Td5 110 New Tyres..what's best?

[greenextreme]

Hi Guys,
My Td5 110 ['99 Extreme] needs new tyres. When travelling we often tow a CT. The Cooper ST's have done 80K and are now bald [but been good]. Previously I had BFG TA's and they did 105K until bald. When offroad we mostly travel on gravel, sand [incl. beaches] and occasionally [rarely] mud or river crossings. A BFG or BStone TA or Michelin LTX AT should travel 100K and may be the better value but when needing extra traction a heavier pattern or lug tyre might be best [e.g. BS Dueler MT D673]. Can anyone recommend which tyres...which way to go? cheers, :confused:

[CraigE]

I have had Cooper STT's on mine and they were OK, but no where near the mileages touted and now a bit expensive.
BFGs are OK but expensive and now a bit soft.
Currently I have Hankook Dynamics MTs on and they seem really good and are cheap.
Many good reviews of the Maxxis Bighorns as well as they are also cheap.

[Chucaro]

I have Maxxis and I am happy with them.

[extreme]

I've had areally good run out BFG A/T. I'm on my second set. First set i got 80,000 km's out of them. They are now on their second life on my trailer.

[BilboBoggles]

BFG MT's Little wear after 20,000k's. Noise levels are quite good. Grip on road is quite good. Grip on dirt ;-)... I ran 2 sets of STT's over about 180,000's before this and found that they wore reasonably well, and in fact quite similar to the BFG. I've had A/T before and found there was little advantage to them in a defender, but more advantage in the M/T pattern.

[BilboBoggles]

Oh forgot to mention - Not one single puncture in 200,000k's since switching to M/T!!! Perhaps the A/T's I had used were rubbish but I got quite a few punctures in those.

[Scallops]

I'm running 265/75 Mickey T MTZ's - they totally rock. :cool: I've only done 15,000km - but I cannot detect any wear difference between the ones on the truck and my spare. I rotate front to back, same side, at 10,000km intervals.

The offroad performance is sensational and the onroad performance is pretty good. They make a bit of a hum - but I like that - I wind the windows down and pretend I'm flying a 4 prop bomber. :blink:

[roverrescue]

[e.g. BS Dueler MT D673].

a much underated tyre IMHO... tough and do the job.
I love em.

Steve

[3pointa]

Apart from the top dollar tyres, Silverstone make a pretty good bfg copy
in both a/t and m/t at a good saving.
A bloke I know ran a set of the m/ts and was happy.
I have also heard good reports on the maxxis and toyo tyres.
When the going gets slippery, the type of tyre does make a big differance.


3pointa

[gaz]

Did a lot of research into this , thru this site and 4x4 mags, decided on the new goodyear wrangler MT/R Kevlar 265/75R/16 @ $325.00 each fitted and balanced.

[Scallops]

Did a lot of research into this , thru this site and 4x4 mags, decided on the new goodyear wrangler MT/R Kevlar 265/75R/16 @ $325.00 each fitted and balanced.

Our work Cruisers have MTR's - they are a great tyre, but they wear too quickly for my liking. I'll be interested to find out from you how they go on your Fender. :)

[gaz]

Our work Cruisers have MTR's - they are a great tyre, but they wear too quickly for my liking. I'll be interested to find out from you how they go on your Fender. :)
Happy to let you know....not heading off for awhile...have been busy over the past 12 mths getting our def dc 130 ready for trip around oz, hoping to be away for 2-3years, project nearly completed, just the suspension to do, maybe get away around jan-feb 2010. Tyres will get a workout then.

[spudboy]

Did a lot of research into this , thru this site and 4x4 mags, decided on the new goodyear wrangler MT/R Kevlar 265/75R/16 @ $325.00 each fitted and balanced.

Good Lord!! They are about the noisiest tyres I have ever driven on. I've had them on both my Range Rover (my choice) and my 90 (came with them).

Have exchanged them on the 90 for Michellin XZL's which are not exactly the quietest tyre in the world, but they are STREETS ahead of the MTR's.

I can live with them on the RR as there is good sound insulation, but they were unbearable on the 90.

