Thread: Tyres cheap vs nasty

If your doing the Canning probably the an option would be to drive up on your normal tyres and have a set of standard 750 16 and spares there are Isralie army imports with very chunky tread I saw for a reasonable price (cant remember where now)

Lots of side wall damage usually occurs on that track from what I hear

Blythe

It is a hard call because as someone above said you can stuff a brand new tyre playing in serious 4wd terrain as soon as you get there just as easily as a cheap retread. One point to make about retreads has anyone ever seen the Bandag Bullet in action? although all it does is smoke them off it does give some idea of how far retreads have come.[/QUOTE]

The Bandag Bullet and Bulldog (its pre decessor) dont run on standard build retreads, they are specialy built tyres but are still retreads, minus the tread.

retreads and remoulds are great for a farm truck that doesnt go on the road for more than a few k's or for doing the lowrange stuff as said but I wouldnt say they have come a long way as they are still just gluing tread on a casing.
The point is you dont know where the casing has been.

The Beadell Tours web site gives a big rap for MFR steel belted radial tyres in 14 ply. They claim they are the most stake resistant tyres they have come across.Has any one had experience with this brand?Made in India, I think. Good variety of tread patterns. Nice to see a touring company using 130 Defenders as their preferred vehicle.130man.