Ground Hawg's on my flattie?

i know i am already pushing my luck with stock axles and my 35" BFG's... but a local guy is selling some 35X14XR15 ground hawgs DIRT CHEAP. I know i'll need rims with a lot of backspacing, but aside from that, am I asking for trouble? Will they put a lot more stress on the axles than my BFG's? I've got 11" brakes all around now, so stopping power is not an issue, and i have spare axle shafts front and back in the back of the jeep at all times.

I was thinking of throwing the hawgs on the flattie and keeping the BFG's for my upcoming lift on the TJ (my DD).

thoughts?

 

like all things Jeep
how you drive in relation to the skinny pedal will tell the tale

 

i do almost zero rock crawling. Mostly muddy and grassy trails and i only hammer the throttle when im in lots of mud to clear the treads. probably why the axles are still alive i suppose. oh, and i've been running 35" BFG's for well over a year and a half now. will the extra width be an additional strain? or do you figure about the same as the BFGs?

 

I agree.

 

Yes. Increased unsprung weight. How's your stock L-head power with the 12" wide tires? It's going to get worse. Seems like a lot to ask of those axles.

 

LOL Stock L-head power? isn't that an oxymoron?
it's ok for what it needs to do... top speed is about 45 MPH though and steep hills are a strain, but she always makes it R)

 

Ground Hawgs are cool, do it. Just watch the throttle like everyone said. Do it. Do it.

 

I wouldnt pay more than $25 a tire. You'd have a hard time selling them around here to anybody that has any experience with them.

 

thats the first time i have heard anything bad about them... what dont you like about them?

 

They stink for an on-road tire. Takes a ton of weight to balance and flat spot bad while sitting. Not good in the rain. Howl like a 100 car freight train, etc.

For a mid psi off-road tire they are OK, just not as good as most of the newer tires.

 

For a tire that is especially for the mud it is mediocre at that. They are simply an adapted industrial tire. They are not specially designed for anything other than big cheap tire. As far as that goes I would rather have Gumbo Mudders for 35 a tire. Both were mounted on 79 f150 shortbed with f350 guts in the 35" size. They did keep there tread a lot longer than than the Mudders. When we moved to TSL's it was like a whole another truck.

 

Man, nothing cleans mud out of the tread like a 460 and Super Swampers.

 

I will have disagree with a couple of you. I had Ground Hawgs on my cj7 with a v8 and they are an excellent tire for the mud. I would get about 25k miles on them but as they were a bias ply tire they would flat spot like all bias ply tires do. And yes they are loud but its not like your jeep is quiet going down the road anyways.
I vote get them its your vehicle and they wont disappoint you for traction in the mud.
Thats my 2cents
Kevin

 

I know my father had them on his short bed chevy and they were an awsome tire in the mud. they pulled like crazy, but we mostly have clay around here. i like the look of them as well. go for it.

 

Any pic's of the Jeep (with girlfriend of course ) sportin the new Hawgs?
Curious how the Jeep likes em, turning radius etc...
Have you all but given up 4 high with 35's?
Donnie

 

i havent gotten them yet... although they are still available. Been spending lots on the new house (my first house) lately so the jeep has taken the backseat (for now). Sadly i only get out in it about once a week or so... between work, finishing my basement, setting up my shop in the garage, landscaping, and trips to home depot, i havent had much spare time or money.
i know where the tires are though if i get the urge to splurge