UTV tire test reviews

-- Testing traditional trail traction -- By the staff of Dirt Wheels UTVs keep changing quickly. When 26-inch-tall tires were the norm, we knew exactly what fit each machine for your favorite terrain, but now there are UTVs with 32-inch-tall desert tires running 15-inch rims with more power and suspension than most need. People are purchasing these desert machines and taking them into the woods and rocks. Fortunately, the rubber industry keeps sending new offerings our way, and ITP gave us a set of its all-new Terra…

--Testing a great UTV setup  -- By the staff of Dirt Wheels We love testing tires! Not only does it mean we get to go riding, it also means that we purposely get to put the smackdown on rubber and try to take it past its limits. System 3 Off-Road sent us over a set of SB-3 15-inch beadlock wheels with their RT320 32-inch Race & Trail radial UTV tires wrapped around them. You can bet that we ran these through our torture test. SB-3 BEADLOCK WHEELS These wheels are constructed from cast aluminum and are…

--Testing an eight-ply DOT tire for desert and racing -- By the staff of Dirt Wheels Braven Offroad looks like a relatively new UTV tire and now wheel company, but it isn’t. Braven Offroad is part of Tire Mart, and Tire Mart has been in business for 77 years and owned by the same U.S. family. Interestingly, Braven starts the information about its new Berserker UTV tire by saying that there are “hundreds of tires to choose from” in the UTV market. As far as Braven goes, the only tire it sells at the moment is the…

-- Testing DOT-rated desert treads -- By the staff of Dirt Wheels We are stationed in Southern California, which means we have a ton of desert trails to ride. Mud and tight, wooded terrain is a lot more difficult to come by, so we do a lot of testing in rocks and wide-open desert. We test what matches that terrain, like the Maxxis Liberty UTV tire. This well-designed piece of rubber has been out for a while, but we wanted to get some hard miles on a 30-inch set before we wrote down our thoughts. THE TREAD…