Anyone using Bridgestone D697's on their d2?

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Originally Posted by Hoges

I bought a new set of D697s for the P38 yesterday. 245/70/16 on 8"rims (usual is 255/65/16) $239 all up each fitted/balanced/environmental levy for old tyres included. Invoice base price was $225 ea.
According to the Bridgestone bloke, the D697 is an 8 ply LT construction with an A/T tread... was confused 'til he explained this:eek:

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Looking at the sidewall of the single 235/70/R16 D679 on the D2 at the moment it seems like it's a 5 ply across the tread block. Maybe different in the other sizes? The website says 2 ply carcass and 2 steel belts, plus a nylon "full spiral cap" which is described as:

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The body of the tyre is reinforced with a full spiral cap layer of nylon. This provides maximum resistance to crown penetration and puncturing. The stiffer construction enhances manoeuvrability and handling.

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I'm happy with anything that improves resistance to crown penetration. :eek:

cheers
Paul

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Now now, no need for that :lol2:

I do, however, take offence at the notion that you think I'm convinced by 4WD ActionAdvetising :mad:
They were the best option at the time, I got a good price on them, and everything else had a two week wait and my old tyres wouldn't have passed Rego....
Anyway, do you see me driving a hilux with a 4" lift, Cooper STTs, charging through the bush and swearing at greenies?
You've insulted my intelligence OffTrack :censored: :p
Then again.....
I do have a Tigerz winch.... :whistling:

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Sorry I was under the misapprehension that you were a 4WD Action Advertorial poster boy ;)
I stand corrected - tigerz 11 winch not withstanding.

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

Sorry I was under the misapprehension that you were a 4WD Action Advertorial poster boy ;) I stand corrected - tigerz 11 winch not withstanding.

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Apology accepted, winch not withstanding :D
To be fair, it wasn't broken when I took it out of the box so I'll call that a win :D

Dunno how they would go on a D2. But just got back from a work trip to several mines in the Pilbara and the 697's seem to be fitted to everything up there.

At the moment I've got 3/5th of a set of D697 on the Disco. $220 per tyre fitted, balanced and old ones disposed of.

I've done a quick measure on tread depth and the new ones average out at 11.6mm across tread block. The older one, which is now on as a spare is on average 10.8mm. Having a close look at the carcass on the spare there are a few small cuts already - a legacy of the drive from Cameron Corner to Arkaroola.

The tyre that is now on as a spare was fitted at 246,811km in Tibooburra on the 23/8 and current odo reading 248,934km, so total milage on the tyre is 2,123km. 1/3 of that was unmade outback roads.

I'm not too unhappy with the condition of the D697, as the first trip on the then new Latitude X's to the same area left them looking significantly more worn and battered.

The Latitude X's on the front are still in reasonably good nick so I'll probably wait until just before a trip up the coast to Eden at the start of November before I replace them.

On the noise levels, I couldn't tell any difference from the Latitudes when I was driving home, but that was poking around in post-school traffic so a bit hard to really tell.

cheers
Paul

I put 245/70/16LT D697's on 42,000k's ago. Can't remember the price, but very happy. Each tyre has had a puncture but considering where they have been, towing a camper, I was not surprised. I do adjust pressures accordingly as well. Compared to the 235/70/16 ST coopers, the bridgies are way ahead on wear, noise and punctures ( i had to scrap one ST after 3 punctures in the Simmo). On road, in wet bitumen, brilliant. On most dirt/gibber roads very good. In mud, well unless they are a Swamper, most tyres fall down here, just drive accordingly, low pressure etc.
Overall, beats coopers hands down in my opinion..............I would thoroughly recommend them as a good all round touring and pretty serious offroad tyre.

Cheers, Jack.

After trying to get some information out of Bridgestone support on pressure recommendations I decided I better take a closer look to see if I could find a max pressure. Sure enough it was there in small print: 65psi.

I've punched in the load and maximum pressure (Bridgestone actually recommend this method for determining pressures), and calculated the placard equivalents for the LT235/70R16 110S:

F: 31psi, R: 43psi normal, 52psi max load.

I'd been running the single rear at the same pressure as the Latitude Cross with a camping load - 42psi. The wear pattern indicates the D697 was under inflated, and should have been 5-6psi higher. At least this helps explain the wear rate.

cheers
Paul