Baja Claw Radials

Hi Bryan,
I run an 80 with 285/75 GY MTR's as daily driver tyres and also use them offroad.

GY MTR - On Road:
They are very quiet for a muddie, they wear quite well, handle well and stop well. Certainly i cannot lock them up on a dry road.
On a wet road they give plenty of feel. l dont drive aggressively in the wet, so cannot say they wont lock up but they still handle well

GY MTR - Off Road:
On gravel roads they are like any thing else, on rock they are pretty good too.
They are quite good, (no match for simex / swampers though) until you play in really sticky horribly slippery hilly conditions, you may be upset! We drove the Nobs Trk on Q'Bday in Vic (downhill) just after being graded. The conditions were as mentioned above. I dropped to 17psi with ladder chains on the rear. It was still very slippy, as the treadblocks fill up with the clay. Guys with simex etc drove down on low pressure.

On rocky hills - up & down at 23psi. They are great. Loads of feel, resistant to a slate slashing in a creek l came across. Boulder steps taken in confidence.

In snow, they are good - raw snow is grippy. On ice.........fit those chains!
Not tried them in sand.

I read articles comparing wall strength (resistance to cuts etc) and a US guys thoughts as an every day tyre and was sold.

I paid $325 fitted for my size.

Baja Claws:
I haven't tried them, however one of our cars on the Nobs trip mentioned above. Brand new (1 day old tyres (33")), No chains, slipped off the same track that everybody else passed through (carefully). Later in discussion we talked about lateral grip (offroad). Baja Claw dont seem to have as much as some - BFG muddies etc.

However on road they seemed quiet, as l asked them specifically about that, before the accident.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Beast Of Bodmin

Considering the Claw is a 10%onroad/90% offroad tire, aggressive (noisey) they would be bleep on the road. They would wear much faster, would suck in the wet since theres no rubber on the road - they are an offroad tire. Dont expect them to handle on the road.

Same as my Simex's handle like dung on road and are noisey as hell.

MTRs by far best all rounder.