OK, OK, so I'm a nerd

I am sitting here watching Magnum P.I., it came in the mail from Netflix today, it is from 1980. Magnum was chasing some bad guys and he was driving a Jeep Wrangler, it had B.F. Goodrich AllTerrain T/A's on it, so my question is, how long have these tires been around?

Magnum is the SH&%

Yes he is. You know that red Hawaiian shirt that he wears, the one with the parrots on it? I have one just like it, my wife bought it for me when we were dating.
 
So does anybody know any history about the BFG AllTerrain TA?

Nice I need one of those shirts!
 
 
If I remember correctly back when we had Jeeps we put on one of the first versions of the BFG AT on our CJ replacing the GY Tracker AT, but that was early 80's, long long time ago so I could be incorrect

OK, I was just wondering how long that tread design has been around. I know alot of people like them.

I got my first set of BFG AT in 1986 before they sold to Michelin in 1988.
 
Though the tread looks the same the tires have changed my last set that I got in Feb 08 are different than the set they replaced that where six years old and the same size number wise 245/75/16.
They are said to be Gen 3 A/T's
 
They are smaller than the old ones my GPS showed that the last ones at 100 miles on the odometer was 106.5 and the new ones are 104.0.
 
I call BF Goodrich to find out and no one knew so they will e-mail what they find.
 
 
 

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ORIGINAL: brooksa

Magnum is the SH&%

Thank you - Best Dude show in the 80s for sure. Single guy, PI, in Hawaii living in a beach front mansion with a free Ferrari to drive - whats a better story line than that?

The BFG A/T was introduced in 1976.
The BFG M/T came along in 1980.

WOW, thank you. I didnt realize that that tire was that old, most tires dont stick around that long.

I have found that its had to find another tire or tyre that goes on and off road as well as the BFG A/T's.

See, now I have had a different experiance. They look good, but when I had them on my FedEx van they sucked. I hated them. I got stuck more with them than with the Cooper Discoverer S/T. And they didnt last as long.
Same van, different tire, different results. Thats just my experiance though.

Yes there are better road tires than the BFG A/T's.
 
Did 4x4ing in the Van did you!!!!

It wasnt so much off roading, but out in the country in the spring with the snow melt and the rain it can get really sloppy, dirt roads and two track driveways a mile long. And then in the winter time with all the snow, the dirt roads dont get plowed, they plow the main roads first and then the secondary roads IF they get time. So you need a traction tread to get your job done.

Spike555 I can't vouch for the snow because we get maybe an inch every two years but I have had BFG's on pretty much every truck that I was planning on going off road and they were flawless, I did put TSL's on my my D90 for about a year and went back to BFG MT's and really the BFG's were the preferred choics, the TSL's were rough as hell and at speeds sounded like a plane flying. BFG's  are my choice!! When I get the $$$ for my lift and tires its going to be BFG MT's all the way!
 
Magnum is probably having a beer at the King Kamehameha Club right now! lol.....
 

Yes he probally is, just got a e-mail from Netflix and I should get the next disc tommorrow. So I'll be watching more Magnum this weekend, and let me tell you, my wife hates it.