View Poll Results: To MTR or not MTR, that is the question?

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  • 235/85 Goodyear Wrangler MTR's

    10 26.32%
  • 265/75 Goodyear Wrangler MTR's

    10 26.32%
  • Stick with the General Grabbers, they'll do you proud

    4 10.53%
  • I would recommend BF Goodrich above GY MTR's

    6 15.79%
  • Stay away from GY MTR's, they suck!

    1 2.63%
  • Why MTR's .. are you a girly man?

    7 18.42%
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Thread: 265/75 or 235/85 Wrangler MTR's

  1. #11
    Join Date
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    Thanks to everyone for responding to my poll and questions. JC I definitely agree with you, the BF MT in a 255/85 is the ultimate tyre for a deefer, exactly what I was running on the Greylandy. The only problem with that size is they are hard to find and they did have an impact on fuel economy, although minimal. I'm also a bit more subdued these days, I don't spend nearly as much time in the mud so a 33" tyre will be overkill. Having said that, a Defender should not be seen without muddies

    From all the feedback there is mixed feelings about the Wrangler MTR's. The main concern seems to be the rate at which they wear. Looking at the feedback:

    In favour of MTR's:
    Long Stroke
    Scallops
    Lionel
    Slunnie

    Against:
    Justinc
    X-Box

    I am very reluctant to move away from BF MT's, the last two sets (265/75 and 255/85) provided excellent drivability (on and offroad) and the wear was excellent. BUT if you don't occasionally try something else you will never know (or is it a case of .. once you've had black .. )

    I will give it some more thought and make the call, I've got until next week to make up my mind. Thanks to all for your suggestions, once again this site is an amazing source of knowledge.

  2. #12
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    Just a late reply to your question.

    I`m on my second set of 235/85 MTRs on my 130

    Both sets have been damn good tyres with good grip on and off road.
    The first set I did`nt rotate frequently enough and they ended up with big tapers on the out side lugs so these ended up on my camper trailer and as spares after about 40,000Km
    The second set i`vedone nearly 30,000Km and have rotated every 5000km they are wearing pretty even and still look hardly worn

    i havent had a single puncture, both the 130 and trailer have the heavy steel 130 rims and tubes and all have done a fairbit of sand at 15 - 18 psi

    My only complaint is that they start to howl abit on corners after about 20,000km which gets worse as they wear but they are still quiter than the michellins that came new on the truck

    I also run MTRs on my Rangie ute albeit 35 x 12.5 x 15`s which i reckon are an awesome mud tyre as there is still only the 4 rows of lugs but the gaps between are obviously much bigger

    go the goodyear

    Ian

  3. #13
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    I know you'll say it's not relevant and they're a different tyre, but I've side-walled two Wrangler 255/60R18 in the last 6 months which make for a very expensive 2 day's out at $440 ea.

    I think I've got another 10k to go on the remaining original tyre (2 new and the original spare are on the car now); once that goes or I do another tyre in it's off for a new set and they won't be Wranglers.

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