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thornbirds ?
03-05-2010, 08:05 PM
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so i have a chance to trade a chevy 305 for a set of 35x14.5x15 thornbirds i realy dont have much if anything in the motor so thats not the concern but i was just wondering what the oppinion was of the thornbirds ? thanks
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Re: thornbirds ?
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03-05-2010, 08:16 PM
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I personally have never owned a set. But, from the guys that I have known to have a set, I've been told that they absolutely howl of pavement and are not very good in mud or snow the odd pattern of the voids fill quickly and don't clean themselves out very well.
Again, not first hand knowledge.
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03-05-2010, 08:19 PM
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thanks for the input have you ever heard of or had a set of mastercraft courser m/t i ask becuse that is what is on my cj now
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03-05-2010, 08:30 PM
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Nope, never owned a set of Mastercrafts either. There are three of four guys at work that run them, two of them with TJ's and no one has anything bad to say about them.
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03-05-2010, 08:34 PM
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thats good to hear atleast they look good atleast i think so and they are fairly quit so now im not sure about the thornbirds but as always thanks for the input
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03-05-2010, 08:52 PM
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No problem, hopefully someone that has actually owned a set wil chime in 
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03-05-2010, 09:30 PM
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X2 on never actually owning a set of ThornTurds, but I have never heard a good thing about them in any environment.
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03-05-2010, 09:33 PM
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X3 everyone I know that owned them (only one person) said they were junk.
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03-06-2010, 09:42 AM
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I own a set, they came with the jeep from PO. I guess the PO couldn't seem to get anything right, after reading feedback on them from you all. I wish I could give you some feedback on them myself, but haven't gotten the opportunity to test them out in the mud yet. They are loud on pavement though.
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03-06-2010, 10:22 AM
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In just loose dirt type mud they do ok, but if it's sticky like clay, they clog up easy.
They are a good dry dirt, trail type tire from what I've seen.
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