Thread: 110 tyre choice!

Just my opinion, but where I've found the Hankooks really shine is good old outback dirt. The sides of the tyre seem to dig into the dirt nicely and give far better steering and braking than my old Maxxis. They don't have huge gaps between the tread blocks like really serious mud oriented muddies which gives them a good all terrain ability.

In 2006 I put 6x 7.50 x 16 BANDAG RETREADS (BDLT's) on the 1958 S11 88". Ive done over 100 thousand K on them and they still have 5mm of tread left...SO...I just got 6 more Bandags (ex Bridgestone/Bandag Townsville) (7.50 x 16 LT BDLT's) to put on the 1985 110 County Wagon @ $150 each, delivered to Cairns. I'm off from Cooktown, Cairns, Darwin, Perth, Alice, Longreach, Brisbane, Cairns, to Cooky in 3 weeks....I'll see if Bandag are still up to scratch, after all those 40 tonne B Doubles use 'em at 110 kph and they seem to last the distance!

i agree on the bandags. My old series 3 tray back had M+S on crossply cases which went for years. Speed wasn't a problem as it was limited to 53mph by the governor.

In PNG on the highlands highway ( highway in name only ) a lot of truck companies ran retreads and they were made in Lae. Good cases, inspected and looked after. There were about 3 different tread types in use with each company having a preference for drive patterns.


Don't know if Bandag still do the M+S in Oz.

750x16 Dunlop road gripers I'm stoked with them so far just for on road use. 33x1.5 bfg muddys for play

Just dont get TerraTrac Radial A/W's unless you spend all the time in the bush going slow! On road they are the roughest tyres I have ever had! 25psi and they are still standing with no sidewall sag! But Im yet to put a rock or stump thropugh 1 Wear seems ok. $245

Cheers Scott