Reply With QuoteSounds dangerous, but even if it's not, it's still stupid.
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what would you say to a mechanic that fits HT tyres to the front of a 4wd vehicle that has AT's on it to start with so the vehicle now has mixed breeds of tyres?
i personally think it is dangerous
whats your opinion?
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SubscriberSounds dangerous, but even if it's not, it's still stupid.
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Swaggie
SubscriberI once had a RRC 77 which I fitted BFGAT on the front to and BFGMTs on the back.
It was fine .
AFAIR the reason was that the MTs made the steering really "nibbly", and tended to make the turn in sharp.
Seeing most of the traction uphill is from the back, they worked fine.
BTW all trucks have steering tyres and traction tyres, and nobody suggests that they are dangerous.
Regards Philip A
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SubscriberYeah, but a trucks steer tyres aren't driven.
Not sure if that makes a difference, but I wouldn't want a mismatched pair myself - you'd have to carry 2 spares if nothing else.
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Swaggie
Not a drama. I have often run different tyres front and rear. I only prefer the same tyres all round because I have a touch of OCD.
The important thing is to have about the same diameter.
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which they are...Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
2007 Discovery 3 SE7 TDV6 2.7
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7 TDCi
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
"If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
"We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius
AT REST
I'd say it was a big It Depends. Straight line braking, especially in the wet would improve, understeer on high speed bitumen corners might tend towards oversteer instead, traction on muddy roads would probably stay very similar. If driven with normal care I'd be OK with it. Like everything, it's a compromise.
TopicToaster
SubscriberThe world is a crazy place.
Get used to it.
Probably pushing near 1000HP too...
-Mitch
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LordRover
SubscriberGoing around in a circle in one direction is just a little bit different .
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TopicToaster
SubscriberIt's just a different perspective on the 'mechanics must be stupid' and 'the world will explode if you do' sentiments that have been alluded to in previous posts.
It works in some applications, and that's my point (even if it is in a car that is entirely engineered for one purpose). There's nothing to say that someone might find a complitely novel way to utilize AT /HT combo of tyres in their own applications... on a theoretical level at least.
-Mitch
'El Burro' 2012 Defender 90.
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