Thread: Unhappy with Cooper AT3 - Bridgestone 697's?

I'm looking at Toyo open country A/T or stay with Bridgestones.
Anyone used Toyo before?

Hi Newlandyowner. I have those Toyo ATs fitted to my Rangie Classic. My previous two sets of tyres were Bridgestone A/Ts and they were fantastic tyres. Not one drama with them.

I fitted the current set of Toyos because the tyre guy didn't have any Bridgestones in stock. They have been on for 6 months now and they are doing great with a 60/40 split for "on road/off road" usage. So far no dramas and I'd buy them again.

Just a qualifying note here. I value rock and stick puncture resistance over long tyre life.

I ran the AT Micky Ts via Flinders up Oonandata track with zero issues? They are not my normal ATs they came with some 17 inch rims I brought. General Grabbers ATs are fine for me on 18 inch with just one split sidewall on some very very steep and rock track over 60000km. A Coopers tyre used for 12 month shown in a mansfield tyre services do not look too happy. It realy depends where your driving on your next adventure of course.

How was the trip?

Originally Posted by weakestlink

I ran the AT Micky Ts via Flinders up Oonandata track with zero issues? They are not my normal ATs they came with some 17 inch rims I brought. General Grabbers ATs are fine for me on 18 inch with just one split sidewall on some very very steep and rock track over 60000km. A Coopers tyre used for 12 month shown in a mansfield tyre services do not look too happy. It realy depends where your driving on your next adventure of course.

How was the trip?

Cheers mate,
Yeah the trip is going awesome, the D3's been great. Currently snowboarding at Falls creek which is a nice change from the desert haha! I'll put up a trip report when I'm back.

Same story - i am currently in Alice Springs 3 weeks into a centre experience looking for any tyre other than Coopers! I have punctured three of my coopers 265 60 R18 running at 28psi over the rocks of the Flinders and Oodnadata track. In our group of 4 vehicles we have had 10 cooper punctures between us!
Does anyone have any ideas how I can get a set of the Duler 697s 265 60 R18LT no one here knows anything about them (even the Bridgestone dealer!)

Originally Posted by tims29

Same story - i am currently in Alice Springs 3 weeks into a centre experience looking for any tyre other than Coopers! I have punctured three of my coopers 265 60 R18 running at 28psi over the rocks of the Flinders and Oodnadata track. In our group of 4 vehicles we have had 10 cooper punctures between us!
Does anyone have any ideas how I can get a set of the Duler 697s 265 60 R18LT no one here knows anything about them (even the Bridgestone dealer!)

tims29, had you considered the Cooper LTZ 285/60/18? Very tough tyre.

Cheers, Craig

Gords
Just got back from a trip through the Flinders and across the Simmo west to east.
Lost both LH CooperATR's tyres on a single rock in the Flinders and my mate running AT3's in front missed. Basically a 35 mm split in the tread to both some of the ground there is unforgiving to any tyre and it was probably my fault (too fast and too much air in the tyres for that particular section).
I think you get a little too blasé with the comfort in the D3/4 compared to some other cars?
Replaced them with AT3's and completed the trip (via Haddons and Camerons) with no problems.
Other two cars- one on Cooper HT's and the other on AT3's had no punctures the whole trip.
Spoke to other unfortunate souls on all sorts of tyres- one guy had three attempts (punctures) trying to get out of Copley.
Decided it's like winning the casket- Luck so "good luck" in deciding which is the best for you.

Originally Posted by robertj

Gords
I think you get a little too blasé with the comfort in the D3/4 compared to some other cars?
...

Decided it's like winning the casket- Luck so "good luck" in deciding which is the best for you.

Yeah, I do tend agree that the comfort of these cars gives you a false sense of security at times. That being said I do still think that some tyres are definitely
more puncture resistant than others. Personally, I would like to get 17"s and go with the BFG's as I am yet to hear anything but praise from these Tyres compared to almost all other Tyres.

Just on that, I'm pretty surprised that given how much vehicles have gotten better over the years, with all that industry R&D, ever expanding IP and technology, tyres are still so vulnerable to punctures... Seems to me that there's still plenty of room for improvement...