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Description: Review of Interco's Super Swamper Mud Tire
The Super Swamper TSL (TSL = Three Stage Lug) is built on the principles of the original Swamper 78 series which, literally and figuratively "broke new ground" when it was first introduced back in 1970 by Interco Tire Corporation. The Super Swamper TSL is the classic bias ply mud tire that offers excellent traction in mud and on the rocks with extreme durability. When aired down into single digits, the Super Swamper TSL will bulge and flex conforming around rocks and terrain for exceptional traction. The proven and patented three stage lug design excels in any terrain thrown at it with rapid self-cleaning and an aggressive lug pattern that chews through the mud. Improvements over its predecessor, the Swamper 78 series, it offers and smoother ride with less rolling resistance for increased mileage on the road and better traction offroad with deeper treads and tougher sidewalls. However this tire's bottom line is it was designed for off-road abuse and will drive and handle on-road as you might expect an aggressive bias ply mud terrain tire might. available sizes range from a 4 ply 28x8.50-14LT up to a 38x12.50-16.5LT and 15/39.5-16.5LT in 10 ply ratings.

Manufacturers description of this tire:
Super Swamper TSL
The Super Swamper TSL with the patented TSL tread design offers unsurpassed traction under the toughest of conditions. Nine years of developing and testing produced the ultimate tire tread design. Short, intermediate and long massive lugs are uniquely arranged, each proportioned and spaced to bite quickly and to self-clean rapidly. The overall design gives today's on-and-off-road driver a tire that is both directionally and laterally stable; unmatched in performance. This is an extremely aggressive design that requires strict attention to air pressure when run on the highway.


Manufacturer Info:


Interco Tire Corporation
2412 Abbeville Hwy
Rayne, LA 70578 Phone: (800) 299-8000

www.intercotire.com


Interco Tire Corporation, is a Louisiana company that has evolved through three generations into a leader in the development of high performance tires for use on four wheel drive light trucks and all terrain vehicles. In 1968 Interco developed the first 78 series light truck tires which began the evolution in light truck tires we see today.
Keywords: Super Swamper TSL Mud Terrain Tire Interco


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Anonymous
Review Date: Thu October 18, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: very great tire works real well even if worn down.
Cons: no cons what so ever

really great tire, I really reccomend
this tire to anyone.
Anonymous
Review Date: Tue October 23, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: $216.00 | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: good in mud and trail and snow
Cons: not so good on road

i have a 2000 ford f-250 SD with 38/13-16 and its a good tire not as good as my boggers but dam good tires
Anonymous
Review Date: Tue October 23, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Great traction, tough sidewalls and lugs
Cons: They suck in the snow.

Air them down in the snow and get them grooved/siped. Excellent in the mud, rocks, and wooded trails. Tough as nails tire.
Anonymous
Review Date: Tue December 4, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: $174.95 | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: this tire has got me out of a lot of deep shit!!
Cons:

this tire has got me out of a lot of deep shit!!
Anonymous
Review Date: Wed December 5, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Good all around trail tire
Cons: Noisey on the highway, begin hopping when they get older

I've ran interco tires for around 19 years. I've stuck them twice, once in the swamps when I bottomed out and got wrapped up in roots. And once when I forgot to lock 4x in. They are excellent in the mud, but can use a little weight in the snow. But once weighted down they'll perform, just as well as in the mud. They hate ice but what bias tire doesn't.
Anonymous
Review Date: Fri December 7, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: $155.00 | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: the is the best tire i have ever ran never got stuck
Cons: none, some might say the noise I love loud tires Not an issue with me

I have a 1995 Ford F-150XLT reg cab reg box 351w.


they Gripped in the Mud ! ripped threw the snow !rides awsome on the hard pavement. . .90% of the time i forgot to put it in 4-WD drive they gripped so good. as for tread life i have 27,500 high way miles and counting still ain't even near the wear bars. . .


I'm putting them on every Light duty truck i got now.


79 Chevy C-10 31x10.50R15LT
80 Dodge D-30 33x12.50R16.5LT
95 Ford F-150 33x10.50R15LT


I wish they had a TSL 8-19.5LT for my 62 GMC K-4500 or 12.00-20 for my 59 Mack B61T I'm looking at a 10 ton Army 6x6 tractor that has 14.00-24's. . .

We Need these in TSL's:
8-19.5LT = 34x9.50R19.5 10ply.


12.00-20 = 45x12.50R20 18ply.


14.00-24 = 54x14.50R24 22ply.


Mike D
SuperTractionGrip

Registered: December 2007
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 5
Review Date: Fri December 7, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: $150.00 | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Everything, they are loud Grip in every type of soft terrain !
Cons: Not available in for my Heavyer trucks. . .

MUD 5 stars
Snow 5 stars
Sand N/a
Dry Road 5 stars
Wet Road 4 stars


I ahev the TSL radails in 33x10.50 with 25,000+miles of highway use tread still looks almost new. . .


I wich they came in ply ratings, and sizes for heavy truck's I would use them on every truck got !


