I got myself a set of Medalist Mud King XT tires in 30x9.5x15 (same tread pattern as the BF Goodrich Mud King XT's). These tires come pre-tapped for studs. I've rode on them for about 300 miles now, so i figured it's time to give my first impression. By no means are these tires new, i got them used, they were very worn. The fronts have about 10% tread left and the rears about 40%. Just something to keep in mind when you're reading this.



My scale works like this,
= Poor for the terrain
= Not great but not horrible for the terrain
= Average for the terrain
= Fairly well for the terrain, good for the weekend warrior
= Exceptional for the terrain, a great choice

I recently got a chance to take these out on a few local (easy) trails by my house. These are the results that I had;

Trail
They performed decently well on the trail although they didn't get great traction on rock and hard packed dirt. They had no problems climbing steep hills. I give them a 3 out of 5.

Mud 1/2
Although I didn't get into much mud with these i did hit a few muddy patches and they seemed to perform decently well. The tread clears itself very well. They don't turn to slicks like some other tires do. I give them a 3.5 out of 5 because there are better mud tires out there.

Rock
I was not overly impressed by the Mud King's rock performance. It is an M/T so i know rock isn't its strong suit. It tended to slip on the rocks, for that it gets a 2 out of 5.

Snow
I really had a good chance to put these bad boys to the test in snow. I took them out today in about 6" of snow. I rarely used 4wd, even up steep hills these tires really outdid themselves. The snow did not pile up in between the tread blocks, these tires can really clean themselves well. I was so excited when i found out how good they performed in the snow. The only time I used 4x4 was when i had to pull a car out of the snow that had slid off the road. I give these a 5 out of 5!

Sand
I haven't had a chance to try these out in the sand, therefore I cannot give a rating.

Street
These tires aren't very tame on the street. They are loud and give off a noticeable vibration. They do have decent wet traction though. The tires I have seem to have even tread wear but I cannot attest to that because i have not owned them long enough to notice wear. I give them a 2 out of 5 for the street, not a tire i'd pick for the street.

Hope this helps someone out! I'll be updating this as i put on some more miles!

 

Those aren't bf goodrich tires.

Good review though, and looks like a good tire regardless of brand.

 

http://www.offroaders.com/tech/AT-MT...ud-King-XT.htm

 

and then there is.... http://www.autopartsdealer.com/medal...p260366-g.html

no matter of it's a decent tire for the price

 

Yeah they really are good tires, i'm surprised by the snow traction. Oh and changed the review name.

That's what i based my review system off of.

 

Not sure what you mean? The first site is wrong, the second is correct. They are non BF goodrich tires.

They look like a good tire at a good price. As I said in my first post. Swimmerboy put up a nice review, which is nice.

 

review was great. Possibly made by BFG, however tires are not on their website.
Edited title to reflect Medalist

 

Sweet are review of worn out tires. I've seen it all

If you you hot knife them perhaps you can get a little more life from them.

 

Ive got a set of these on my 4runner and love them.

 

According to what I've read BFG does me them. Thanks for the title change btw!

They aren't completely worn-out, I'd say they have 10k left on em. I just need em to get me through winter.