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What's A Mud Tire? Get a set with No Credit Needed
What's A Mud Tire?
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No Credit Needed
What’s a mud tire, and how do mud tires work? Mud tires, also referred to as mud-terrain tires, are premium off-road tires engineered for extreme and challenging off-road conditions. We have more tires in our Tire Rack than Discount Tire or Tire Discounters!
What's A Mud Tire?
What's A Mud Tire?
What's a mud tire and how do mud tires work? The knobby, prominent tread blocks stand out most and deserve much of the off-road performance credit, but mud tire technology goes much deeper.
Here’s a look at some of the technology that makes mud tires exceptional, and durable in their intended off-road environment.
Aggressive tread pattern and significant tread blocks
While mud tire technology is much more than just simply an aggressive tread pattern and mega tread blocks, there’s no question that tread design is fundamental to the mud tire equation.
The aggressive tread of a mud tire works to claw through and grab onto challenging off-road terrain, and effectively develop grip where less focused tires cannot.
Mud tires also generally have significant tread depth, which helps to form the powerful “biting edges” of the tread blocks.
Mud tire tread patterns and designs vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but aggressiveness is the common characteristic. They all have the unmistakable appearance of extreme off-road function.
Stone and mud ejectors
To maintain those functional biting edges and guard against the tread being filled with off-road gunk, mud tires often feature technology to clear debris out of the tread. Mud and stone ejectors are embedded within the tread voids to eject debris that would otherwise lodge itself between the tread blocks. (If you've ever spent time off-road, or traveled on a gravel road with street-oriented truck/SUV tires, you might have noticed that they can become packed with rocks and debris.)
Other mud-terrain tires maximize the voids themselves to allow mud, dirt, and rocks to escape.
Tread with high void ratio (Photo courtesy of Nitto Tire)
Sidewall lugs and tread
Some mud tires enlist the upper sidewall of the tire to provide additional traction. Sidewall lugs contribute additional biting edges to laterally grab onto terrain.
Cut, chip, and puncture resistance
The surface layer tread compound of mud tires is engineered with durability in mind. Cut, chip, and puncture resistance is maximized to guard against off-road hazards.
Highly engineered and targeted tread compounds are used across a range of tire types, from winter tires to road racing slicks, to optimize tire performance. Mud tire compounds are similarly customized to create off-road performance and durability.
Multiple ply layer construction
Mud tires often have a 3-ply sidewall construction, which creates an additional level of puncture protection.
The strong sidewall also allows for airing down, and running low psi in off-road conditions where it's beneficial to do so.
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