Thread: 19" Maxxis AT Tyres

I noticed a month or 2 ago that my sparky neighbour has the Maxxis AT980s on his work ute (Colorado) in LT255/70R16 - his ute is parked very close to my house, so I am able to keep a close eye on how his wear with all the suburban driving he does. My Hankooks are still going strong, so will be some time until I organise a set of Maxxis.

Originally Posted by laughto

Sorry, cannot see from the photo, is there any rounding off on the edges. Mine have lost the 'sharpness' on the edges.

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That's normal... Any tyre will do that from block squirm.

Originally Posted by scomac

Well finished the GRR and now
In Kunnunara. Have done 3700km on the Maxxis and so far no punctures and no chipping. Ran pressures at 35 and 32 on the Gibb at about 80km/h towing a CT.
Cheers
Scott
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Thanks mate.
Any tyre that can do the eastern end of the GRR with little/no distress has to be tough. I chipped the BFGs on my old D2 to pieces on that road.

Hope you had a great trip.

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I wrote to BFG Australia the other day, asking if they will be bringing out their KO2 in 19" in the near future.

This was their response-

Hi Mark,

The BFGoodrich brand has a rich history in the development of tires in the USA market.

The Tire & Rim Association is the reference for the USA dimensions which are manufactured. The rim size of 19 inch does not appear in the tire standard. For this reason no products are available in the 19" tire dimension fitted to your vehicle.

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Originally Posted by cjc_td5

Thanks mate.
Any tyre that can do the eastern end of the GRR with little/no distress has to be tough. I chipped the BFGs on my old D2 to pieces on that road.

Hope you had a great trip.

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It's a good indicator for sure...

Another key factor he posted - sat on 80km/h..

This is a key factor, as well as being road aware (when doing the Transcontinental track we had to scan the road for old rail spikes everywhere).

In a D4 etc it's way too easy to get over enthusiastic on those surfaces and push to 100+km/h and still feel comfortable.. This is when tyres start to become very vulnerable.

My mate just had his D3 written off and has gone to the last D3 with 19's. He likes my Maxxis LT on 16 in so I will tell him about this thread. I hope I had some small influence in that Babs! IMHO Maxxis make a very tough tyre that handles and brakes well. I had my D2 at full GVM the other day and the AT"s were fantastic Offroad in very tough gibber stones for hours and very sweet on the highway. Cheers

Cheers

Originally Posted by ozscott

My mate just had his D3 written off and has gone to the last D3 with 19's. He likes my Maxxis LT on 16 in so I will tell him about this thread. I hope I had some small influence in that Babs! IMHO Maxxis make a very tough tyre that handles and brakes well. I had my D2 at full GVM the other day and the AT"s were fantastic Offroad in very tough gibber stones for hours and very sweet on the highway. Cheers Cheers

Yes Scott you did, our conversation in the other thread was in the back of my mind.

Like I said, I never thought I would ever buy a set of Maxxis but due to circumstances they look like the best option available. Just goes to show what curve balls life throws at you. I'll have to swallow my tongue on that one

Who knows I might be the new advocate for Maxxis

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