I have bear claws on the rear of my Rancher 2x4. Very happy with them. 6 ply with rim protector. My friend has dirt devils...seem like a good tire, but he has had 2 flats in a few months. No flats with the bear claws. They are a huge improvement over stock. Mudlites get alot of hype, but I have no experience with them. Good luck with the purchase. Check out RIDETHERED.COM. They did a test on the bear claws.

 

PS. Bear Claws have a flat tread profile. Mudlites are more rounded.

 

Thanks to all for the input........I had not heard of the Dirt Devils but with all the replies, I'm sure going to check them out.
I did notice that a friends Bear Claws .....26" measure 24" to the top of the tread.....and my old factory 25" Dunlops measure .....25" !
I need to be careful about increasing the diameter due to a power consideration.....its a 400 Eiger, so I'm not inclined to increase tire size........I'm not sure how to size the Bear Claws, should I go that direction.

 

i ve got a set of dirt devils, and 589 titans
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I went to the tire shop today:

4 26" DirtDevils.....$160
4 26" Mudlights......$240

It looks like the Mudlights might hookup better in the mud, but I think that the DirtDevils will do well for me, especially for the $$$$$$.

 

That seems like a really good price, bigbamaboy. Is that at a local tire shop or online somewhere? I haven't been able to find the 26" Dirt Devils for much less than $70 per tire online. Are those the X/T with the extra deep lugs?

 

Yeah local tire shop. They pretty much sell in volume. My buddy bought a set of 26" Zillas on Itp C-series rims for a little less than $700.
He priced me a set of Gillett Kodiak ATs 31x10.50 $340.

Yeah they were the 26" XT's The deep lugs for $160

 

itp 589's. you can get them at a website for 60 bucks a piece, without rims.

 

HollyWood go with the ITP Holeshot ATR. If you liked your stock tires you will love these! Like RidinLCWA said Radials are the way to go especialy if you riding trails and want the best control for your machine. They also work great in snow! All the mudlites and Claws are fine but not as smooth and tend to tear up trails more, etc. They also arn't radials so you lose some traction that way and they tend to wear faster than radials.

The ATR's are also a light tire so you won't lose any horsepower plus they are 6ply to help guard against holes in the tires.

 

Windmill......thank you sir !.........I will be taking a good hard look at these.