We test the new BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 at the ghost town of Bodie - Four Wheeler Network
Bodie is a ghost town in a state of arrested decay on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Range in California. After the Gold Rush of 1849, miners started looking for the next big thing, and they found it in the Comstock Lode of Virginia City, Nevada. We were looking for the next big thing ourselves, so we mounted up BFGoodrich’s latest All-Terrain tire on our 2006 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and 1996 Toyota Tacoma and headed from Virginia City down to Bodie to give the tires a proper test. Bodie was an innovative town, acting as the first town to harness hydroelectric power. In fact, back in 1892 when the power lines were built, they were in a straight line because it was feared that electricity could not travel around corners. The company practically invented the all-terrain tire segment back in 1976. While note quite as old as the town of Bodie, the BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A has been a staple in the light truck market. Something else that Bodie and BFG have in common: Assayer Lester Bell perfected the cyanide process to safely extract gold from tailings, and BFG recently updated the A/T to KO2 specifications to stay ahead of the competition. The new KO2 looks very similar to the outgoing KO tire, but there are several notable changes in that familiar-looking package. Sidewall strength has been increased 20 percent, tread life on pavement has gone up 15 percent, and tread life on gravel roads has doubled. Source: www.fourwheeler.com
