One Year of Wheeling on Mickey Thompson Baja Pro X Stickys

I loved making this episode! It reminded me of so many amazing memories and some of the people I met on the trails! I had an opportunity to swap out my Mickey Thompson Baja Pro X tires at KOH and I couldn’t help but think of all the awesome places and over 1000 trail miles we put on the Jeep in 2019. This episode is a bit of a compilation and a look at some of the damage the tires took during our 10+ state tour.
I really hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making it and thanks, as always, for the support!!

[@donniefish6362]

That episode was pretty awesome you do a lot of Wheeling that is for sure👍👍👍👍👍

[@richwood8650]

Ok. Only second video from this channel. I'm hooked. Awesome footage. Excellent control.

[@jb6971]

This Jeep is set-up real nice. Like the clean front bumper.

[@ChrisLoomisDirtFlix]

Great video and a perfect demonstration of what those tires can do, Thanks

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Dirt Flix thanks! This will sound silly, but I got super nostalgic when they took the old tires cause I couldn’t believe how many adventures they had seen me through since last March. I really enjoyed editing this video cause of all the memories (people, places, obstacles!) 😀👍🏻

[@ChrisLoomisDirtFlix]

@@MischiefMakerTV I never thought of it that way but you sure gave me a new way to look at and i agree

[@stormw777]

Wow best video yet. Thank you.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Fit Pro thank you so much. Trying to make each video better than the last 😁

[@toddgibbs1321]

Your rig is the thing that dreams are made of! My daughter told me that she would like me to get a Jeep like that because it looked fun.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Todd Gibbs that’s sooo nice!!! I hope you told her ALL jeeps are fun 😀🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@toddgibbs1321]

MischiefMakerTV I hope to show her that in a few years

[@ChristianKustomz]

Great video! I added this one to my favorites.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

That's awesome! I'm really glad you enjoyed it...I really appreciate the feedback.

[@redbarry2540]

Really like the vid you put together of M&M’s GR8T-est Hits!!! Look forward to another one, but of your 2020 adventures.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

2020 is gonna be great and I'm really exited to have so many other Rockstar rigs joining us... :-)

[@ridermak4111]

The rig....drool worthy. The tires....good stuff. But the shining star of this video is the CPU in charge of pedals and steering. The spotters and spectators hoots and applause said it all.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Rider Mak seat time above everything else. Thank you! 😀🤙🏻

[@elijahgutierrez5739]

Nice wheeling. Seen you tagging along with the other tubers and glad I checked your channel out. SUBSCRIBED!

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Elijah Gutierrez thanks so much for subscribing! That means the world to me. Hope you enjoy the content.😊

[@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579]

Amazing some of the things you can look at and think I'll never grab on that and climb effortlessly and others you think piece of cake and dig for a long time before you gain any bite at all.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Yeah, I have had to adjust my thinking to always put tires on an obstacle before I decide to try it or skip it because these tires can do some amazing things - especially in the Southwest 🤩

[@joelalexander5338]

Love your channel! I’m sure there are many more than me that wonder what y’all do to make a living. That was some awesome wheeling footage! Super crazy!

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Joel Alexander thank you so much for watching the episode! Walter actually works remotely for a marketing company .... I have a small company WomenWheelers. We are lucky to be able to do what we do right now and appreciate everyone in the community and everyone who watches the channel 🙂

[@joelalexander5338]

MischiefMakerTV That’s fantastic. What a fantastic opportunity you both have. Best to you guys!

[@toddhoffmaster6057]

@@joelalexander5338 I her that Hollie can sing too - Opera singer...

[@joelalexander5338]

Todd Hoffmaster Yes, I remember that. Really neat couple. I’ve played piano professionally for many years, still do, yet I own/run a vehicle restoration business. Music and vehicles, apparently there exits a connection.

