Author Topic: BF Goodrich 32" x 11.50" Tires Question (Read 6603 times)

mlatrella · « **on:** Dec 03, 2008, 06:35:48 AM »

I have 32 x 11.50 bfgoodrich mud terrain tires, A guy told me I don't need to carry a spare tire with me because the 32 mudders will drive with no air, is this true, because I hate that spare slidding around in my bed.

blackdiamond · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 07:03:56 AM »

Quote from: mlatrella on Dec 03, 2008, 06:35:48 AM

I have 32 x 11.50 bfgoodrich mud terrain tires, A guy told me I don't need to carry a spare tire with me because the 32 mudders will drive with no air, is this true, because I hate that spare slidding around in my bed.

I would carry a spare. A super swamper type tire MIGHT run ok without air, but not a BFG. I couldn't go with zero air pressure with my 33s or 35s and they are BFG Muds. I ran the 33s on my 85 truck as low as 5 psi in the snow, but the bead was starting to leak.

DTB · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 08:35:30 AM »

Quote from: mlatrella on Dec 03, 2008, 06:35:48 AM

I have 32 x 11.50 bfgoodrich mud terrain tires, A guy told me I don't need to carry a spare tire with me because the 32 mudders will drive with no air, is this true, because I hate that spare slidding around in my bed.

yea he is totally lying to you....unless you have beadlocks I dont know of any tire that will roll with no air (without ripping the bead off)

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 09:23:35 AM »

Quote from: mlatrella on Dec 03, 2008, 06:35:48 AM

I have 32 x 11.50 bfgoodrich mud terrain tires, A guy told me I don't need to carry a spare tire with me because the 32 mudders will drive with no air, is this true, because I hate that spare slidding around in my bed.

he's a freekin moron

keep the spare but

tie it down, that 50 pound tire hitting you in the back of the head in a accident aint gonna feel good

DTB · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 09:34:24 AM »

a little off topic..but does this "guy" happen do drive a jeep?

oldschool64bus · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 07:06:43 PM »

its not a mud but its still a bfg, this is what happened when I got a flat with no way to change so I had to drive on it. Not only did these happen but from the wheel rubbing the inside of the tire there were handfulls of rubber shavings.

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 07:24:51 PM »

That's funnay, trust me if a BFG has no air you will not be driving on anything but the rim,

but if only one side is flat just jack it up and run it on the other side for a while.

dt · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 10:16:48 PM »

don't carry a jack or a lugwrench either

Snowtoy · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 03, 2008, 10:36:27 PM »

I have ran my 33" BFG AT's all the way down to 1lb in fresh powder and they have stayed on, though, I wouldn't recommend it in hard pack or on any other type of terrain.

Absent double bead locks, no tire is going to stay on a rim long at 0psi.

Just tie down the spare, fab/buy a mount, or carry it under the bed where it still fits.

mlatrella · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 04, 2008, 03:47:12 PM »

Any ideas on mounting the spare in the bed, I can't take it sliding around back there, the bedliner don't help.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 05, 2008, 12:39:44 PM »

Ratchet straps are your friend. Or fab a mount, if you can. Standing up, laying flat, secure it somehow. If you (God forbid) get it a serious accident, that tire will become a projectile, and if it hurts/kills someone, you can and most likely will be held liable.

algranger · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 08, 2008, 06:12:38 AM »

would a 32 fit in the carrier? if not you could get a spare 31 just to get you where you need to go that should fit in the carrier

Rockcrawlintoy · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 08, 2008, 07:35:45 AM »

it will fit in the spare carrier

Snowtoy · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 09, 2008, 12:48:15 AM »

You can usually fit a 33" tire in the oem spare location. If you cut the ends off of the guides/or cut & extend the guides it will raise all the way up.

SteveB · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 18, 2008, 04:54:29 PM »

yeah your buddy is kinda dumb, what if you get a complete blow out? Are you gonna drive on a shredded tire?

Plekto · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 19, 2008, 03:20:33 PM »

Technically the guy is right. It *can* run at 0psi, but don't expect the tire to be *re* inflatable. Maybe get a mile out of it, tops. That said, I have a standard stock size AT tire as a spare. Kind of like a 4x4 "doughnut" as it were. fits in the stock location, so it's no problem at all to have along.

SolidAxle · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 28, 2009, 01:37:40 PM »

I have 32" bfg's on my truck. and carry a spare. i just wratchet strap it in my bed (loop through the wheel center and out one of the slots to a hook in one corner). Its just a cruddy spare so i wouldn't care too much if sombody stole it.

Rockcrawlintoy · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 28, 2009, 01:43:38 PM »

with how many cut BFGs i have need i would carry 2 spares lol

SolidAxle · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 28, 2009, 05:14:54 PM »

lol i wish there were rocks around here to cut my tires lol.

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 04, 2009, 03:55:48 PM »

Quote from: 79coyotefrg on Dec 03, 2008, 09:23:35 AM

he's a freekin moron keep the spare but tie it down, that 50 pound tire hitting you in the back of the head in a accident aint gonna feel good

That's exactly what happened to me (that might explain a few things!). I had mine cable-locked to a D-ring in my old Runner, I got rear-ended at a stop light and the tire broke the D-ring and mashed my noggin! She was doing about 55mph!

EDIT: Oddly enough, the tire was a BFG 32x11.50!

8D3TOY · « **Reply #20 on:** Apr 30, 2009, 04:52:34 PM »

He might be talking about what happened to a guy I know he has a Nisan hardbody and was running these funky old HD tires like load range E or something way to heavy for his truck and they had super stiff sidewalls but he was able to drive home with zero air in one just took it slow on corners. I have to agree no way on BFG.

johnstrings · « **Reply #21 on:** May 01, 2009, 06:52:54 PM »

Hmmmmmmmm...

I have 35s. Would be nice to do that...

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