I went with the MT Street Radial looks a lot like the BFG but a much better tire. I have a 500' gravel driveway & have no problems with stone pick up. I come out of the driveway slow and any small stones that are in the trendline come out pretty quickly and rarely do I have anything the hit the wheel well hard. I think you would like these quite a bit. They are a great cruising and street tire. Plenty sticky, so how is your retirement going M8? Is the snow gone up there yet? I still have 18 inches
Just a note, MT is coming out with new sets of tires for 15" rims in the next month or so. I think they have a steel belted radial street/road race combo tire designed for rims from 15 to 20 inches with a much improved tread pattern. You might want to wait and check these out; there pretty slick. I'm thinking about replacing these street tires I just bought last summer they look so good, but I'll wait to see when they come out!