Hi Stevo,Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo68
I too went thru this dilema a couple of months back.
My daily drive tyre are BFG A/T's and they just don't cut it in most and in particlar muddy situation when aired down.
They wear very well on road and I've been to both Cape York and the Vic High country on them and they've performed flawlessly in all conditions that I encountered. In the mud, those bl..dy rim protectors come into play and I've spent an inordinate amount of time getting the tyres taken off, the rims cleaned of dried mud and then replaced.
The second set are Federal 265/75 M/T's which were $1075.00 fitted and balanced to 5 rims which cost $450.00.
The Federals are very quite on the black stuff and I think you wil find that Shepp will agree with that.
Time to change boots is 30 mins and I'm way older than you. NO! 40 is not old.
I've not done any calculation on the differences in fuel consumption betwwen the two, but from all that I've read and have been told by others there is a significant cost differential. I suppose if you own a 4WD you should'nt worry about fuel costs since they have the aerodynamics of a brick.
That said $1525.00 is not a lot of fuel. I'll spend at least that when we do the Flinders Ranges in September. BUT I'd rather decide where I spend it rather than just giving it to some dumb ars*d oil speculator.
As others have said the muddies have significantly less grip on the black stuff and as we all know there are some realy really really BAD drivers on the Gold Coast. Obviously Mexicans, and although I can drive to the conditions as well as others, on occassions I've had to use everthing I've got when some dopey blonde has cut across in front of me.
My next set of daily drive tyres may well be a set of H/T's as I don't give a toss on how the vehicle look to others when it's in 'Sheep mode'. It's 'Wolf mode' when I'm at play that counts.
Anyway, I gather that your set on the Maxxis and good luck but food to think again on dual sets.
Cheers
Richard
