Kumho MT51 18"

Bumping to see if anyone has had more experience with the MT51's?

With the Tuff Ant 18's due to arrive soon for my Sport, I'm trying to decide between K02's, ST Maxx's, and the MT51's, all in 265/60.

I'm leaning toward the MT51's as they seem to be in the same ballpark as the ST Maxx and generally look pretty good. I had a SWB Prado ZR with ST Maxx's and they got us through some pretty hairy stuff. Examples being Monkey Gum, the Watagans, and a very wet 2016 Simpson crossing that saw plenty of people bogged around the Poeppel Corner clay pans... Also couldn't fault them across many corrugated and rocky outback tracks.

Ideally I'd prefer the K02's for their better on road manners and a total saving of 10kg's over the MT51/ST Maxx, but I have my doubts that they would have done the job as well as the ST Maxx on the above trips (regarding weight, saving by removal is easy, saving by substitution is not cheap or easy so 10kg would be a good win). So not to hijack this thread too much, but I'd be interested to know if anyone has had their K02's through some decent mud and how they performed. Hard to say whether or not the K02's would be adequate for my needs and going the MT51/ST Maxx would be more tyre than I really need....

I had a set of Kumho A/T61 on the disco 3s 18"s and they didn't last. Not sure if it was tyre pressure but shredded both rear doing Eagle view 4x4 of road track. Great grip. Great in wet, on sand, everywhere. Happy apart from side wall damage. Was reluctant to buy again but the response seems good.

I know the last thing you need is another opinion cos like you i kill myself when looking at rubbers. My latest switch was from the geolanders (great tyre) to the Hancook Dynapros as there was a deal on that was too hot to pass up and i really didnt want to be one of those lads who never tried something different lol
The dynapros are a more aggressive tyre and i have to say they did the job extra ordinarily well. Not as great a feel on road as the geos but after spending 4 months non stop touring offroad woth the dynapros i really cant fault them. Was pulling lesser vehicles out of the soft stuff with approx 30psi and never had an issue.. i really wanted to drop em down more but i just didnt have to 😐.
Sand water mud they just killed it.. only negatives and this could just be a coincidence is they tend to pick up nasty things on the road. Had 3 punctures (all easy fix) caused by an allan key, screw and something else? Not sure if it was just bad luck or a design flaw??

I have had a set on the D3 now for 18mths, 265/65/18s.

Brilliant tyres. The tyres have done 30k kms so hard and are starting to show some wear but nothing out of the ordinary.
Done a few trips to Lithgow now mainly rock, gravel, mud and dirt driving. Tyres feel right at home on this terrain, gives you confidence with the tyres being LT. Been up to stockton beach twice now and they do dig in a bit in soft sand. Found really had to drop the tyres down to 16psi to stop digging in too much.

They are a bit noisier onroad then a AT tyre but really quiet for a MT. I would buy then again for my next set for sure.

Mike

As per my previous post, I had them on the defender, now sold, but loved them. They are a proper 50/50 tyre, I had them on for 20,000km and they still looked like new and had 12mm tread on them, so lost 1mm every 10,000km. If you got 100,000km out of them I would not be surprised at all. I rate them highly and they have a good reputation, I'd buy them again