well i went wheeling down at the beach last weekend with some old timers and they were talking about how a/t's worked better in the sand, ive always thought that a m/t may work better just cause of the better tread but than i guess there are more voids so they prob dont float as well, i really cant figure out which would work better, anyone know anymore????

 

i would almost say the A/T's because they will not dig like M/T's would.....

 

i would think a/ts, i hear the trxxus radials are amazing in sand

 

from what i remeber Bill did better in sand with his buckshots then Evan with his BFG A/T, i could be wrong but i think thats right...

 

Yea from my experience I would say that MT are better than AT but thats only been once.

 

i say a/t's, only because they have a much better footprint in the sand. if you look at most ats, they have a lot of rubber touching the ground at once. compared to all the voids that are in a mt. also, a mt will try to dig up the sand, instead of floating on it like you want. I know i hate my mts in the sand, its an almost guarantee stuck if i stop, or get into a tricky spot. i can bury my tire in no time.

 

well realy sand will bury any tire if you stop, im really torn on this subject and i just cant figure it out, like you said a a/t has a bigger foot print but doest supply enough traction where as a m/t will have more traction but not as much of a footprint......if only there was a tire out there that helped solve this problem......

 

having had both BFG AT and MTs, for sand out here the AT performed better on the move and stopped. There were times where should I not have had them I would have needed 4x4 and rocking to most likely get out. That said, the MTs are good too, but in my experience only from a stop. On the move they don't grab as well as the AT, especially when cornering. With my ATs are mid speeds (30-50 mph) all I had to do was come off gas entering turn, drop a gear, and accelerate exiting the turn, rarely did I break traction or begin to fishtail. The MTs on the other hand I actually have to slow down or I'll break traction and begin fishtailing. Every other application I find the MTs to meet or exceed the performance of the ATs.

Now, when it comes to wet deep sand, the ATs got me stuck. They turned to slicks. I recently went back out to where I got stuck with them and tried the MTs out. I even came to a dead stop and spun in a little. The MTs worked just like they were suppose to. I left with an unstuck truck, lots-o-mud, and a huge sh*t-eat'n grin.

 

can you be more specific when you say everother application???? like road, snow, mud what???

 

Not snow tested yet. I might be able to do that later this year, but being in southern New Mexico limits me to the stuff unless I go about 6000 ft usually. Otherwise, rain, mud, gravel, rock. I don't slip on rocks as much as I did with the ATs. So far, in rain, the tires are about equal to me. Mud is night and day, obviously. Gravel is a little like sand, more like a mix of sand and small rock.

 

how are the x terrains in sand?

 

**** x-terrains