swamper thornbirds

[jeepofino]

I have a chance to trade some Dayton at 32's for some 33 swamper thornbirds. Any body got an opinion on these?

 

[Jeepster05]

That's a big negative on the thorn turds. Unless your jeep is just for show I wouldn't get em. They suck in mud and aren't real good on road either.

 

[Joopin]

Yeah I heard that they get caked up with mud pretty easy, not to mention they don't self clean. You can tell just by looking at the tread pattern... no good.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

No good, they act as slicks on most terrain. Pass 'em up.

 

[Craig]

I had'em on my 96 F-150 and they're pretty much usless both on and off road. They're like slicks on wet pavement and same goes for mud. The only thing they're good for is turning out of muddy ruts because of the large side lugs.

 

[Junkpile]

I agree that the Thornbird isn't the best tire out there, but it isn't a mud tire. The thornbird was introduced as Interco's version of an all-terrain tire. It sucks in most conditions, but so do all the other ATs on the market.

I don't like the Thornbirds and they would ride alot worse on pavement, but I'd trade a set of 32" Dayton A/Ts for a set of 33" TBs if given a chance.

 

[Joopin]

Your 32s are probably better, why do you think that guy wants to trade?

 

[LGR]

front end...thump!

I was going to pick up a set of them..but the good ole boys and girls from teh jeepz.com website turned me off...running mt/rs..talked to people that have thornbirds and they are just waiting to get new tires.

 

[Snitty]

look at the tread pattern.... too much high area for not enough low area... they don't displace the mud properly... yeah, they may look pretty cool.. but i've learned to think they look stupid

 

[Tug-n-pull]

Thornturds is what they call around here. Look great but suck in the mud. tug

 

[ah_too_bad]

get them............ if you like to watch your tread fall off in chunks while driving down the road.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

I just bought a tire groover that would actually make the stuckbirds useable :lol:

I'd take any AT over a Stuckbird. Every other Swamper is worth it's weight :twisted:

 

[Snitty]

if you could actually groove the birds, they could actually be nice tires... but.. every bird i've seen had very very shallow tread... not sure if they are like that from the factory, or if they just wear that fast

 

[TwistedCU]

Stuckbird, thornturd, Stuckturd, whatever you want to call 'em, they're interco's big embarrassment. I don't think I've ever heard a good review on that tire. Very unlike that company to produce a real dud like that.

 

[jps4jeep]

Bounty, where did you pick up the groover, and how much $?

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

I'll have to find the link, it was $70 shipped and came with a #5 head and blade that cuts about a .25" groove.

 

[Snitty]

i saw somewhere where someone grooved a tire with a circular saw... i guess it worked, but i don't think i'd be doing that

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

I thought about using a small cordless circular saw I have, but didn't. Seems like it'd be easy to control depth for uniform grooves.

I tried my air grinder with 2 wheels for a 1/4" groove, but it was messy and smoked a lot. Took a long time too.

The tire groover works sweet, cuts like hot butter once you get the hang of it.

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

Here's where I got my tiregroover:
http://www.secureperformanceorder.com/onlinestore/getsubclasses.cfm?ClassID=11&CategoryID=1

 

[Snitty]

if it was strictly offroad, or a farm vehicle... i'd try the circular saw trick... i think it would smoke a lot too.. and put a lot of crap in the air