I just realized that I had posted this in the General Discussion thread and not my build thread. Oh well!
I had recently pulled the trigger on some new Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T LT305/70R18s (35.3 inches tall x 12 inches wide on my 18x8.5 Black Rhino wheels). I purchased a set of (5) tires so that I would have a matching spare.
Even under load when mounted, the new Baja Bosses are notably taller than my previous Yokohama Geolander G003 MTs (34.4 inches tall) unmounted! I should have taken a side by side shot of both tires when unmounted as it would have been a very evident change since the new MTs are about a full 1-inch higher than the Geolanders I was running, but I missed the chance while the techs were removing the old tires.
Anyway, the ride comfort, low noise, and on-road grip is amazing. At first, I had some rubbing and thought I would have to do some minor trimming. But as it turned out, the tires were rubbing on the remote reservoir hoses so an easy fix as all I had to do was rotate the brackets some. So at 35.3 inches, I still have plenty of room for flexing some.
I can't wait to try them out off-road when I hit the trails at Moab later next month!
I have the full-sized matching tire mounted on the factory spare tire wheel. I also ordered the Fabtech removable spare tire carrier so that I can secure the spare in the truck bed which will allow me to easy slide out of the truck and avoid having to deal with the factory cable drop system.
