This Mudclaw MT tire is for those of you that have a 1987 all the way up to the current
model year Wrangler that are looking for a mud-terrain tire that's still going to be
a high-quality tire.
It's just going to be a little bit less expensive than some of the other options out there.
This tire is going to come from a 31 to a 35-inch size, and fitting a 15 up to a 17-inch
wheel.
Now, this is the Mudclaw MT.
There's also the Mudclaw MT Extreme.
The Extreme is going to have a three-ply sidewall.
This is going to be a two-ply sidewall.
So this tire's gonna be a little bit less expensive than some of the other ones out
there for, really, two reasons.
One, that it's a two-ply and not a three-ply sidewall, and two, the fact that it's Mudclaw
and not one of those more well-known names.
You are going to save a little bit of money because you're not buying something that has
that well-known, household tire name.
That being said, I still think this is a very high-quality tire.
As far as the tread goes, it's still going to have the same large lugs with large space
in between, designed to give you maximum traction off-road.
However, with any mud-terrain tire that has this setup, they're going to be a little bit
louder on the road and wear a little bit quicker than an all-terrain tire, but that's just
what you get on the road.
When you're off-road with any mud-terrain tire, this one included, you're going to get
maximum traction because of the way these lugs are designed.
The tread does work its way down on to the sidewall a little bit, giving you some additional
traction, some protection for the sidewall, and giving you that tell-tale MT look also.
Now, if you are somebody who does a lot of off-roading on the rocks, you're in the mud
where there's sticks, roots, different things sticking out, you want a little bit of a stronger
sidewall, you can go with the Extremes, you go up to a three-ply, still with the Mudclaw
brand, and still save some money over some of those other brands out there, while still
having a very high-quality tire with a little bit of the thicker sidewall.
Again, this is going to have that two-ply sidewall, saving you even more money, which
is great as long as you're not going to be using the benefits of that additional sidewall
thickness.
A mud-terrain tire in general is going to look very similar to this one.
Again, it's going to have these nice large lugs with spaces in between, and the spaces
are designed so that when you're in the mud, and mud gets stuck onto the tire, the tire
can essentially become a slick.
If you get up a little bit of wheel speed, and you have these nice big spaces, that mud
can be ejected from the tire, giving the tire its claws back, giving it its bite again,
and allowing you to get some traction and get out of whatever hole you're in.
Now, these large lugs do have some siping in them, right from the factory, and that's
going to be those cuts in the lugs.
And what that's designed to do is give the lug a little bit of flexibility so, especially
when you air this tire down off-road it's going to be a little flexible, it's going
to give you maximum contact patch when you're running over some rough terrain, which is
going to give you the maximum amount of traction.
That tread that is on the...facing the tire, of course, is going to extend onto the sidewall
just a little bit.
And this area is going to have some protection, also give you some traction, because of that
tread on the sidewall.
And, again, this is just going to be a two-ply sidewall, not a three-ply sidewall.
If you are looking for a little bit more sidewall strength, something a little bit thicker,
Mudclaw does offer their Extreme with the three-ply, or you can step up to another brand
that has one of those two-ply sidewalls as well.
Of course, with a tire, you're going to want to take your wheels and tires to a mount and
balance shop and have them do that work for you.
Don't be surprised if the shop doesn't wanna balance your tires right off the bat.
A lot of rubber is going to sling off of a big mud-terrain tire in that first 500 miles
or so, so some shops won't even waste their time mounting and balancing right off the
bat.
They'll have you come back after about 500 miles and go ahead and balance the tire out
at that point.
So, just something to note.
Not all shops, but some shops will do that.
Now, I know we've all seen the videos of people mounting tires on wheels using some sort of
explosive, some sort of combustible.
That's something that should be used as sort of a last-ditch effort, a worst-case scenario,
as a trail fix, not to mount up five brand-new wheels and tires.
You can do this at home if you're installing these tires on a three-piece wheel, something
that has a bead lock, but if you're mounting it on a traditional one-piece wheel, do yourself
a favor, take it to a mount and balance shop.
These tires are gonna run about $145 to $240, and that is going to depend, of course, on
the size of the tire and the size of the wheel.
In general, the larger the tire, the more expensive, and the larger the wheel you mount
it on, the more expensive as well.
It's a little bit counter-intuitive because there's actually less rubber required if you're
mounting this on a larger wheel, but that's just the way the tire prices break down.
If you do step up to the Extreme, of course, it's gonna be a more expensive tire, having
a three-ply sidewall.
And if you step up to one of those other brands that have the three-ply sidewall and a little
bit of a better-known name, of course, you're going to be spending more for that as well.
But I do think this is still a very well-built tire, I think it's going to work and wear
very, very well for you, and you're going to save some money over some of those other
brands.
So if you're looking for a tire that's going to be a little bit less expensive than some
of the other options out there, but still give you something that's going to wear and
work very well, I would definitely recommend taking at look at the Mudclaw brand, and you
can find them right here at extremeterrain.com.
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