Mikey D
Anonymous
Review Date: Tue December 11, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: Tough, good traction
Cons: heavy

Raul Rodriguez De los santos
Ensenada, Baja California Mexico


Street **
Sand ***
Rock ****
Mud ****
Trail ****
Snow N/A


Sizes **
Cost ***


Bought 5 33x12.50 R15 Swampers for a 89 Dodge Raider, good traction on trails, it's 1" sidewall handles abuse well, thread design cleans mud fast and sends it flying, works on loose sand but you have to lower your pressure to 8 PSI and use 4WD or they dig easy, great performance on silt powder even in 2WD leaving a dust cloud behind you, for street and road they are heavy and you must be careful on wet pavement, it's thread is tough, got a 3/4" nail pinch and simply pull it out with pliers with no patching needed.
Anonymous
Review Date: Mon December 24, 2007 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: AWSOME TRACTION ! ! !
Cons: NONE

traction:


Dry road 5 stars
Wet road 4 stars
Snow 4 stars
Mud 5 stars
Sand in 2 WD 3 stars in 4WD 5 stars


I have these tires om a 1996 Ford
F-150XLT with a 351w EFI i currently have 27,500 miles on them with 10/32nd's of tread left. . .


after running these i won't wast my money on any other tire these are top notch!
Anonymous
Review Date: Wed May 7, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: $222.00 | Rating: 9 

 
Pros: It is mean looking and excellent in dirt mud and sand if you run wider tires
Cons: None

I've had 4 set of these tires since 1989. I drive my truck on the road too. If you keep the pressure up they don't wear too bad for a bias tire.
Anonymous
Review Date: Wed July 23, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 9 

 
Pros:
Cons: none

i have a 86 chevy with 38.5 tsl.i drive my truck back ad forth to hunting camp and there great in the woods.best tire out for me
Anonymous
Review Date: Mon September 8, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: great in mud and rocks
Cons: none yet

i have a set of 36s on my 83 Toyota and they do awesome in mud. love how they clean them selves out in the thick stuff. hell mine feel fine on the road to and from the mud hole.
Anonymous
Review Date: Wed September 17, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Awesome tire
Cons: I trade mine to a freind for the LTB's

My TSL 32x9 were not loud on the highway at all. The LTB's may outshine in traction a bit, but are WAYYY louder and squirly on the hway.
Anonymous
Review Date: Mon December 15, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: Great performance is just about any condition off-road
Cons: They need a lot of TLC and attention for usre on-road

I currently have a set of the 33x12.5 Bias Ply TSLs on my truck. Having run them a good year on and off pavement its safe to say if I can $$$ wise I am going to stick with the TSLs from now own.


Off-road is where these tires shine. They give you the extra peace of mind to make it through mud, rocks, roots, and anything else a trail can throw at you. And most of the TSLs measure out bigger than listed, so your getting the most tire size for your money. Like the 33"s on my truck really measure out to 33.7", considering 33" BFG Muds and most others measure to 32.8" that is almost a full inch bigger. Most 34"s like the 34x9.5 TSLs measure to 33.8, so your basically getting 34"s for the price of 33"s.


The sidewalls on these tires a extremely tough. You have to air down into the single digits before getting any height loss/sidewall bulge. I had one go flat over night (leaky valve stem) and got it aired up to 6psi with an air tank and it looked like it was fully inflated. Then I drove on it 10 miles at 40mph to the nearest gas station and aired it up no issues. Besides the fact I just bought a used set of 34x9.5s with one having the deepest gash in the sidewall I have ever seen in a tire. Looking at it you would think no way it will hold air, but it holds air just fine.


Now on-road is where these tire don't shine so much. Yes they are loud as all hell ( a good thing in my book) and turn heads everywhere but that is where the good ends. First off you have to pay very close attention to the PSI you run. I keep the TSLs on my truck at 26psi so they get a good even contact patch with the ground and check them once a week. They loose a pound or so a week, and will wear badly if you don't keep up with this. Keep them rotated regularly also and you can get some decent miles out of them. 20-25K if you wear them till the inner lugs get low, probably 30k if you run them absolutely bald. Also be able to live with flat spotting in cold weather or if you leave them sit for a long period of time. I drive my truck to and from work every day and I can say its not that bad. But on the flip side of the coin I expect some vibration,loudness,etc for the performance they give off-road. If your looking to run this tire on the street 24/7 just for the looks, don't bother.
Anonymous
Review Date: Wed December 31, 2008 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 8 

 
Pros: Tough tire and get a near 34" for 33" price
Cons: Beware of snow!

I kid you not stay away from snow with these things. I have them on my 97' Dakota that is my purpose built wheelin truck. I love the tires in rocks and on the trail I air down to about 8-9psi and dont have to worry about sticks or stumps. However it never fails I struggle in the snow.


As for on road, they are loud but acceptable for me. Turning isnt the greatest but its not a nascar tire its a super swamper! My overall rating of this tire would be a near perfect if I could get some snow performance out of them. Otherwise ill give them a total score of an 8.
Anonymous
Review Date: Thu January 29, 2009 Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid (per item)?: None indicated | Rating: 10 

 
Pros: GREAT A$$ MUD TIRE! THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cons: wish they would last longer on road, but being a bias ply I fully understand that pavement is the weak point

this is the best set of Super Swamper series I ever had, I had 39inch radial IROKS which was used as my show/pretty truck, never saw dirt before. sold that money bag of the truck and bought a jeep. was running 35x16x15 boggers, they were ok, but it was too, too much tire for my jeep and drivetrain, recently picked up the 33x12.5x15 TLS and I wish I had these tires to begin with, BADASS is all I can say!! in the mud, they sling everything and search for the stable ground. in the sand they perform medicore after going down to 8psi. I dont have rocks so thats unknown. loose dirt and muddy trails AWESOME, one tough tire. after this set wears out, I plan on trying out the LTBs or just buy another set of the TSLs. later H8Ters,
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