I found a great source for off road tires at a fraction of the cost of name brands. Treadwright. All they make are off road tires, and they've been doing it for a long time.
These are "remolds". Using unused or little used carcasses, they x-ray and inspect the donor tires carefully, accepting only those in perfect condition. They then cut off the tread, mold on a base layer of rubber and then using standard industry tire molds, mold on a new tread. They meet the same Federal standards as new tires.
Magazine reviews have been excellent. User reviews have been full of praise. A buddy of mine just finished up the major club off road run. This was a week-long off road adventure over some of the most challenging terrain that can be found. My buddy elected to take off his Toyos and run a set of 35" Treadwright "Guard dogs" with "Kedge Grip" compound. Aside from hundreds of miles of moderate to extreme terrain with a lot of mud, he drove his 2010 Wrangler 2 door nearly 3,500 miles to and from the event. The tires performed extremely well, with great traction and the design worked very well in deep, gooey mud. He suffered no tire failures or damage whatsoever. Not so for some of the others running name brand rubber.
A few months ago, I wanted to buy a new spare (having had to use mine when I cut a sidewall on a sharp rock). So, rather than spend nearly $300 for a spare, I ordered a 33" tire from Treadwright. I ordered the Kedge Grip compound. Kedge Grip is a patented compound that has ground glass and crushed walnut shell in the rubber. According to 4 Wheeler magazine, Kedge Grip offered the best snow and ice traction of any non-studded tire they've ever tested. I specifically asked for their "Warden" tread pattern, which is identical to the BFG AT KO. Sure enough, I received the tire and it was a BFG AT KO carcass, so new it still had the blue on the raised white lettering. This load E rated tire cost me just $156.
I took the tire to my local Goodyear shop for installation and balancing. They didn't realize that it was a remold until I told them. Only 1 ounce of weight was required to balance the tire, which really surprised them.
Having seen the quality and having a friend who throughly abused the tires, I'm ordering a full set of the same tire specifically for winter use (they carry the snowflake indicating severe winter service tires). I'll mount them on a set of 8.5"x17" steel wheels and put my Cooper STs (on aluminum mags) away for the winter. Budget high traction winter tires, still very capable off road too. My Coopers (which are wearing like iron) will go back on in the spring. They (the Coopers) are great in moderate mud, all kinds of sand and deep snow. They are not very good on packed snow and ice, because they have very little syping (being a hybrid mud/terrain type).
So, those of you who may be looking for budget off road tires with first rate quality, check out Treadwright before buying...
https://www.treadwright.com/default.aspx