I've only had my Rancher for a couple of weeks. Due to the now extremely deep snow, I've only been able to do about 25 miles. I was wondering how the stock tires compared to others like Vampires or Blackwaters.

 

they are fair. They are great for trail rides and hard pack as they have a good tread life. If you want mud, you will get stuck..... I did, over and over again.

 

I don't know where everyone is riding, but i live in Central Ohio and with the snow melting the chisel plowed feilds are extremely soupy and very muddy.

Tonight I tried, including mud up to and preparing to come past the floor boards, and I couldn't get stuck. In fact, I pulled two other bikes, a Warrior and and 250X out of the fields, while in the myself.

Now, it was sticky mud below and soupy on top, in fact we came along the the 250X that a neighbor had abandoned I was pulling it without a rider until the tires got so mudded up that they were two time normal size and the fronts were just plowing the land.

The Dirt Hooks that came with the Rancher will do very well.