[@vangoodwin7335]

So glad I am not wheeling anymore! What spare money I have that I haven't spent on my bikes goes into restoring this 100plus year old farmstead and house. We will be buying another rear wheel for our touring bike and mounting a car tire on it. In the motorcycle community we call it "dark siding". Going to the dark side with our bike will aid in the longevity of the tire and control of the extra weight with the trailer on the bike. Not to mention it'll last up to 30,000 miles where the most I've ever gotten out of a motorcycle tire was just under 10,000 miles. But I was pushing it and finished a long distance run on a slick. I have some idea what you folks spend to maintain your rigs and tires still are the biggest expense. I enjoyed my Mickey Thompson tires on my last rig but changing out my BFG street tires at every trail head was a pain in my left foot. Back then many of us ran a wider wheel and tire on the rear axle to continue through ruts in the mud made by our narrower front tires. The sheer horse power it takes to move your tires impresses me and it makes me wonder. What is original on your Mischief Maker? My bet is the E brake pedal and glove box, but I would love to see a video on the factory parts that are tough enough to survive your kind of wheeling. You are in my prayers Hoka Hey

[@houseofhug]

Badass!

[@ironbearjku2233]

Bad*** rig doing bad** things! Maybe my family and I will see yall out on the trails, were planning on wheeling everywhere once I'm out of the Navy in a few months! Keep the dope content coming

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Gio Lucero thank you for your service! I support that plan and I certainly hope we can wheel together at some point. As far as I’m concerned, there is no better family activity than wheeling 🤩

[@user-yx2co4pc3n]

Tires are great cant wait to get them installed Excellent tire put on my 2006 F-150 ride nice and I got 80k out of them.

[@cordybrassfield4844]

Lol “shut up with you and the sticky’s!”

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Cordy Brassfield Sometimes in my head I’m like ‘Give me a little credit, it is also good driving!’ 😂

[@MSTrishRN]

This was so much to watch! Had me grinning the whole time. I didn't want the video to end. Amazing Jeep, Awesome woman wheeler and those mesmerizing Sticky Mickey's. Are you going to do a walk around Video of Mischiefmaker show us the build?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

MSTrishRN thank you so much 🙏🏻 this was a fun video to make! And I’m just trying to show plp why I love my shoes 😂 I am currently working on the walk around video so please be patient with that one... it may be next or a couple of episodes away 😁

[@hondafreak8613]

Your Jeep is a Animal with these tires! Looks sick. Good job on 24h of Hell

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Thanks so much!! That was a rough one but super fun? Ready to go back already!!

[@tracionados4x4]

I live in Brazil and watch your channel. Your jeep is very strong, huge tires. Very cool. Here in Brazil we have the Troller (it's a Brazilian jeep that now belongs to Ford) have you heard?

[@jasonethridge]

WOW! That was an awesome montage of some of the sickest wheeling I’ve ever seen. It has been fun literally watching you hone your skills in putting together these episodes. You keep wheelin’ and dealin’ and we’ll all keep watching! BTW, when MM was getting re-shoed I thought Walter mentioned something about giving the old treads away? Not that many people can run 43” Stickies ( I sure can’t!) but was (or is) that the case?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Mickey Thompson decided to give them away to a customer who also bought 5 brand new Baja Pro X tires - you should have seen the picture of that SxS rolling away absolutely packed/stacked with 9 43” tires 😂😂

[@scottpetrie8707]

Dig it!!

[@antonioelkhoury3361]

Subscribed👌👍💪💪❤️

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Thank you Antonio and welcome to the Mischief family 🙌🏻

[@jamiewilson343]

not sure about the tires. but your driving skills are the standout of the video.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Thank you! That means a lot. I’m a huge advocate of seat time - and have seen many great drivers with stock rigs do amazing things 👍🏻

[@toddhoffmaster6057]

I just don't understand why you have so few followers. The accent alone is worth 10k in followers. :) Seriously another great video and I can sit and watch videos of that beautiful Jeep all day long. Such awesome looking tires for sure, that was a nasty sidewall cut in the old tire and it appears to have held up well.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Todd Hoffmaster thank you so much for the kind worlds. I’m thankful for all my followers and I hope to see the channel grow this year 🤗

[@toddhoffmaster6057]

@@MischiefMakerTV Do you have a schedule for this year's events that you are planning on attending?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Todd Hoffmaster I certainly do. If you have FB ... type in The Great American Crawl and I will add you to the group. Our whole schedule is in our events page in that group!

