Thread: 110 tyre choice!

I have >80k km from a set of 5 255/85-16 Maxxis Bighorns. Very happy, they still stick to the road well. Have done the CSR, Gibb, 4x coast-coast, eetc etc...

2 punctures and one minor staking in that time but all repairable.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I have >80k km from a set of 5 255/85-16 Maxxis Bighorns. Very happy, they still stick to the road well. Have done the CSR, Gibb, 4x coast-coast, eetc etc...

2 punctures and one minor staking in that time but all repairable.

At this stage I'll go with Big Horns again when I need to replace mine in the next few months, they've performed as well as the old BFG MT's they replaced and part of the reason is that I like to support my local tyre bloke as he really looks after me.

XZL 7.5x16 on my puma will be lucky to give me 60K, and that's 6 of them. Rotated every 10K, balanced and 3 alignments over the past 40K. Pretty noisy I reckon. Happy with their capability wet and dry, but for $400 per tyre there is better value for money I think.

Maxxis for me next time.

You would proabably only go with my Kumho 265x75MT for fun as I have done but for good all round, my mates 130 has always had the Bridgstone 235/75MT. He gets 100+K's out of them and we have been all over with them. We work in quarries over rocks all day, great on the highway and our many shooting trips have put us in all manor of conditions. For my money a great all rounder. I dont use mine for work so went for a big fun tyre, they are very capable if you need them to be.

anyone got a recent price on the toyo m55 in 235 size??

Originally Posted by dromader driver

anyone got a recent price on the toyo m55 in 235 size??

370 each I was told last when i was looking for me, we run them on heavily laden troopies in the Pilbra and they are the go IMO the same size BFG KM2 M/T's in the same situation simply fell apart in a very short time in comparison.

My 120 still has a fair bit more work needed before I need to really worry about tyres although this was simply over the counter at the local Toyo dealer in regional western australia. May be able to twist a few arms and get a better deal somewhere else.

Here's a link for an Australian supplier not association etc,

http://www.thewheeldeal.com.au/produ...175feb307ec0ba

Interesting thread. Here's a question that I've been pondering - how noisy are Muds on the road? Have heard some people having spare Muds for off roading and ATs for road - expensive obviously. But is it necessary?

Being in Sydney its a long way to some of the better off road places so appreciate peoples thoughts

Rob

Originally Posted by Out of Africa

Interesting thread. Here's a question that I've been pondering - how noisy are Muds on the road? Have heard some people having spare Muds for off roading and ATs for road - expensive obviously. But is it necessary?

Being in Sydney its a long way to some of the better off road places so appreciate peoples thoughts

Rob

The noise Depends on what you are comparing them to, compaired to at's they are a bit noisy, compaired to the general noise of the defender they made no difference. I run MUDs in Sydney and also have a set of at's but I never have time to change them over so the at's are for sale as the MUDs have been great on road.

I wouldn't by the km2 again, they were an inch under quoted size and need at least 150g to balance which makes them more oval than round. I will be trying mtz next time.