab sipe the tires that I had on my Sportage and they were nice but the disadvantage is that when off roading its easier to rip them apart because of the siping. These tires are supposed to have excellent traction in snow and rain as-is. I also have the electronic traction control system in the Landy to boot so I don't expect to ever be at a traction disadvantage. I tried them out up in the mountains yesterday going 7/8's of the way up Bountiful peak... the wife held me back from making the top... the dog had to get out to relieve himself and so on and so forth... I had them through snow, ice, mud and plain ole dry dirt road and no problems at all. It was pretty darn clear yesterday and the view down into East Canyon and Morgan, Utaw was pretty nice! Mark  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-19-2007 10:09 PM                        Mark: I've had BFG's on 4 different vehicles.. routinely got 50k miles out of them with NO issues at all... I'm planning on getting a Suburban once I get rid of my current Accord... first thing to happen will be putting a set of 31 x 10.50's on it!..  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-20-2007 02:36 AM                     Good looking scenery up there on the other side of the Wasatch Range.. We had great weather on Sunday as well .. but Monday .. talk about the rain .. which you guys down there will get the white stuff .. then, it'll be the test on your LR - what they're built to do in the first place. Jason: gonna put a mean lift kit on that Surburban with those big shoes going on there? thx-Monte  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-20-2007 06:04 AM                     There are a few suburbans around here that are jacked up... nice and roomy but man, are they gas guzzlers! The big red Suburban was almost too large to fit on many of the roads east of Stockton Utaw and he scratched the piss pout of the clear coat... Something you may want to think about if you're planning off road stuff!  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-20-2007 11:55 PM                        31 x 10.50's fit nicely under the fenders without cutting... Also, no trailriding, to speak off.. I have to have a 4wd SUV for work.. and the 'Burban is what I want..  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-22-2007 02:23 PM                     Since we're bragging about our rigs, have to show my newest invention: '97 Chev S-10 ExCab, 2wd long bed ... not bad for $5400.00 Just a "City Truck" to haul film, theatre goodies, whatever, and easy for me and the wife to get into - not needing any stools, hoists, stepladders and elevators to get into the cab. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-23-2007 12:40 PM                        I'd take that 89-90 model K-5 Jimmy/Blazer in the background any day... I had a 90 K-5 Jimmy that I regret selling....  |  IP: Logged

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