Thread: 19" Maxxis AT Tyres

Its good to see more 19" tyres becoming available.Shame they arent in a deeper profile,60 or 65 would be magic.
They all still suffer from a lack of sidewall depth being 55 profile.
Andrew

If it spends 95% of its time on bitumen then fit a HT...

That's the point, though. HTs are only good if you spend 100% of the time on bitumen. If you want to take your car anywhere interesting or out of the way, you need something stronger in spite of the other 95% youre on bitumen.

It's a bit like river crossings isn't it? Probably only twenty yards wide, but if you want to get across ,the Barina that has done ok on the gravel road for the past 100km is not really going to get the job done..

I've taken HTs on some very rough terrain..
You'll be surprised what they'll do..
Just pay attention and drive to suit

Same argument says go full mud tyres. For that 1% time that it's not on bitumen and raining

My scorpion zeros (m&s) are effectively a ht but they go surprisingly far when I go off-road. As tombie says drive to suit.

TR does a pretty good job even with HT tyres.

Originally Posted by JamesH

It's a bit like river crossings isn't it? Probably only twenty yards wide, but if you want to get across ,the Barina that has done ok on the gravel road for the past 100km is not really going to get the job done..

Unless the Barina is a rental car which appear to be able to go anywhere. Found that out when we did a 4X4 trek in Iceland. Don't know how that rental car got there or how they were going to get it out again. The 40+ rivers we crossed were all pretty deep even for our SWB Sanyong with lift plus 34 inch tyres.

James, your Maxxis 980 Bravo's are looking like the only LT rated tyre suitable for heavier duty off road which at $1695 for 5 tyres are at the lower range price wise. Your gutter climbing is a perfect example to justify them for city use. I keep hearing people saying that 18 inch tyres are cheaper, with a wider selection and easier to get in remote areas but price wise the Bridgestone D697 LT265/60/18 are $1810 for a set of 5 (includes $100 cash back) but then I'd have to team them with Compomotive rims at $2960 (plus freight?) so it's a big investment. That said, I've met another D4 owner who was changing his Hankook's for Compomotive rims and D697's as he'd had a number of failures with the Hankooks on the sharp stuff in the NT. All of the dealers I've spoken to here in Brisbane don't hold stock if you need a replacement in a hurry and they say that their dealers (plus other tyre retailers/garages) in remote areas will be able to get replacements for any brand and size sent in within reasonable time (as long as there is stock in the Warehouse?)

One question - does the Maxxis fit easily into the spare wheel bay and can you get it out with the D4 tow hitch (AKA 'Plow') attached. My Wranglers only drop down with a kick and I've had to cut some excess length of the actual hitch to make that happen. Can't be unhitching a 3 ton caravan to change a tyre!