Post#5 » Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:46 pm
Yeah the 617A can deal with them, to some degree, but if you are NA I'd stick to a 235/85 which is a little less tall. I sometimes want to switch back to a 235 (16" wheel needed) because of the lost gearing with a 33" tire. The advantages off-road of a 33 over a 32 is actually not much at all.
The best performing 4x4 I ever saw in Moab was a very old Land Rover SWB that had 30" tires on it. He had a lot more control over his limited HP and better crawler gearing due to them. That thing out-wheeled everyone in the large club group including Defenders with 35"s and lockers. Of course the driver was the key, but showed how little the tool matters in many cases.
To take it further will require you to start messing with diff ratios etc... not really worth it most times.