[@toddhoffmaster6057]

@@MischiefMakerTV I just applied under Graeman.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Todd Hoffmaster approved 🤙🏻

[@1967espinal]

"Beast"

[@monkeybusiness2221]

Great job, I'm respecting your hard work more and more. Posted my second video today, editing is uncomfortable.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Monkey Business thanks! It’s definitely a labor of love. Eventually the editing process becomes a bit more fun (and even addicting 😃) - keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@muddyWW]

7:02 Is that at the Badlands in Indiana? Was there with a group of friends this past summer and a couple people with JKU's on 40"s tried that obstacle and never made it. One had Nitto Grappler M/T's and the other had Cooper Discoverer's and neither found grip to pull themselves up Have you lost a bead when you run them at low pressure with the KMC wheels?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

muddyWW that is a tough obstacle for sure and I was lucky to have an awesome spotter named Troy Wolford guiding our group. I will admit, I tried this same obstacle the next day and didn’t one-time it - struggled quite a bit 😅. As for tire pressure, once the tires were broken in I typically ran them at 10psi front and 8psi rear...but before that I would regularly have them at 5psi and they would burp air out the back, but I’ve never lost an inside bead.

[@jrchambon4746]

Hey. Awesome channel. I watch every episode. Who made your front and rear bumpers? I like the way that the rear wraps around the side to protect the quarter panel.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

JR Chambon thank you so much for the support JR! I truly appreciate it. My front and rear bumpers are made by GenRight Offroad.

[@user-wk2qd6hj5p]

hi, I have encountered a difficult problem and I hope you can help me answer it. The large tire I installed is 43x15x17lt tire, Mickey Thomson Baja Pro; And the axle I replaced, the current axle is dana60. I have also changed the gear ratio of the car code, but I feel very shaky while driving. May I ask where the problem is? I hope you can help me answer my questions. Thank you very much

[@rukenheb]

Nice vid! I just finished installing UD60’s on my JL. I’m still on the Mopar 2” lift 😁 w/40 Pats. My goal is a similar setup to yours! Will my UD60’s be sufficient for Pro-X 43’s? Which lift/how much lift are you running? Thanks for the insight!! Sub’d ! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@MACzerofourtwo]

That is one Bad Ass Jeep 👍 Great video compilation. How many miles did you put on the old tires? Those are 43’s?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

MACjeeps I ended up putting well over 1000 trail miles and I had some instances, unfortunately, where I was forced to use them on pavement and highways for short runs, which really did eat into them quite a bit cause it’s such a soft compound...

[@coreylakey2266]

Probably my favorite jk I've seen👍

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Corey Lakey appreciate your support 🤙🏻

[@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579]

Yeah he's sexy and he knows it

[@tiremike6269]

how are they on the streets or is that evan a possibility ?

[@trjnsd6874]

Nice timing - I'm tire shopping and Mickey Thompson comes out with a new A/T to add to my selections. I have a Jeep WK 5.7, drive it daily, and only get off-road a few times a year. Currently I have Milestar Patagonia M/T's (265-70x17) with 36K miles and have worn them down. I was considering the Mickey Baja Boss M/T (33-12.50x17). Now also considering these new Baja Boss A/T's. Any suggestions or recommendations are welcome, please. Love your videos, your accent, niceness and of course BigBlueMischiefMaker!

[@MischiefMakerTV]

I don’t have any direct experience with any Mickey Thompson tire but the sticky Baja Pro X and ZERO experience with the new A/T Boss. If offroad performance matters, and you don’t mind a little extra road noise, I have liked what I’ve seen from the Baja Boss M/T, and the Cooper Discoverer STT Pro.

[@trjnsd6874]

@@MischiefMakerTV Thank you - I wasn't expecting such a quick reply! I've read that Cooper and Mickey Thompson are closely related/owned. My debate with myself is over costs and road noise. I look forward to running into y'all again!

[@hayleystewart7993]

How well do they hold up on the roads

[@walterfowler4720]

They do not hold up at all. The Baja Pro X is not a DOT tire and should not see a lot of pavement over the course of their life...That said, if you do choose to use them on pavement, they will wear extremely quickly and they will be super loud (even at low speeds).

[@cannibal7411]

Bad Azz 🤙🏿

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Thanks, Lee! 😆Hope you are doing well...

