BF Goodrich AT tyre wear issue

[AdsLandies]

I have BF Goodrich All Terrains (235/85 R16 on Disco 1 steel rims) on both my 110 county and stage 1 SIII. The issue I've found on both vehicles is that the outside edge always wears much more then the rest so the tyre. Bit annoying having to get new tyres so soon when the rest if the tread, particularly the inside edge still has heaps of meat on them.
I'd say these tyres are very popular on 110's so does any one else find this?
I used to run at 40psi and upped it to 46psi when I first noticed this happening. Wheel alignments are good, and I don't thrash it around corners, so am wondering if it is just something to do with this particular tyre.
The previous crappy retreads and Dunlop Adventurers that were on the vehicles when I bought them seemed to wear much more evenly.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Adam.

[goingbush]

Having chipping issues with same tyres on my 110 but mine do wear evenly,
why don't you flip the tyres around half way thru their life, might cost $15 each to get it done but you will get an extra 30k out of them, only downside is it will look stupid with the white lettering on the outside for half the time.

I'm running running 33 front 38 rear

[Summiitt]

Cant comment on ATs, but, I'm running the same size km2 bfg muddys on one of my 130 single cabs, I will be surprised if I get 50k out of the set, I rotate them every 10k, and wheel alignments have been done. The ute runs at about 33-3500kg gvm, we do a lot of forestry/off road work with about 140km of fast windy bitumen every day.
I complained to the tyre supplier and he said run them at 40 front-45psi rear, they should bulge slightly...he runs these tyres on an f250 that he's got 95,000km out of the set and still has some life left in them.. Hope this helps..

[AdsLandies]

I thought about flipping them too 'goingbush' but if this is just an issue with this type of tyre i'd just get something different next time. I found that chipping issue too with mine, particularly when they were new.
As you said summit, I also rotate mine every 10,000kms. Probably done 50,000kms on mine currently and they are still ok but that damn edge will definitely shorten their life. I got 110,000 kms out of the Dunlop adventurers, so was hoping I'd get a lot more than 50,000 out of the BFG's.

[Cobber]

Can't say I've really had a problem with ATs in the past, outside of an alignment :)

[JamesB71]

I've used them for years with no problems.

[AdsLandies]

Thanks for the replies guys. So far it seems it's not a usual problem. When I first changed to these tyres I really loved them, both on and off road. Maybe I'll give them one more chance.

[yt110]

Adam,
When you said wheel alignments are good, is there any slop in the steering?

What are the settings, toe-in or toe-out?

Jim

[AdsLandies]

Adam,
When you said wheel alignments are good, is there any slop in the steering?

What are the settings, toe-in or toe-out?

Jim

G'day Jim, as for the SIII steering and swivel pins could be tighter. Don't know what the exact alignment was but was done since the tyres were on. I find the front wheels on the series have a weird positive camber, so have assumed this is partly the problem.
The county on the other hand has good steering and swivel pins. Alignment was done when the tyres were new but no idea what they set it up at. Later was adjusted to 0mm offset and recently changed to 2mm toe out. However for most of the tyre life it was running at the settings when the tyres were new.
I'm guessing by your response that you're not having this edge wearing issue either??

[yt110]

Adam
Only time I had edges wearing was when I had a tyre place do an alignment and they set it to toe-in,
Setting to 0 or toe-out no problems.

Jim.

[AdsLandies]

Thanks Jim. I've gone to checking the wheel alignment by myself, as others have also explained on AULRO. It's so straight forward on such a simple setup the landy uses. Even a Landy specialist admitted to me that you can do it accurately yourself. He also suggested to set it at 0 also. Don't know if I'll rely on the tyre places to do it properly again.