BFG KM2's backordered? Again?

WrenchMonkey · 03-08-2012, 08:47 PM

Split a sidewall on my 35x12.50-15 on the CORE Tour way back in November, and while sam's would be happy to replace it under road-hazard, they just couldn't get em from BFG. Four months later they still don't know when they might.

I'd found a few online, but I wasn't willing to buy a tire out of pocket to keep from running a mismatched spare...

But now I've split a second one. So much for BFG's "new n improved sidewall technology..."

So now I'm out of full-size spares. I guess my only options are to cough up $300 for yet another pos tire I can't rely on; or park the rig til BFG feels like making more, and sell the set to buy something better...

I'm sure some pointy headed accountant thought it would save them a pile of money to strip their inventories down to nil, but this is the **** that drives customers away.

I won't buy another set of BFG's, and I'll discourage others from it as well...

Thanks for the vent.

Robert

tjrider · 03-08-2012, 10:02 PM

Poor poor robert......:( this definitely doesn't boost morale about BFG. I just pray to God I don't bash one of mine. Maybe then we could combine spares and share a complete set

WrenchMonkey · 03-09-2012, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stickman

Sell the other 2 and get somthin better.

You buyin?

If I can get $650 each out of em, I can get a set of kevlars...

Robert

Coppertop · 03-09-2012, 11:06 AM

Four months and still waiting.That blows...I agree the sidewalls should be stronger.The flat rock slices and cuts them up pretty good.Mine are cut up pretty bad.What do you think about the Pitbull tires??ComancheDude (Tom) likes his set.

Nick

gothodgie · 03-09-2012, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Coppertop

Four months and still waiting.That blows...I agree the sidewalls should be stronger.The flat rock slices and cuts up pretty good.Mine are cut up pretty bad.What do you think about the Pitbull tires??ComancheDude (Tom) likes his set.

Nick

The few guys i know that run the Pitbulls love em, except they seem to run small... I know a guy that has 37's on a yota like mine and with 30# of air the only measure about 35 1/2"s and they are almost new... They will the tire i buy when the time comes....

WrenchMonkey · 03-09-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Coppertop

What do you think about the Pitbull tires??ComancheDude (Tom) likes his set.

Nick

I love the look of them, and I've heard they work really well. But I don't know how they'd be on a daily driver, and I'm seeing prices around $350 ea.

I sent a nasty-gram to BFG, they replied that production is "scheduled" for the end of the month. We'll see.

In the meantime, I guess I'll street drive it w/ a 30" AT spare, and not wheel it til I get a real one...

Robert

(Edit: Nick, I'd like to talk to Tom about those 'bulls. What's the best way to get him? PM here? NAXJA? FB? Thanks!)

JeffK5 · 03-10-2012, 10:23 AM

I can't understand how a shop offering a road hazard warranty can just tell the guy (wrenchmonkey) .. "hey , we dont have those tires so you're screwed".

They should be making it right somehow..they would be putting a new set of comparable size/style tires on my rig or refunding my money.

nshefbuch · 03-10-2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by stickman

Since you dd yur stuck with radials. you'll always be at a higher risk of cut sidewalls regardless of the tire. Top choice for me would be kevlar goodyears but they wear out uber fast on the road.

I see the pitbull radials are a bit more normal in width, just don't expect to get the toughness of the bias rockers. That's what their rep was built on.

I understand and agree completely. I have only been on a few rocks before and not enough to even say I Rock crawl any. I mainly do trails and mud but plan on getting on some rocks this summer. I'm running h1's so I was very limited on tire choice. It was narrowed down to irok vs pitbulls and every review I read pitbull came out on top. Plus at the time swampers were in a iffy situation cutting production big time. Pitbulls were on sale too

crazycollinz · 03-10-2012, 08:55 PM

how many bfgs to do have I need a spare

comanchedude · 03-12-2012, 12:29 AM

I bought my PitBull Rockers radials Jan 2011 after a lot of research on sidwall damage and didn't find one person that actually had one fail. . what i can tell you is when i mounted them I inspected the sidewalls and they are very thick. they are meaty but i just run bbs in them and they ride good. wear has been very good with a year on them they have barley any wear. I don't drive it everyday but i like to drive it few days a week . they have held up to wheeling very well . I recommend them . and i actually run them. and they have been fantastic on the trails

yellowjacket · 06-10-2012, 04:58 PM

your a lot more patient than me, brotha!

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WrenchMonkey · 06-10-2012, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

your a lot more patient than me, brotha!

What am I gonna do? I can't strangle the BFG dork through the phone, and if I punch the guy at Sams, I'll get arrested, kicked out, AND I'll have no tires. :(

Robert

yellowjacket · 06-14-2012, 08:02 PM

after all that.....sheesh

just that size being done with or all of them

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WrenchMonkey · 06-14-2012, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

after all that.....sheesh

just that size being done with or all of them

I assume just the 35-15 KM2, but it sure doesn't matter to me, I'll never buy another BFG of any model, any size.

I paid almost $1000 for four matching tires, just over a year ago. I only got six month's use out of two of them. And now I've got $375 and two tires I can't trust on the trail, and I can't even buy matches for.

Piss on em.

KennyTJ · 06-15-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by WrenchMonkey

I paid almost $1200 for four matching tires, just over a year ago. I only got six month's use out of two of them. And now I've got $375 and two tires I can't trust on the trail, and I can't even buy matches for.

