Tire choices?

[Gee]

I'm a masher fan as far as a all purpose/season tire. I got some MT badlands but they just don't seem to fit the size of the Savage (too small for my taste) but they are some good tires also. The Moabs are real decent, traction isn't as good as the mashers, but on mine the sidewalls are a bit stiffer and they seem to wear real well. The mashers are the smallest in height for the tires I have tried and make the Savage XL a bit easier to handle on the high speed runs. The mashers and moabs needs some good tape to keep the ballooning down on them. The moabs rubber seems a bit thicker which makes the foams that came with them sufficent. The mashers foam is decent enough to get the job done for a decent length of time but some xtra firm foam inserts might be something to consider with the 40s mashers. The Hot Bodies came preglued and could of really uses a more solid foam base in them. They do real well on road but off road forget about it, especially if you loose your front drive line. Sucker just spins in circles even with an extremly light finger. You know about the Terapins, real fun to bash with but an elephant on stilts anytime else. Thinking long term the get the best tape your money will buy for taping. Moabs seem to wear the best, then the mashers, and badland do well but they wear faster then the others if you do a lot of onroad driving. I like the 23mm hubs on the savage xl. I couldn't find any decent 17mm hexes for the XL and the 23mm lets me crank them down tight.

Here's some pictures for a comparison on size of them.
From left to right:

Hot Bodies Quake on Slayer rims, 40s Moabs on 23mm wabash, HPI Terapins, 40s Mashers on 23mm wabash





Mashers




Moabs