![]() ![]() ![]() I rate these a sold 30/70 trail to mud tire and I must say that is my perfect sweet spot. Like most on this list, even though I said most tires don’t, they measured true to size as advertised. When Dirty Life suggested these I wasn’t sure at first but I do not regret this purchase at all now. Last but certainly not least, my personal favorite tire ( currently) #ProjectMischief ‘s 32x8.5r16 EFX MotoHavok’s. Expect to see these around in the sport for a long time, they aren’t going anywhere for you gung-ho types. Perks of the dense rubber compound I would guess. As for wear after about 2,000km it didn’t budge. Its the reason I wore out my power steering motor and I really don’t care, they were awesome. My 29.5x10r14 on Can Am OEM beadlocks came in at 71lbs a piece. With rotational mass like that you can expect broken parts, so be prepared its pay to play with these. So thick in fact that certain mud racers will shave the tire down as much as they can to reduce their weight as much as possible. They are heavy, the rubber compound is stiff in order to keep the paddles from ripping. If you’re high on testosterone this is the tire for you. With massive 4” paddle monstrosity comes in at a 10/90 trail to mud rating from us! Believe it or not it isn’t impossible to trail ride with them, you just need to be aware your contact patch is about the width of your weird uncles soul patch. Measuring nearly true to size, as advertised. The current reigning king in the mud/skeg scene as far as I am concerned. All I have to say is if you decide these are for you, buy directly through a dealer like Dirty Life, that way you actually get the true to size measurements when you want those 30’s. Which I suppose isn’t “light” but certainly not like our next tire. ![]() Another thing to consider is their weight, which came in at a modest 51lbs on OEM rims. As for wear they did quite well actually considering I brap my rear tires loose at all available chances. I had no notable issues on either side of the fence but it wasn’t going to blow your mind either. Otherwise it’s definitely a jack of all, master of none and I rate it a 50/50 trail to mud tire. That was upsetting but not exactly a new thing in the tire market, a good pile of tires don’t actually size up as described. When I received my XMR I was under that impression I was getting 30x10r14 tires but as you likely know they only measured 28ishx9ishr14. ITP must have struck up a deal the BRP the get these on all the XMRs from 2018 to current models and they did some disappointing things in order to do so. Knowing all of that, lets continue breaking down my first notable set of tires, Cryptids. Of course, on the other hand none of it well. Jack of all tires like the Cryptids can really suit a large variety of people as they can kind-of-sorta do it all. So an example of that using the first mud tire I ever owned, 30x10r14 ITP Cryptids, the OEM tire choice for an 18+ Outlander or Renegade XMR. It’s sort of like a 0 - 10 scale, zero (0%) being rail bed cruising and ten (100%) being that one time you had to leave your ATV in the bush overnight. There are other types of riding of course (talking to you hill climb and rock crawling types) but I’ll stick to what I know. I always imagine a scale between trail and mud as a percentage. I can’t tell you which that is, what I can do is give you my experience with the tires I’ve put kilometers on! One of the most divisive topics in the ATV/UTV community is what tire is best. ![]()
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