What about these tires?

[Jester]

I know this might be "polishing a t*rd", but has anyone tried siping the NDTs?

Might help with the wet traction.

[Snuffy]

How about these (for a 20 inch rim) -

http://www.conti-online.com/generato...ss-ply_en.html

[vrod02]

41 inches ! Nice find.

[saxon]

Yes a nine find indeed!

[k8icu]

Those are Euopean tires....they are marginally better than nodirects. A good pair of Wranglers XT (? basically the Hmmwv tire) will work good on your truck for all around multi road conditions

[randyscycle]

I can't say I hate NDT's but like Barrman said, they have their limits, but also have their advantages.

The deuce does OK with them unless I get really stuck, but any tire doesn't do much good clawing at greasy mud after 5 inches of rain under a 13,000 lb truck. Same thing with the 715. Even with 10 lbs of air in my TSL's in the right spot they are pretty useless under its 5,000 lbs. 6,000 with all my gear and extra parts. The winch is the best insurance policy. Other times they are the best tire I've owned. There doesn't seem to be a one-size-fits-all tire for the wheeling I have done.

All that said, if I were about to spend over $200 per tire, I'd either look for a set of XZL's or buy a resonably priced off-road tire. All four of my TSL's were about $800 with tax out the door.

[kaiser715]

Before the XL's and XZL's started to appear at govliq, I was looking for a decent on- and off-road tire for my 715. I ordered 2, to put on my M101A2 trailer to test them out and see how they'd work. I found some XZL's, but I still think these tires would be good for a stock-ish size on a 715...

I paid right at $200 each delivered, but that was 4 years ago.

Denman Coyote A/P

http://www.denmantire.com/catalog.html

Here is a .pdf with the specs (Coyote is the last tire listed)...

http://www.denmantire.com/catalog/p21.pdf

edit: 10 ply, but I was looking for something more onroad than off, for towing and pulling a load.

[Snuffy]

I thought NTDs were the only thing on the table for consideration...

Continental also makes the MPT 80 and 81. Both for a 20" rim. Diameter for the 10.5R20 is ~37.4".

Used on Unimogs and are available in the States.
http://www.conti-online.com/generato...ttires_en.html

A couple of folks that carry them in the US:
http://www.expeditionimports.zoovy.c...tires.aunimog/
http://www.unimogwherehaus.com/tires.html

DP's right about the Denmans. They have a pretty good rep.