16k? Really? Did you run them at 30psi the whole time? My last set of D-rated 285/70/17 BFG AT KOs lasted 58,000 miles with 65psi and 7,500 mile rotations. Here is a pic of them with 56k:

The 285s were replaced with E-rated 305/65/17 BFG AT KOs. Anywhere around 50k is good for a true AT style tread like the BFGs. You cannot compare them to a rib tread highway tire for tread life.

 

"16k miles and they were smoked"

Oh brother

 

I hvae run BFG all terrains on the the following vehicles.

92 2500 Suburban (31")
90 Ford ranger (33")
99 F-350 (p-stroke) (37")
H2 (2 of them) (stock)
07 Chevy 2500 (35")
07 Dodge 2500 (37")

Every single one of these vehicles saw at minimum 60k miles per set and quite a few times I saw over 80k. I am NOT religious about roatating and tow quite often with all vehicles. I would find it hard to go with another tire.

The ONLY people that I have ever heard talk bad about them are people who do not sell them and try and sell something else.

 

I'm not selling them....

If I am, BFG or Goodyear are behind on my payments.....

 

I do sell them and will still not recomend them, and not 30psi 65f 70r and always towing. Lt265/70r17 x 6. There are alot of better tires for alot less money.

 

I've run about 12 sets of them and have gotten at least 70.000 miles out of each set. All were run on a 4x4 and rotated every 5000miles. My friend runs them on his fleet of about 10 trucks......he says they are the best tire he has ever bought.

 

I got 90k Kilometers out of my last set.
That is the only thing they have going for them, you can get great mileage out of them.
I still do not like them, but I had to run them as they were on the truck when i bought it, and my budget at the time was limited. Now that I have gone to a Dunlop, I will not go back to the BFG. They rode rough, did not steer as well as the Dunlops, and had way less traction. The traction issue is probably due to the hard compound rubber BFG has to get the mileage they do.

 

The mileage you get out of a tire depends on how you drive and what type of driving you do. If you drive in stop and go traffic your tires are going to wear faster than if you drive all highway. That being said I have run BFG mud ta's or all terrain's on all my trucks for the last 15 years with no issues. Currently, I have a set of Toyo's and couldn't be happier. They take less weight to balance and have a much better weight rating. I think the other tire manufactures got tired of BFG being on top so they had to step up their quality and that is why Toyo and Goodyear are becoming so popular.

 

i had them on 2 diffrent jeep cherokees and they always needed balanced and i got bad vibs out of both of those sets. not to mention if i got 20000 on either set i was lucky and they were bald when replaced. i also had a set on the hummer wheels i got for my truck that maybe had 500 miles on them when i got them and i got about 20000 on that set. right now i am running a retread that copys them to the T and there on bfg rugged trail load range E cores and i got about 6-7000 on them right now and they show less wear then the $200-$250 bfg ko factory tires not to mention all 4 installed $349 and still got the e load rating good luck

 

Please note I dont sell tires either......
I run the BFG ATs on everything
Yes they tend to wear fast under heavy towing....
I regularly tow 15k+ during the summer but Plow all winter with the same truck and tires
My last set 265 Es I got 28k miles out of em...But they were treadlife warrenteed and got better than 50% off the new set (makes for a $450 set)
as far as balancing ,my previous set was purchased right after they reintoduced the E range 265 and they took a lot of weight to balance but they held balance perfectly and wore flat and even with only 2 rotations
the new set (9/09) only required about 2ozs each to balance.

Now if it was to hop off my fanboy soap box for a minute:
the only drawdback is they are not a DRY HIGHWAY TOWING TIRE
there are better choices
But as a all around multipurpose tire I don't think they can be beat

We've run em on
'86 full size Chev Blazer (31x10.5 50kmiles per set)
'89 full size GMC Jimmy Plow truck (31x10.5 40k miles per set)
'92 F150 Plow truck (31x10.5 40k miles per set)
'96 F250 Plow truck (265 Ds 45k miles per set)
2000 F250 Plow truck(265 Ds 43k miles per set)
'96 Jeep Cherokee (235/75 50k and counting)
01 Dodge in Sig, Does it all truck

 

I sell tires and recomend BFG AT KOs to everyone with a 4wd. Best all around tire made! Michelin great for street, and Hankook I won't even go there.
I run BFG AT KOs 235/85R16 on my dually and always get 75-80k before I replace them at 4-5/32s, then I use them one the trailer down to 2/32s.
I also run the 35/12.50R15s on my Jeep.

 

They pick up every little rock on the street and chip the crap out of your truck. They wear okay for an off road type tire. I had one in the rear where the tread started to separate from the carcass, BFG covered 1/2 the cost of a new one. About 10K on the tire. Good overall traction but not great anywhere, I have had mud terrains and they were great off road & in snow, had them on a plow truck. They clean out much better in the mud and do not pickup all the little rocks. The mud’s may wear a little more on the street, but I would hope that if you are buying an off road tire you actually go off road and the mud’s are better for that. If you are mainly on the street I am sure there are better tire out there for that, that still look good.

 

I have the 305/65/17 Es and they have 35 k on them I should be able to get about 20k out of them easy . I had them put on on Michelins dime as the originals were all cracked in three months

 

mine have about 30k miles on them and they are wearing fast, rotations help spread the wear evenly. I bought the tires because of their reputation for durability, but mine arent it. I dont think it is the tire, as much as it is the configuration. I can only put 50 psi max and D rated tires, so my fronts always look low and have a huge footprint on the road. I think/hope that if I could put at least 65 psi that things would be alot better. I have about one more rotation and hoping to get 10k more miles.

 

My 305/65/17E BFG AT KOs look like they will easily last 50K+. I have just under 18,000 miles with very little wear. My last set of 285/70/17D BFG AT KOs lasted 58K. 7500 mile rotations and 65psi.