I have a 2000 rancher fs. I was lokking for a good after market tire. The 2 i have come down to are swampers and mud bugs. I would like to here youre opinons on the tires. The reason i chose these and not vaamps or claws is because i want a tire that will get me through alot of mud, climb hills good, run great on hard pack, not wear as fast as an aggressive mud tire, and not be real heavy. If you have had a set of one of these tires tell me how you liked them. If you have had both tell me there ups and downs.

 

I would not get the regular "TSL" Super Swampers over the MudBugs, Mud Runners or Titan 589's with the mud around here. They ball up with mud too easily.
BTW-where did you buy your Rancher?

 

for a great all around tire get the buggs

 

I have some new 25" Vamps that would fits your rancher good. there 25x12x12 and 25x9.5x12. i have a friend who has a rancher and hey has the same as these and hey can go anywhere. hope this helps.

 

I have titan 589 there great
they ride good on trail ,hill and mud
for all arond 26 ,12 ,12rear
26 09 12 front

 

rancher in your post one of the reasons u say u have come down to those two tires is because u think they will not wear as much as vampires or bi/tri claws on hardpack.....im not real familiar with the bugs in a long term sense but the tsl's wear faster than the vampire tire....it might just be because the lugs are only half the size but you would end up buyin more sets of tsl's than vamps in the long run........also since you are deciding b/w the bugs and tsl's....the bugs will have better bite in the mud you can get the bugs in a larger size also BUT u can air up the tsl's to 28+ inches which would help lots in ruts or crawlin over logs etc...