[@kswyg001]

I have run Mickey's in the past and I'm back to a set now but the real question is- had they not provided you with a set, would you have purchased a second set yourself or would you have explored other brands?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

kswyg thats a great question and the short answer is: Yes. The performance of the sticky compound of the Baja Pro X is absolutely stellar in places like Utah, California, Arizona and Texas. I also found them to be extremely effective in the slick, clay/mud in Tennessee and Georgia. Even though I rarely spin them fast enough to clear them out when they are caked with clay, the tread pattern always seems to find traction and gets me where I want to go. The only mix of terrain that has consistently given me trouble is loose-packed sand and dirt mixed with rocks. These tires tear up terrain that isn’t firm - you can spin them a few times and dig out a good 3-4ft hole (I sometimes feel terrible for the people behind me in those situations 😅). In areas like Michigan and Indiana, a more consistent tread pattern like what you see in the Baja Boss would probably be more effective IMO. I couldn’t imagine switching to a different brand at this time, but I am still hoping they come out with a 42” sticky version of the Baja Boss - that would be interesting to try out. I have been fortunate enough to spend a lot of time hanging out with the folks who engineer and design Mickey Thompson’s offroad tires. They actually join us on some of our trail runs at EJS and KOH and take time to listen to their ambassadors’ and customers’ feedback, which is really great to see from a company & they have a lot of exciting things planned - just compare SEMA 2018 to SEMA 2019. It’ll be interesting to see what 2020 brings for MT!

[@kswyg001]

@@MischiefMakerTV I've run claws, MTZ, and now the Baja Boss- they're stellar so far in the clay in TN. Thank you for the reply ma'am, I'm sure others will find the info useful as well.

[@JWard2]

What's her setup? 40's & 3.5"lift?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

J. Ward about 5” of lift on 43s

[@MrBen1471]

Crazy girl.i like your jeep 👍🤩 I'll make the same in smaller 1/8 rc. Im from France. Here it s impossible to have the same.thanks you and see you soon👍👍👍👍👍

[@sorenmelchior]

So what rims are you sporting on that rig? And as for the sticky's.. I heard you cant use Sticky tires up here in Alaska as it gets too cold for them (it was -38F this morning here in some spots). I wish someone made a sticky tire that would work well on snow/ice and deep snow, kinda like a blizzak with a deep self clearing tread that could also handle cold extreme's. Kinda like the rubber in artic ortec air hose (flexible at -60F from personal experience) but with the above criteria as well. Not sure it's chemically possible, but it would be cool if they could get close.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Søren Melchior I run KMC XD231 Beadlocks. I can’t imagine stickys would work that well in -40 and below. I don’t know the answer to that question, but I’ll definitely look into it and find out what the low temperature rating is for this tire.

[@sorenmelchior]

@@MischiefMakerTV Hey thanks for the reply, as I am looking for some decent bead-locks to run on my new 2 door teal (bikini) JL build. As for sticky compounds most don't like sub zero weather (they crack per the manufacturers statements).

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Søren Melchior well, you can’t go wrong with KMC Machetes XD229 or Robby Gordons XD231 beadlocks.

[@sorenmelchior]

@@MischiefMakerTV you know, looking at XD's site there XD232 RG Crawl's look nice if they will fit. Thanks again for the tips.

[@craigversetti5700]

Hey Holly / Crew. Please tell me what bumpers your running ?? ( thinking MOTOBILT) Thank you I see these rigs and think holy shit im dreaming & then wonder if they can be driven daily !!!??? ABSOFUKINLUTELY INCREDIBLE !!!!

[@MischiefMakerTV]

All of my armor is from GenRight Offroad except my Artec Industries Underbelly Skid Plates. Both MischiefMaker and GRDLOC are registered and insured for the road, although I don’t often drive MM on the road due to his Baja Pro X sticky tires. GRDLOC, on the other hand, runs the DOT approved Baja Pro XS and could easily be driven daily, but he is a trailer queen. Neither rig is really something you would want to commute in - they are purpose-built rock crawlers.

[@craigversetti5700]

@@MischiefMakerTV THANK YOU !!! I never seen anything like MM & GRD and I'm simply in LOVE w/ both and you guys have really opened my mind & dreams . Can only imagine what it feels like to own & drive them !!!!

