Your thoughts & comments?

Thanks folks.
I haven't decided yet but the bloke I sent my tyre & wheel to in Mt Isa phoned today to say that the tyre was, what's a nice word for it?
STUFFED!
Rock fracture to the inner side wall, not repairable. So I have asked the tyre bloke to price me 5 17" rims & tyres. I will also start having look on Ebay.
I don't need or want 2 sets of tyres, most of our driving is a mixed bag of seal, gravel, soft dirt, rocky gravel or mud, I love mud. So I guess I really need a tyre & wheel combo that has a bit of all round ability, mainly I just want the odd flat instead of the current regular flat. I'm sick of driving around with my heart in my mouth all the time.
I have read somewhere that higher profile tyres in either P or LT will give me a more comfortable ride & although I do like to give it a bit of curry occasionally I don't get anywhere near the limits of the tyres or car before I chicken out.
Thanks for the thoughts.
Jonesfam

If you're changing to 17" for stronger tyres then you should get ones that are LT construction, not that all LT are the same. Some 255/65-17 are only P-rated so their only advantage is more sidewall height. Some 245/70-17 are also only P-rated but the load index of those is too low anyway. The tread is often deeper and more open for LT versions than P verisons of the same tyre too.

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Originally Posted by rmp

17s.

LTs.

Worry no more. That is the only choice for rough roads.

P-reinforced is not enough. I tried that myself and it didn't work out.

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I couldn't agree more. Avoid any of the P rated variants - LT should be the only option.
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or something for everyday use such as this
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I have just done trip in my D4 towing camper: Melbourne, Mildura, Mungo Nt Pk, Menindi, Silverton, up the dog fence to Camerons Corner and then across to Hungerford. Then a mad dash to Bourke and then Cobar and back to Melbourne. Was on pretty much every surface eg. Mungo was very very wet (I saw the front number plates of both other vehicles I travelled with on a few occasions, I had no grip probs! ). Hungerford to Bourke was very rocky and I didn't hang about. There were many ks on good sealed roads. Tyres were 245/70/17 BFG KM2 MTs. Fantastic tyres that I could happily live with all the time if I didn't have the original 18 inch Wranglers. The KM2s are a bit noisy, mainly at low speed and showed no damage after the trip.
Having had GG AT2s on my D3 I know which tyre I would prefer for an outback trip...definitely the KM2s. They handled all surfaces easily.

Discojools

Agree 100% with Discojools... BFG MT KM2 are great tyres.

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Originally Posted by discojools

Tyres were 245/70/17 BFG KM2 MTs.

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I've bought 1 of those for a 2nd spare that's yet to be picked-up. I'm considering getting another 3 to make a set for outback travel using the Yokos as spares for such occasions.

It would seam that the 245x70x17 KM2's are very popular amongst members as a good off road tyre and rim size for their D3/4's. My question is has anyone tried the 265x70x17 KM2's (roughly 31.5" in size) and if so is there any downside to this size tyre and rim combination being fitted to D3/4's?

I'm not looking at replacing my 18" Conti's rather getting a second set of wheels and tyres for off road playing and also using them while towing our rough road van on hopefully long distance out back trips.


cheers,
Terry