| Off road tires are used for driving vehicles such as | | | | but safety must always be a consideration or dire |
| sport utility vehicles, all terrain vehicles through mud, | | | | consequences can be possible. Prices can range |
| snow, gravel and sand. They are also used on dirt | | | | anywhere from $50 to $120 per tire, again, |
| bikes. | | | | depending on the vehicle. For a good set of 4×4 |
| Types of Uses | | | | tires you can be looking at about $1,100 for a set of |
| Off road tires are used for things like mud bogging | | | | four tires. When it comes to off roading tires it pays |
| and rock crawling. All those cool things you see atv's | | | | to shop around and you can find some pretty sweet |
| and dirt bikes doing on television cannot be done on | | | | deals by surfing around the internet. |
| ordinary tires. Ordinary tires don't have the proper | | | | Off Roading |
| traction or grip to be safe in these kinds of activities. | | | | Off roading has become one of the most popular |
| Types of off Road Tires | | | | past times for the male gender, not saying there |
| There is a specific tire for each purpose in off | | | | aren't a few of the female species that like to get |
| roading, as mentioned earlier without these specialized | | | | behind the wheel and let loose, but when you think |
| tires, you would be without the proper traction. | | | | of off roading you see the more macho types out |
| Listing here, there are mud tires, gravel tires, off | | | | there pushing the limits of their sports vehicles to the |
| road tires, mud tires, slicks, and swamp tires. Not only | | | | absolute limit, wanting to see if they can make it up |
| do these tires have to serve a function for each | | | | a steep embankment, through huge mud bogs, up |
| purpose, they have to fit sport utility vehicles, all | | | | sheer climbs and they can because they have the |
| terrain vehicles, jeeps, drag racing cars, snow mobiles | | | | right tires for the job. Nascar drivers use slicks which |
| and sport and dirt bikes. | | | | are tires that are devoid of any tread at all, this helps |
| Off road tires come in two sizes, 20 inch rims and 22 | | | | their speed, dirt bikers use knobby tires to help grip |
| inch rims. Treads range from knobby to slick. Which | | | | the dirt and prevent skidding and sliding and they are |
| tread you use is determined by the vehicle and the | | | | pretty useful in muddy situations. ATV drivers use |
| surface you will be driving on. | | | | them because they handle some of the roughest |
| Pricing | | | | terrain there is. Ordinary car tires could not provide |
| Most off roading equipment will no doubt require | | | | the stability or safety to keep these types of |
| regular changes of tires due to maximum wear from | | | | vehicles upright. |
| daily use. This can be quite costly to say the least, | | | | |