[gaz]

Good Lord!! They are about the noisiest tyres I have ever driven on. I've had them on both my Range Rover (my choice) and my 90 (came with them).

Have exchanged them on the 90 for Michellin XZL's which are not exactly the quietest tyre in the world, but they are STREETS ahead of the MTR's.

I can live with them on the RR as there is good sound insulation, but they were unbearable on the 90.

Hi Spudboy, the ride home on the new mtr kevlars was certainly not noisy, perhaps its to do with the new tread pattern!!. Not doubting you that the old tread pattern was noisy.

[spudboy]

Good to hear that they have improved this, as otherwise they are a great tyre.

[wisey110]

I've been looking for a set and it all depends who you talk to, everyone is different. Given that if you want somthing thats easy to replace is standard size AT is better, but if your like me and keeping a road set so to speak you can spend alot on your off road set and go some hard core MT's. Plenty of reading helps, check out what people in the UK are doing sometimes helps. Talk to your local tyre dealer, they'll either have some idea or nun at all.

[davenlone]

Choosing tyres is one of the harder choices you'll have to make, odds are what ever you buy will be with you for around 80k. All of the tyres that have been recommended are good quality (although im not a great fan of the silverstone). One of the problems with asking other peoples opinions is that we all drive differently, have different set ups and probably have different opinions as to whats extreme, whats good, whats bad ect.... My personal favorite is the goodyear MTR, im on my 3rd set (on different vehicles) and swear by them. i find them great on and of road, balance well, tough tread and sidewall, handle low pressure really well and love rocks. They can be a little noisier than some brands but in a v8 county thats the least of my worries. I've used a number of tyres in the past BFG A/T are a decent tyre in most conditions - i wasn't happy with their wet weather performance and prefer MT's as an alround tyre. Cooper ST & STT are very good quality, they can chip up a bit on shaley surfaces (eg Canning stock route or pilbara region) but wear and grip very well. ProComp MT is a great tyre on and off road, probably the only thing to worry about with them is their limited dealership & distribution once your away from main towns, The X terrain is marketed as an extreme tyre, its actually one of the best AT/MT combinations ive ever used. Hankook, Kumho & Maxxis all make good quality cheaper tyres. Pirelli scorpians are also a great tyre, on road handling is close to what your expect from a car tyre, offroad they are good for about 75% of the population, not great on rocky, shaley surfaces. I used to own a tyre service that specialised in 4WD tyres and have sold thousands of the above mentioned brands with minimal genuine warranty issues from faulty or defective stock. I have also had a very good run with michelin, bridgestone, kelly & toyo although i have never run those brands on my own vehicles. Sorry i couldn't recommend a particular tyre, hope you get a great run out of whatever you choose.

[Barra1]

Land Rover fit as original equipment General Grabber TR's. These tyres could not be considered anything other than "gveneral purpose'. Durable and tough, very tough. Add to that statement, very, very tough.

However, the good news. The General makes a damned good All Terrain tyre. Tough as the TR but with a bit more muscle when needed.

My TRs (three sets) have all given in excess of 80,000 k's. The AT2's currently fitted have 20K's with no obvious signs of wear. Hey, a lot of those k's have been into Woollagorang, Limmen Bight, High Country of NE Victoria, blah, blah......and not a single puncture. Heavily laden vehicle and boat.

Nasty, steep and generally very slushy boat ramps have given me an idea regarding the grip of these tyres. Let's just say the boat is a dual-axle job - enough said - the AT2's dont slip.

Probably not a brand that comes up in conversation but when the mud-terrains I have on the second set of rims are due for replacement the General will get the job - General Grabber MTs. Although I wonder why because the AT2's are doing the job.

[Jack Isa]

Around Mount Isa only goodyear wranglers all other tyres simply get cut to shreads

[rar110]

I looked seriously at General Grabber AT2s. Well priced about $260 each. Rated well by the survey on the tyrerack website.

In the end I went with Goodyear Silent Armours, which are an AT. Deep tread, good road grip. They got recommended to me by a govt dept that is known to be particularly hard on vehicles.