Piss on em.

Yep, I cut a tire on 2 consecutive weekends and that ended using radial mud tires for me!

Went to beadlocks and Swamper "SX's" in 36x12.50 15 Bias for offroad and never looked back. I run BFG AT's in 35" for the street, cause thay are an awesome snow tire on the road.

It stings trashing $500 or $600 in tires in two weeks! I feel your pain brother!

yellowjacket · 06-15-2012, 05:17 PM

so what are they offering to make u a happy customer? or anything?

WrenchMonkey · 06-15-2012, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

so what are they offering to make u a happy customer? or anything?

BFG quit returning my emails.

Sam's gave me $375 for the two split tires.

I'll buy something else, and then try to sell my mismatched BFG's for as much as I can...

Coppertop · 06-17-2012, 12:48 PM

Very disappointing the way BFG treated you.

Nick

NKYJEEPSTER · 06-17-2012, 04:04 PM

he should be able to fix the side walls on that, get ahold of the guys at SHOTGUN fab, Todd fix all kinds of punctures and holes.

crazycollinz · 06-17-2012, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WrenchMonkey

BFG quit returning my emails.

Sam's gave me $375 for the two split tires.

I'll buy something else, and then try to sell my mismatched BFG's for as much as I can...

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I may be interested in the bfgs when you sell them wouldn't hurt to have some extras just in case i do the same thing to mine

WrenchMonkey · 06-22-2012, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycollinz

I may be interested in the bfgs when you sell them wouldn't hurt to have some extras just in case i do the same thing to mine

Not a bad idea... PM sent.

Robert

03-08-2012, 08:47 PM	#1
WrenchMonkey Mechanical Animal - CORE Member - - Moderator - Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Beechmont Posts: 1,883	BFG KM2's backordered? Again? Split a sidewall on my 35x12.50-15 on the CORE Tour way back in November, and while sam's would be happy to replace it under road-hazard, they just couldn't get em from BFG. Four months later they still don't know when they might. I'd found a few online, but I wasn't willing to buy a tire out of pocket to keep from running a mismatched spare... But now I've split a second one. So much for BFG's "new n improved sidewall technology..." So now I'm out of full-size spares. I guess my only options are to cough up $300 for yet another pos tire I can't rely on; or park the rig til BFG feels like making more, and sell the set to buy something better... I'm sure some pointy headed accountant thought it would save them a pile of money to strip their inventories down to nil, but this is the ** that drives customers away. I won't buy another set of BFG's, and I'll discourage others from it as well... Thanks for the vent. Robert __________________ DIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP** Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger Last edited by WrenchMonkey; 03-08-2012 at 08:53 PM.

03-08-2012, 10:02 PM	#2
tjrider Join Date: May 2009 Location: fairfield Posts: 320	Poor poor robert......:( this definitely doesn't boost morale about BFG. I just pray to God I don't bash one of mine. Maybe then we could combine spares and share a complete set __________________ If you don't want it broke, don't let me drive it....

03-09-2012, 11:06 AM	#5
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	Four months and still waiting.That blows...I agree the sidewalls should be stronger.The flat rock slices and cuts them up pretty good.Mine are cut up pretty bad.What do you think about the Pitbull tires??ComancheDude (Tom) likes his set. Nick __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille .. Last edited by Coppertop; 03-09-2012 at 12:16 PM.

03-12-2012, 12:29 AM	#12
comanchedude COMANCHE NUT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ross Twp Posts: 166	I bought my PitBull Rockers radials Jan 2011 after a lot of research on sidwall damage and didn't find one person that actually had one fail. . what i can tell you is when i mounted them I inspected the sidewalls and they are very thick. they are meaty but i just run bbs in them and they ride good. wear has been very good with a year on them they have barley any wear. I don't drive it everyday but i like to drive it few days a week . they have held up to wheeling very well . I recommend them . and i actually run them. and they have been fantastic on the trails __________________ just don’t get stupid and stick a Chevy engine in your Jeep. Man I hate that Last edited by comanchedude; 03-12-2012 at 12:30 AM. Reason: cause

06-10-2012, 04:58 PM	#13
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	your a lot more patient than me, brotha! Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

03-10-2012, 10:23 AM	#8
JeffK5 Tiny Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colerain Posts: 798	I can't understand how a shop offering a road hazard warranty can just tell the guy (wrenchmonkey) .. "hey , we dont have those tires so you're screwed". They should be making it right somehow..they would be putting a new set of comparable size/style tires on my rig or refunding my money.

03-10-2012, 08:55 PM	#11
crazycollinz Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cedarville, OH Posts: 39	how many bfgs to do have I need a spare

06-14-2012, 08:02 PM	#15
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	after all that.....sheesh just that size being done with or all of them Sent from my LS670 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

06-15-2012, 05:17 PM	#18
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	so what are they offering to make u a happy customer? or anything? __________________ my next rig will be on the trail before zuk 2.0 will

06-17-2012, 12:48 PM	#20
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	Very disappointing the way BFG treated you. Nick __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille ..

06-17-2012, 04:04 PM	#21
NKYJEEPSTER Join Date: May 2009 Location: Verona, KY Posts: 101	he should be able to fix the side walls on that, get ahold of the guys at SHOTGUN fab, Todd fix all kinds of punctures and holes.