Thread: Not Another tyre question.

Originally Posted by dirvine

Having now googled around the world a bit more, it appears these tyres can be bought in UK, Germany, South Africa. All are on BF Goodrich sites so they must be a legit tyre. In regards to LT or not, from my limited knowledge, it appears that a rating over 114 seems to imply LT "Strength". I note a number of people on this site have Nitto tyres and these are rated at 112 to 114, so I feel that these tyres are higher rated than some other brands that others recommend. Yes I could have a blowout, yes its only XX cents per day, but other than a small difference in rating, (which is a higher rating than other brands), I am still not convinced that there is a big difference. I have rung BF Australia, and they say they do not import nor do they support this tyre in Australia as they believe it is not suitable for our conditions. However they did acknowledge that the tyre is available in many other countries and providing I am careful about lower end pressures, the tyre would in all probability be suitable for me. So I am biting the bullet and ordering them. Thanks for everybodys' input.

'. I have rung BF Australia, and they say they do not import nor do they support this tyre in Australia as they believe it is not suitable for our conditions. '
I do hope you never have to make a warranty claim with that statement in mind. Good luck with them though I'm sure they will be fine. There's only 2 AT tyres I would consider and they are BFG or B/Stone.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Tyre. Warranty claim. Oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one. I’d love to hear how many successful claims have been made.

I actually made a claim on some early BFG KOs close to 15 years ago. Internal delamination causing a bulge. Michelin own BFG so one of their local agents handled it. I got a decent pro-rata refund, fairly quickly. No dramas. I'd bought my D1 with those tyres already on there and they had done some work, but I suspect strongly the failure was due to the PO running too low pressures for comfort, rather than an inherent tyre issue. Anyway...

Originally Posted by RHS58

So, do the sums.
An extra $280 for 5 probably better tyres.
Lets say they last 3 years.
What does that work out at?
$93.33 per year.
$1.75 per week.
36 cents per tire per week.
Thats not much for peace of mind, eh?