[OH-ZJ-IO]

My son just got Baja Claw Radials. I am wondering if anyone has them and how they perform on the road. Normal dry pavement, rain conditions, ice and snow, etc. They look like really good mud/trail tires, and he does do his share off road, but he will be driving back and forth to school several times this winter and it's a 3 hour drive. Who knows what condition the roads will be in!?!

Should we look into mayge getting them siped a little? None at all now.

Opinions?

Al

[calebt7277]

my friend has 35's on his cherokee and they go good on road and snow a lil road noise not really bad but wear sucks prolly 5 or 6000 miles lol maybe more but just a guesstimate

[Woody]

There are two buddies of mine that run them. They are noisy, and with less than 20,000 miles one of them is about to replace them because they are worn out. He doesn't even wheel them. He put them on there for show, and wishes he had gone with something else.

I haven't heard good things about them in ice or snow. We don't get that here, but back home in MN we did. I still prefer the BFG A/T KO for snow. I haven't had a problem but others have said they aren't all that great for ice. My opinion is, if you were driving for conditions, they would've worked great. People that attempt to drive the speed limit when there's two inches of ice on the road scare me enough that I won't even help them when they go into the ditch. Unless they have kids.

[Decipticon]

I have the BF Goodrich AT aswell and have made several 4 hour trips in the winter along the infamous ohio turnpike and have had no problems. Just remind him that he needs to drive for the conditions. He may have 4 wheel drive but all cars have 4 wheel brakes.

[OH-ZJ-IO]

Thanks for the responses.

I am more concerned with safety than durability. (He's gotta deal with buying new tires at 20,000. )

Anyone run these on wet roads? Hills/mountains (He goes to school in WV)? Ice/snow? Should I be trying to convince him to run his BFG ATs this winter and wait to put the Claws on, or, will they be fine for the winter?

I really don't put a lot of faith in what the salesperson told him. They look more like mudders than good street performers. No sipes at all.

Thanks,
Al

[Woody]

They suck on Icy and snowy roads. Tell him to keep his BFG A/T's until summer. The Claws aren't too bad offroad, but I wouldn't run them on-road.

Most salesman don't care what they tell you as long as you buy what they want you to.

[ZJ_COWBOY]

Im not sure what the claws are classified as but all mud terrians suck in the snow. The snow packs into the tred and becomes one big ball of snow. If you want a cheaper option to BF A/T Ko get the Perrilli Scropion A/T. Ive had these for two years and they are awsome!

Or tell your son to be careful and even go into a empty parking lot with him and practice emergency stoping, skid control, recovering from a slide and other things like that.