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And here’s a much more contemporary, and relevant for Light Truck All Terrain tyres, opinion.
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Jack Absolom’s advice may have been relevant in 1985 for the highway tyres he was using but it is totally irrelevant for today’s light truck all-terrain tyres.
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David
I have just fitted another set of 4 Maxxis to my D4 after 55k Km. WHile I could maybe have got another 10k Km out of them, it would have been unwise to try when considering some of the roads I use. Most of the mileage involved towing a caravan.
Great experience for me. Did lap including Gibb River and many Km of other heavily corrugated roads towing 3500kg caravan. Not even a puncture.
I'll buy again.
Warren
For a D3 or D4 I would suggest you would never get even close to the 80psi max pressure of a lot of LT tyres. Would be like driving on bricks with no advantage (and only downsides). Cheers
Agreed, but i bought them because of the sidewall ply rating, after damaging 2 tyres in Karajini NP. Running at 40-42 psi is no problem, wear is good, not too noisy and performance in mud and sand is pretty good for an AT. Happy so far. Next set will prob be Pirelli ATR's, still researching...Quote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
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Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE
Me too. Talk to me when ready to change, as I might have a good contact for a "group buy".
Another tyre that gets rave reviews is the Fallen Wildpeak AT3. In 265/60/18 they are a 114 load rating. If you step up one profile and one width they are 121 from memory. Cheers
Which is wildly (pun intended) pointless in a thread on 19” tyresQuote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
[emoji1787][emoji106]. I thought some D4's had 18 inch but for those on bitumen vehicles with 19s and 20s Falken AT3 comes in those sizes too. Cheers
Not in 19”. And not Light Truck construction.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
And just for the record Light Truck tyres are not intended to be run at 80psi unless you are loaded to their load limit. Which with a 114 load rating would mean you would have 2360kg on your rear axle - way above any manufacturers specifications for rear axle load and really only there as a safety margin. Tyre pressures are then set according to the load they actually carry.
David