[@bullittdog4352]

You miss these tires at all now that you’ve gone a different direction?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Not even a little bit. The Pro X is a great tire in a lot of ways, but there is nothing on the market that performs like the BFG Red Label Krawler - especially out on the rocks.

[@jamesmathers9294]

I want a set but need some for street use also 😒❤️

[@tonyadame3502]

Very nice,Beutiful rig. Is it street driven or just towed???

[@MischiefMakerTV]

tony adame He is a trailer queen. I wouldn’t mind driving him on the street if my tires were DOT, but I love the offroad performance of a good sticky compound tire.

[@howardcliver7894]

MischiefMakerTV you should get a set for the street! Would be fun to drive him around town.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Howard Cliver I’ve definitely considered it, but we live full time on the road. I barely have enough room for our spare parts and tools. That would be awesome tho, to just switch it up with the DOT version of my tire Baja Pro XS 😎

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

Have u ever had one of them tires go flat on you due to a sidewalk or a puncture

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Absolutely not! (And I REALLY tried...) 🤣

[@jkustockaphobia2421]

MischiefMakerTV that’s awesome lol yea I see you don’t play around

[@TheHillbillyhotrod]

I've been going back and forth. Trepadors or these, Hmmmmmmm

[@MischiefMakerTV]

I've heard good things about Treps from the few people I know who run them, but I don't have any personal experience with them. From what I've seen these are most often compared directly to TSL stickies. I most often find people to be torn between Maxxis/BFG OR Interco/Mickey Thompson.

[@anomilumiimulimona2924]

What made you leave Scotland?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Anomilumi Imulimona well that is a long story BUT I will be making a KZbin video about that! So hang tight 😀🤙🏻

[@anomilumiimulimona2924]

MischiefMakerTV, cool ill be waitin!

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Anomilumi Imulimona 😀🤙🏻

[@kevintopasna7854]

I don’t like it I love it jk all the way keep doing what your doing with your hubby it’s people like you encourages others to go out there and just do what you love.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Thanks so much for the kind words, Kevin. I really hope to inspire people on some level - we certainly wouldn’t be where we are now without some serious inspiration from other Jeepers and KZbinrs! 😀🤙🏻

[@scottcampbell2836]

Rare to see any youtuber do a long use test and opinion. It is usually a webwheeler talking about his favorite tire that he has never purchased new.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Scott Campbell Thanks! 😊 I had really hoped to get some time with them in the snow before we hit the 1 year mark, but I was lucky enough to see almost all other conditions and terrain in 2019. Overall very happy with how the Jeep has handled everything we threw at it.

[@scottcampbell2836]

@@MischiefMakerTV i have a cherokee. And not a lot of dough. Was buying tires one at a time on amazon. Finally got 4 Falken AT3 tires and am impressed. Snow rain and ice and pizza delivery. Previous jeep and rubber? Bfg all terrains (5 sets) and one set bfg mud.one set of firestone mud. Thumbs up on all of these.

[@MischiefMakerTV]

Scott Campbell yeah, I used to run 37” KM2s on an earlier build of this Jeep and aside from the sidewalls getting absolutely destroyed I was happy with their offroad performance

[@scottcampbell2836]

@@MischiefMakerTV lol mine is my everything vehicle. It goes out and back so i am careful in my risk . i do need to get out more. Desert i do miss....

[@pedrowatkins6167]

Aswome

[@pedrowatkins6167]

I like the color scheme of your Jeep,I just got used to seeing it all the color,bumper to bumper.but I'll get used to it with silver bumpers.still a big fan of both you and Mischief Maker.your husband seems to be pretty cool too

[@pedrowatkins6167]

Definitely my favorite

[@youngsjoshua]

Where is you accent from?

[@MischiefMakerTV]

josh youngs I’m originally from Scotland 😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but lived here in the US for 8 years now.... my accent is so ooo weak now 🤣

[@youngsjoshua]

@@MischiefMakerTV that's the reason I asked. I have heard it in the past. Just didn't come threw as much as it seemed to in this video. And a big belated welcome to the US. Hope to see you on trail someday. Currently in the process of trying to v8 swap my 07 jku.

[@bryonott3771]

I thought it was a northern accent.

[@ingith123]

What tire size is it?

[@ThatBigJeep]

fancy rig, mediocre driving

[@MischiefMakerTV]

😀🤘🏻